Dating Easter: what really happened at Whitby
St Hilda, founder of Whitby Abbey, depicted at St Hilda’s Church, Lucker, Northumberland
photo: Aamy/Asp Religion
FEATURES: The dating of Easter – what really happened at Whitby
Disagreements about when to celebrate this most important of Christian feasts is nothing new. Until 1752, the Gregorian Calendar was far too papist for Protestant England use, leading to an 11-day mismatch in the date of Easter in our sceptred isles and Catholic (and for that matter, much of Protestant) Europe.
But the most famous, and arguably misunderstood, of Easter controversies came to a head at the Synod of Whitby 1,400 years ago.
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