Anatolius of Laodicea, The Paschal Canon. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 6 (Roberts and Donaldson, 1886), public domain.
Passages · 17
- The Paschal Canon Chapter 1 — I. As we are about to speak on the subject of the order of the times and alternations of the world, we shall first dispose of the positions of diverse calculators; who, by reckoning only by the course of the moon,…vatican.va
- The Paschal Canon Chapter 2 — II. There is, then, in the first year, the new moon of the first month, which is the beginning of every cycle of nineteen years, on the six and twentieth day of the month called by the Egyptians Phamenoth. But,…vatican.va
- The Paschal Canon Chapter 3 — III. Nor is this an opinion confined to ourselves alone. For it was also known to the Jews of old and before Christ, and it was most carefully observed by them. And this may be learned from what Philo, and Josephus,…vatican.va
- The Paschal Canon Chapter 4 — IV. But this Aristobulus also adds, that for the feast of the Passover it was necessary not only that the sun should pass the equinoctial segment, but the moon also. For as there are two equinoctial segments, the…vatican.va
- The Paschal Canon Chapter 5 — V. I am aware that very many other matters were discussed by them, some of them with considerable probability, and others of them as matters of the clearest demonstration, by which they endeavour to prove that the…vatican.va
- The Paschal Canon Chapter 6 — VI. And, therefore, in this concurrence of the sun and moon, the Paschal festival is not to be celebrated, because as long as they are found in this course the power of darkness is not overcome; and as long as…vatican.va
- The Paschal Canon Chapter 7 — VII. To us, however, with whom it is impossible for all these things to come aptly at one and the same time, namely, the moon’s fourteenth, and the Lord’s day, and the passing of the equinox, and whom the obligation…vatican.va
- The Paschal Canon Chapter 8 — Accordingly, it is not the case, as certain calculators of Gaul allege, that this assertion is opposed by that passage in Exodus, where we read: “In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the first month, at even,…vatican.va
- The Paschal Canon Chapter 9 — IX. But what wonder is it that they should have erred in the matter of the 21st day of the moon who have added three days before the equinox, in which they hold that the Passover may be celebrated? An assertion which…vatican.va
- The Paschal Canon Chapter 10 — X. But nothing was difficult to them with whom it was lawful to celebrate the Passover on any day when the fourteenth of the moon happened after the equinox. Following their example up to the present time all the…vatican.va
- The Paschal Canon Chapter 11 — XI. Moreover, the allegation which they sometimes make against us, that if we pass the moon’s fourteenth we cannot celebrate the beginning of the Paschal feast in light, neither moves nor disturbs us. For, although…vatican.va
- The Paschal Canon Chapter 12 — XII. But this again is held by other wise and most acute men to be an impossibility, because within that narrow and most contracted limit of a cycle of nineteen years, a thoroughly genuine Paschal time, that is to…vatican.va
- The Paschal Canon Chapter 13 — The moon's age set forth in the Julian Calendar. XIII. January, on the Kalends, one day, the moon’s first (day); on the Nones, the 5th day, the moon’s 5th; on the Ides, the 13th day, the moon’s 13th. On the day…vatican.va
- The Paschal Canon Chapter 14 — The Paschal or Easter Table of Anatolius. XIV. Now, then, after the reckoning of the days and the exposition of the course of the moon, whereon the whole revolves on to its end, the cycle of the years may be set…vatican.va
- The Paschal Canon Chapter 15 — XV. This cycle of nineteen years is not approved of by certain African investigators who have drawn up larger cycles, because it seems to be somewhat opposed to their surmises and opinions. For these make up the best…vatican.va
- The Paschal Canon Chapter 16 — XVI. Furthermore, as to the proposal subjoined to your epistle, that I should attempt to introduce into this little book some notice of the ascent and descent of the sun, which is made out in the distribution of days…vatican.va
- The Paschal Canon Chapter 17 — Be not ignorant of this, however, that those four determining periods, which we have mentioned, although they are approximated to the Kalends of the following months, yet hold each the middle of a season, viz., of…vatican.va
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Exodus 12:15 · Exodus 12:18 · Exodus 12:19 · Leviticus 23:5 · Leviticus 23:6 · Leviticus 23:7 · Matthew 26:17 · Matthew 26:38 · Mark 14:12 · Luke 15:6 · Luke 22:7