Quartodecimanism (from the Vulgate Latin quarta decima in Leviticus 23:5,[1] meaning fourteenth) is the name given to the practice of celebrating the death of Christ on the day of Passover, the 14th of Nisan according to biblical dating, on whatever day of the week it occurs. The Quartodeciman controversy in the Church was the question of whether to celebrate Easter on Sunday (the first day of the week), or on Passover (the time of sacrifice of the Passover lamb).[2]
^Leviticus 23:5: "Mense primo, quarta decima die mensis, ad vesperum Pascha Domini est."
^"CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Easter Controversy". www.newadvent.org. Retrieved 2022-11-18. tell us almost all that we know concerning the paschal controversy in its first stage. A letter of St. Irenæus is among the extracts just referred to, and this shows that the diversity of practice regarding Easter had existed at least from the time of Pope Sixtus (c. 120). Further, Irenaeus states that St. Polycarp, who like the other Asiatics, kept Easter on the fourteenth day of the moon, whatever day of the week that might be, following therein the tradition which he claimed to have derived from St. John the Apostle, came to Rome c. 150 about this very question, but could not be persuaded by Pope Anicetus to relinquish his Quartodeciman observance. The question thus debated was therefore primarily whether Easter was to be kept on a Sunday, or whether Christians should observe the Holy Day of the Jews, the fourteenth of Nisan, which might occur on any day of the week. Those who kept Easter with the Jews were called Quartodecimans or terountes (observants); but even in the time of Pope Victor this usage hardly extended beyond the churches of Asia Minor. After the pope's strong measures the Quartodecimans seem to have gradually dwindled away. Origen in the "Philosophumena" (VIII, xviii) seems to regard them as a mere handful of wrong-headed nonconformists.
Sunday observance began before Quartodecimanism, while others have argued that Quartodecimanism was original. The Quartodecimans claimed that their traditions...
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and Melito, all of whom were Quartodecimans. Despite Polycrates convening a synod in Ephesus to declare Quartodecimanism official, later the tradition...
Anicetus. Quartodecimanism seems to have lingered into the 4th century, when Socrates of Constantinople recorded that some Quartodecimans were deprived...
may also abstain from sexual activity and the consumption of alcohol. Quartodeciman Christians end the fast of Lent on the Paschal full moon of the Hebrew...
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and that this day, both Jews and Christians celebrated Pesach and a (Quartodeciman) Christian Passover, respectively. Polycarp occupies an important place...
haggadah, which is a retelling of the works of God at Passover. The Quartodeciman celebration mainly being a commemoration of Christ's passion and death...
Christian communities of Asia Minor which persevered in the practice of the Quartodeciman celebration of Easter. Nothing is known of the date of his death, which...
student of John the Apostle. In the 2nd century, Anatolia was home to Quartodecimanism, Montanism, Marcion of Sinope, and Melito of Sardis who recorded an...
exercise of Roman authority over other churches, excommunicated the Quartodecimans for observing Easter on the 14th of Nisan, the date of the Jewish Passover...
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Christ was a mere man. However, he is best known for his role in the Quartodeciman controversy. Prior to his elevation, a difference in dating the celebration...
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Aramaic of Jesus Yeshua (name) Council of Jerusalem Expounding of the Law Sabbath Quartodecimanism Shekhinah Judaism portal Christianity portal v t e...
Aramaic of Jesus Yeshua (name) Council of Jerusalem Expounding of the Law Sabbath Quartodecimanism Shekhinah Judaism portal Christianity portal v t e...
a Roman citizen. Known for excommunicating Theodotus of Byzantium. Quartodecimanism controversy. 15 28 July 199 – 20 December 217 (18 years, 145 days)...
letter addressed to the Pope Victor I, Bishop of Rome, defending the Quartodeciman position in the Easter controversy. In the early 2nd century, the church...
Trinitarianism. The council also addressed the issue of dating Easter (see Quartodecimanism and Easter controversy), recognised the right of the See of Alexandria...
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Passover in the Hebrew calendar. This feast was referred to as the Quartodeciman (Latin for 'fourteenth'). Some early Christian writers equated the 14th...
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