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**Ygxejxox** · 10-01-2006, 02:14 AM

I only partly agree with this. There seems little point in having the concept of a year if it doesn't bear any relation to the astronomical use of the term (or one of the astronomical uses).

As far as I can gather, the concern of the Fathers at Nicaea was twofold: first unity, and second, correcting inaccuracies which were leading Pascha to slip away from its place in relation to the other feasts of the year. The second concern (for practical accuracy, if not out of purely astronomical interest) was presumably what led them to entrust the Patriarch of Alexandria with responsibility for the calendar.

For what it's worth, my own attitude to the calendar question today is that the "new calendar" was (apart from allegations of a more unworthy agenda) an attempt to address the second question at the expense of the more important issue of unity. Although I belong to the EP, I think this was very regretable, and would like to see a return to the traditional calendar until such a time as the church as a whole can agree a revision in the spirit of Nicaea.

10-01-2006, 02:14 AM	#13
Ygxejxox Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 483 Senior Member	I only partly agree with this. There seems little point in having the concept of a year if it doesn't bear any relation to the astronomical use of the term (or one of the astronomical uses). As far as I can gather, the concern of the Fathers at Nicaea was twofold: first unity, and second, correcting inaccuracies which were leading Pascha to slip away from its place in relation to the other feasts of the year. The second concern (for practical accuracy, if not out of purely astronomical interest) was presumably what led them to entrust the Patriarch of Alexandria with responsibility for the calendar. For what it's worth, my own attitude to the calendar question today is that the "new calendar" was (apart from allegations of a more unworthy agenda) an attempt to address the second question at the expense of the more important issue of unity. Although I belong to the EP, I think this was very regretable, and would like to see a return to the traditional calendar until such a time as the church as a whole can agree a revision in the spirit of Nicaea.
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