- Quote from Constantine
n“The commemoration
of the most sacred paschal feast being
then debated, it was unanimously decided, that it would be well that it should be everywhere celebrated upon the same day... It was, in the first place,
declared improper to follow the
custom of the Jews in the celebration
of this holy festival, because, their hands having been stained with crime, the minds of these wretched men are necessarily blinded. By rejecting their
custom, we establish and hand down
to succeeding ages one which
is more reasonable... Let us,
then, have nothing in
common with the Jews, who are our adversaries. For we have
received from our Saviour another way”
- Theodoret of Cyrus. Ecclesiastical History (Book I), Chapter IX. Excerpted from Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Volume 3. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. American Edition, 1892. Online Edition Copyright © 2005 by K. Knight.
- Theodoret of Cyrus. Ecclesiastical History (Book I), Chapter IX. Excerpted from Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Volume 3. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. American Edition, 1892. Online Edition Copyright © 2005 by K. Knight.