FOR THE MOVEABLE AND IMMOVEABLE FEASTS; TOGETHER WITH THE DAYS OF FASTING AND ABSTINENCE, TO KNOW WHEN THE MOVEABLE FEASTS AND HOLY-DAYS BEGIN. 9 on the rest is the First after the Full Moon, which happens upon or next after the Twenty-first Day of March; and if the Full Moon happen upon a Sunday, Easter-Day is the Sunday after. Advent-Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of St. Andrew, whether before or after. Sunday is Nine Septuagesima Rogation-Sunday The Epiphany. The Conversion of St. Paul. All Sundays in the Year. The Circumcision of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. The Purification of the Blessed Virgin. St. Matthias the Apostle. RULES is The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin. St. Mark the Evangelist. St. Barnabas. The Nativity of St. John the Baptist. St. Peter the Apostle. St. James the Apostle. A TABLE OF FEASTS, TO BE OBSERVED IN THIS CHURCH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. St. Bartholomew the Apostle. St. Michael and all Angels. St. Philip and St. James the Apostles. Ash-Wednesday. ... ... Five Weeks >Weeks before Easter. After Easter. St. Luke the Evangelist. St. Simon and St. Jude the Apostles. A TABLE OF FASTS. | I. The Forty Days of Lent. II. The Ember-Days at the Four Seasons, BEING THE Good-Friday. OTHER DAYS OF FASTING, ON WHICH THE CHURCH REQUIRES SUCH A MEASURE OF ABSTINENCE AS IS MORE ESPECIALLY SUITED TO EXTRAORDINARY ACTS AND EXERCISES OF DEVOTION. The First Sunday in Lent. III. The three Rogation-Days, being the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before Holy-Thursday, or the Ascension of our LORD. IV. All the Fridays in the Year except Christmas-Day. In addition to the above, the first Thursday in November (or, if any other day be appointed by the Civil Authority, then such day) shall be observed as a Day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the Fruits of the Earth, and all other Blessings of his merciful Providence. A TABLE TO FIND EASTER-DAY, FROM THE PRESENT TIME TILL THE YEAR 1899, INCLUSIVE. DAYS OF THE MONTH. March April A April 16 April 9 Mar. 26 April 16 April 2 April 23 April 9 April 2 B V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. April 16 XI. Mar. 26 April 2 27 XIV. Mar. 26 10 3 XVI. April 2 24 XVII. April 23 XVIII April 9 XIX. April 2 Mar. 27 10 24 10 17 10 ANOTHER TABLE TO FIND EASTER, TILL THE YEAR 1899, INCLUSIVE. 27 SUNDAY LETTERS. 17 3 с Ꮐ 5 -19 -12 3 Mar. 28 -29 SUNDAY LETTERS. 18-19 28 11 D 18 -19 5 -29 -12 28 4 28-22 11 -12 5 THIS THIS Table contains so much of the Calendar as is necessary for the determining of Easter; to find which, look for the Golden Number of the year in the first column of the Table, against which stands the day of the Paschal Full Moon; then look in the third column for the Sunday Letter, next after the day of the Full Moon; and the day of the month standing against that Sunday Letter is Easter-Day. If the Full Moon happen upon a Sunday, then (according to the first rule) the next Sunday after is Easter-Day. To find the Golden Number, or Prime, add to the year of our Lord, and then divide by 19; the remainder, if any, is the Golden Number; but if nothing remain, then 19 is the Golden Number. To find the Dominical or Sunday Letter, according to the Calendar, until the year 1899, inclusive, add to the year of our Lord its fourth part, omitting fractions, divide the sum by 7, and if there be no remainder, then A is the Sunday Letter; but if any number remain, then the Letter standing against that number in the small annexed Table is the Sunday Letter. 18-19 11-12 -29 E NOTE, That in all Bissextile or Leap Years, the Letter found as above will be the Sunday Letter from the intercalated day exclusive, to the end of the year. - 5 Mar. 30 F 20 13 30 G 7 31 25 14 31 April 1 21 the Golden Number, or the Prime, in column of Golden Numbers, and against the Prime, in the same line, under the Sunday Letter, you have the Day of the Month on which Easter falleth that year. But, NOTE, That the name of the Month is set on the left hand, or just with the figure, and followeth not as in other Tables, by de 7 31 April 1 scent, but collaterally. 8 uppermost line, and 25 0123456 14 7 24 14 31 April 1 21 ACFEDOR 25 G с B 10 use of the preceding Table, find the Sunday Letter for the Year in the FOR THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS, BEING THE TIME OF TWO CYCLES OF THE MOON. YEARS OF GOLDEN THE SUNDAY OUR LORD. NUMBER. EPACT. LETTER. 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 25 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 SUNDAYS AFTER 5 5 6 6 Jan. BA Feb. E DC EASTER-DAY. 18 Feb. 19 20 29 30 31 1 2 3 April 20 1881 Mar. 27 1883 April 16 1884 1 1885 1886 21 1887 Mar. 28 1888 1890 7 8 Mar. 31 1891 5 1893 A TABLE OF THE MOVEABLE FEASTS, ACCORDING TO THE SEVERAL DAYS THAT EASTER CAN POSSIBLY FALL UPON. Mar. 28 1894 April 16 1895 1 1896 21 13 1898 Mar. 283 1899 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 YEARS OF GOLDEN THE SUNDAY OUR LORD. NUMBER. EPACT. LETTER. 