I.e., the ascension, 40 days after the resurrection, was followed up by the experience of Pentecost (Acts 1.3; 2.1).
Cf. Deut. 16.6.
Cf. Eph. 6.15.
Cf. Isa. 11.1.
Cf. Rom. 2.29. The phrase, "in secret" (Gk. ἐν κρυπτῷ ) is rendered by many translations as "inwardly."
I.e., Constantine at the Council of Nicaea.
I.e., fellow Christians, as opposed to Jews.
Mt. 26.17-18, freely cited.
I.e., celebrating their Pascha . That is, not only was the Pascha instituted by Christ different in character, but it was also not on the same day as the Jewish authorities celebrated their Pascha .
Lk. 22.15.
Cf. Deut. 16.6.
Cf. Jn. 18.28.
Cf. Mt. 23.24.
Cf. Rom. 2.29 and the end of section 7 above.
Cf. the end of section 12 below.
Lk. 22.7.
This text was commissioned by Roger Pearse, 2010. It was translated from Angelo Mai, Novae Patrum Bibliotheca 4 (1847), pp.209-216 ( De sollemnitate paschali) , This file and all material on this page is in the public domain - copy freely.
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