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Source Card — Nicaea 325 and Eusebius
First Ecumenical Council (325); Eusebius, Life of Constantine III.18-19
Primary material for what Nicaea actually settled about Pascha, as distinct from the formula later attributed to it.
DOCUMENTED HISTORYCHURCH ACT
Publisher and date
Conciliar canons and documents in the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Volume XIV (The Seven Ecumenical Councils). Eusebius' Life of Constantine, Book III, preserves the imperial letter urging a common observance.
What to read it for
Read for the emphasis on unity of observance and independence from the contemporary Jewish reckoning. Note what is absent: a published algorithm. The Alexandrian computus is a subsequent development received by the churches.
Citations on this file
Sources
- Eusebius, Life of Constantine, Book IIINPNF translation, including the letter on the date of Pascha.https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/25023.htm ↗
- The Seven Ecumenical Councils — NicaeaNPNF Series II, Vol. XIV: canons, and the historical excursus on the Paschal question.https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3801.htm ↗
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