VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|David Harper|DATE|1364896352|CONTENT|[blockquote]On the subject of Easter, is there any good reason why it needs to keep floating round the calendar?[/blockquote]
There [b]was[/b] an attempt, almost 100 years ago, to legislate to fix the date of Easter.  Parliament passed the [url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/18-19/35]Easter Act 1928[/url], which proposed defining Easter as the Sunday after the second Saturday in April.

However, it was contingent on getting the agreement of [b]all[/b] Christian denominations, so we still use the rules devised by Christopher Clavius for Pope Gregory XIII in the late 16th century.

Fascinating factoid:  Under Clavius&#039;s rules, the date of Easter will repeat itself after a periond of 5,7000,000 years.|IP-ADDRESS|172.20.128.250|MODERATIONFLAG|