05 June 2014, The Tablet

Let’s fix Easter date


 
There has been an Act of Parliament on the Statute Book since 1928 fixing the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the second Saturday in April. Easter would thus fall between 9 and 15 April inclusive, instead of between 22 March and 25 April as now. However, a clause in the act provides that before it comes into operation “regard shall be had to any opinion expressed officially by the various Christian Churches”.So far no agreement has been reached. Is it time to make a new att
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