Easter – (Paaschen)

The Date of Easter: Although the early Christian Church from the time of the Apos­tles looked upon the first day of the week as the Lord’s Day, as the day of resurrection, yet it was not until the Council of Nicea (325 A.D.) that it was decided that Easter, the pascha of the Lord, should be observed on one day, and at one time throughout the world. Before this time there was a wide difference in the Christian Church as to the day of the year, and of the week, on which the pascha festival was...