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THE DATE OF EASTER.—A Bill to fix the date of Easter as the second Sunday in April has been introduced into the House of Lords by Lord Desborough. This Bill may serve to focus attention on the matter, but it is scarcely likely of itself to do more, for the question is one that calls for international and ecclesiastical co-operation, as was recognised by the Astronomical Union when it appointed Cardinal Mercier to preside over the Commission on Calendar Reform. Isolated action would only increase the present inconvenience, and obviously a Parliamentary decision would not be accepted by a considerable section of the community in such a matter as the alteration of the date of a religious festival.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 107, 24 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107024a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/107024a0