9 SEPTUAGES. FIRST DAY ASCENSION WHITSUN- 23 24 25 9 26 10 27 11 28 12 March 1 13 2 14 3 15 4 16 17 18 19 20 21 67 9 10 4 April 30 May 1 6 7 8 June 1 9 10 12 14 15 16 17 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 June 23 24 25 26 10 11 12 13 22 3 25 28 20 23 7 18 ED 24 EASTER-DAY. April 17 March 25 April 13 26 26 26 26 25 25 25 25 25 24 November 24 24 24 24 December March 29 April 17 December December ADVENT-SUN- 23 November 23 23 23 23 December 23 23 22 22 November 29 December November 27 November 27 November 27 NOTE, That in a Bissextile or Leap-Year, the number of Sundays after Epiphany will be the same as if EasterDay had fallen one day later than it really does. And, for the same reason, one day must, in every Leap-Year, be added to the day of the month given by the Table for Septuagesima Sunday, and for the first day of Lent: unless the Table gives some day in the month of March for it: for in that case, the day given by the Table is the right day. GOLDEN XIV. XI. XIX. XVI. V. XIII. II. X. XVIII. VII. DAYS OF THE SUNDAY GOLDEN 8500 2900 3000 FROM THE YEAR 1900 TO THE YEAR 2199, INCLUSIVE. April March 22 Ꭰ 5 C 2100 3900 4900 5800 6700 &c. 4 D GENERAL TABLES FOR FINDING THE DOMINICAL OR SUNDAY LETTER, TABLE I. 2200 3100 3200 4100 5000 5900 6000 7700 7800 6900 Ꮐ in the Tforegoing Calendar will point out the days of the Paschal Full Moons, till the year of our Lord 1900; at which time, in order that the Ecclesiastical Full Moons may fall nearly on the same days with the real Full Moons, the Golden Numbers must be removed to different days of the Calendar, as is done in the annexed Table, which contains so much of the Calendar then to be used, as is necessary for finding the Paschal Full Moons, and the Feast of Easter, from the year 1900, to the year 2199, inclusive. This Table is to be made use of, in all respects, as the first Table, before inserted, for finding Easter till the year 1899. 8300 To find the Dominical or Sunday Letter for any given year of our Lord, add to the year its fourth part, omitting fractions, and also the number, which, in Table I., standeth at the top of the column wherein the number of hundreds contained in that given year is found; divide the sum by 7, and if there be no remainder, then A is the Sunday Letter; but if any number remain, then the Letter which standeth under that number at the top of the Table, is the Sunday Letter. THE GOLDEN NUMBERS. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 23 4 15 26 24 5 16 27 25 6 17 28 26 7 18 29 27 8 19 0 23 6400 20 27 28 27 7900 29 &c. 13 24 14 25 5 16 27 819 6 17 28 9 20 15 26 7 18 29 10 21 16 27 8 19 011 22 17 28 9 20 112 23 6 17 28 9 20 2 13 24 3 14 25 4 15 26 5 16 27 6 17 28 7 18 29 10 21 3 14 25 6 17 28 28 9 20 112 23 29 10 21 2 13 24 011 22 3 14 25 112 23 4 15 26 2 13 24 5 16 27 7 18 29 10 21 8 19 011 22 920 1 12 23 10 21 2 13 24 11 22 3 14 25 find and of Tthe month to which the Golden Numbers ought to be prefixed in the Calendar in any given year of our Lord, consisting of entire hundred years, and in all the intermediate years betwixt that and the next hundredth year following, look in the second column of Table II. for the given year, consisting of entire hundreds; and note the number or cipher which stands against it in the third column; then in Table III. look for the same number in the column under any given Golden Number, which, when you have found, guide your eye sideways to the left hand, and in the first column you will find the month and the day to which that Golden Number ought to be prefixed in the Calendar, during that period of one hundred years. The letter B, prefixed to certain hundredth years in Table II., denotes those years which are still to be accounted Bissextile or Leap Years in the new Calendar; whereas all the other hundredth years are to be accounted only common years. 011 22 5 16 27 3 14 25 6 17 28 9 20 415 26 7 18 29 10 21 5 16 27 8 19 0 11 22 1 12 23 2 13 24 9 20 10 21 011 22 1 12 23 2 13 24 3 14 25 4 15 26 5 16 27 6 17 28 718 29 8 19 9 20 10 21 011 22 1 12 23 4 15 26 6 17 28 9 20 1 12 23 4 15 26 5 16 27 213 24 3 14 25 4 15 26 5 16 27 6 17 28 9 20 1 12 23 2 13 24 3 14 25 4 15 26 5 16 27 011 22 1 12 23 2 13 24 3 14 25 4 15 26 7 18 29 10 21 8 19 011 22 1 12 23 2 13 24 3 14 25 6 17 28 7 18 29 8 19 9 20 10 21 8 19 5 16 27 8 19 6 17 28 9 20 7 18 29 10 21 8 19 0.11 22 1 12 23 4 15 26 5 16 27 6 17 28 7 18 29 4 15 26 5 16 27 6 17 28 7 18 29 8 19 0 9 20 1 10 21 2 011 22 3 1 12 23 4 2 13 24 5 3 14 25 6 4 15 26 7 5 16 27 8 6 17 28 9 7 18 29 10 011 1 12 2 13 3 14 4 15 2 13 24 5 16 3 14 25 617 4 15 26 7 18 5 16 27 8 19 6 17 28 9 20 7 18 29 10 21 819 0 11 22 9 20 1 12 23 10 21 2 13 24 011 22 3 14 25 |