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Every year Christians around the world celebrate Easter. However, when they celebrate Easter can vary

dramatically. In fact, the possible dates of Easter can vary by over a month. What most people

don't know is that setting the date for Easter was one of the

biggest controversies in the early Christian church. In fact, it was a major reason behind one of the

most important councils in history. Learn more about the Easter controversy, aka Cordodecimenism,

on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Holidays roughly fall into two categories. The first are holidays which are always on a particular date.

For example, New Year's Day is always January 1st, regardless of what day of the week that might be.

Another type of holiday is always celebrated on a certain day of the week.

For example, American Thanksgiving is always celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November,

regardless of what the date might be. The major question which faced Easter early on was,

what kind of holiday was it going to be? Was it going to be tied to a date, or was it going to be tied to a day of the week? And that's actually an oversimplification, as you'll soon see.

Plus, there's the whole issue about calendars and the moon. Just a refresher, Easter is a religious

celebration by Christians to commemorate the day they believe Jesus rose from the dead. It's the

most important day of the year for Christians, and the importance of the date is the major reason

why there was such a big controversy surrounding it. The date of the event was never in question,

because it was tied to the Jewish celebration of Passover. Passover was always celebrated on the

14th of Nissan in the Jewish calendar, and the events of Easter took place three days after that.

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