Easter (a.v.) (Should be translated Passover, as in RSV and most other translations) Acts 12:4 Bibliography InformationNave, Orville J. Entry for 'E...
Easter. [E]( Acts 12:4 ) In the earlier English versions Easter has been frequently used as the translation of pascha (passover ). In the Authorized ...
Letter CXXXVIII. To the Bishops of Gaul and Spain.(on Easter.)Letter CXXXVIII. To the Bishops of Gaul and Spain.(on Easter.)...
EasterPassover.And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after E...
Letter CXXXIII. From Proterius, Bishop of Alexandria, to Leo.(Upon the Easter Difficulty of 455.)Letter CXXXIII. From Proterius, Bishop of Alexandria,...
Letter XVII. (for 345.)Letter XVII. (for 345.) Coss. Amantius, Albinus; Praef. Nestorius of Gaza; Indict. iii; Easter-day, vii Id. Apr., xii Pharmuthi...
Excursus on the Subsequent History of the Easter Question.Excursus on the Subsequent History of the Easter Question.(Hefele: Hist. of the Councils, Vo...
EASTER es'-ter (pascha, from Aramaic paccha' and Hebrew pecach, the Passover festival): The English word comes from the Anglo-Saxon Eastre or Estera,...
Easter [S]originally a Saxon word (Eostre), denoting a goddess of the Saxons, in honour of whom sacrifices were offered about the time of the Passover...
Letter CCCXXII.Letter CCCXXII. Without address. [Asking a friend to come with his wife and spend Easter with him.]...
Letter XVIII. (for 346)Letter XVIII. (for 346) Coss. Augustus Constantius IV, Constans III; Praef. the same Nestorius; Indict. iv; Easter-day iii Kal....
Letter CXLII. To Marcian Augustus.Letter CXLII. To Marcian Augustus.(Inter alia thanking him for the trouble he has taken about the Easter of 455.)...
Letter III. From Paschasinus, Bishop of Lilybaeum.Letter III. From Paschasinus, Bishop of Lilybaeum.(About the keeping of Easter in 444; recommending ...
Letter XCVI. To Ravennius, Bishop of Arles.Letter XCVI. To Ravennius, Bishop of Arles.(Requesting him to keep Easter on March 23 in 452.)...
MORROW AFTER THE SABBATH (mochorath, or mochoratham, the morrow, or tomorrow, the day following; mochorath ha-shabbath, the day after the Sabbath, i.e...
Letter CXXVII. To Julian, Bishop of Cos.Letter CXXVII. To Julian, Bishop of Cos.(About (1) affairs in Palestine, (2) a letter from Proterius, (3) the ...
Letter CXXXI. To Julian, Bishop of Cos.Letter CXXXI. To Julian, Bishop of Cos.(Telling him he has received Proterius' letter, and asking for (1) a new...
General Note.General Note.A fine passage illustrating the gush of early Christian devotion at Easter, breaking into all the heavenly joy of the new cr...
Letter CXXXVII. To the Same, and on the Same Day.Letter CXXXVII. To the Same, and on the Same Day.(On the subject of Easter, acknowledging the trouble...
On the Keeping of Easter.On the Keeping of Easter.From the Letter of the Emperor to all those not present at the Council.(Found in Eusebius, Vita Cons...