TABLES and RULES for the Moveable and Immoveable Feasts; together with the Days of Fasting and Abstinence through the whole Year. RULES, To know when the Moveable Feasts and Holy-Days begin. EASTER-DAY, on which the rest depend, is always the first Sunday after the Full Moon, which happens upon, or next after, the twenty-first Day March; and 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. A TABLE OF FEASTS, To be observed in this Church, throughout the Year. St. Bartholomew the Apostle. All Sundays in the year. The Epiphany. The Conversion of St. Paul. The Purification of the Blessed Virgin. St. Matthias the Apostle. The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin. St. Mark the Evangelist. St. Philip and St. James, the Apostles. St. Michael and All Angels. St. Luke the Evangelist. St. Simon and St. Jude, the Apostles. All Saints. St. Thomas the Apostle. The Ascension of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. The Nativity of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. St. Barnabas. The Nativity of St. John the Baptist. St. Peter the Apostle. St. James the Apostle. St. Stephen the Martyr. St. John the Evangelist. The Holy Innocents. Monday and Tuesday in Easter-Week. Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun-Week. A TABLE OF FASTS. Ash-Wednesday. 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. 1st Forty days of Lent. 2d. The Ember-Days at the Four Seasons, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, the Feast of Pentecost, September 14, and December 13. 3d. The three Rogation Days, being the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before Holy Thursday, or the Ascension of our Lord. 4th. 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. 7 8G 7F fourth part, omitting fractions. 1 G add to the year of our Lord its 0 A 15 9 A divide the sum by 7, and if 2 F there be no remainder, then A3E is the Sunday Letter, but if any 1 D number remain, then the Let-5 C ter standing against that number 6 B -in the small annexed Table, is the Sunday Letter. 15 G Note, That in all Bissextile or GFE G 8 March 31 April 20 16 A Leap Years, the Letter found as above will be the Sunday Letter from the intercalated day exclusive, 20 E to the end of the year. 21 F 22 G 23 A 24 B 25 April 16 13 12 G 8 14 28 FE March 23 15 4 D April 12 16 15 C 4 17 26 B 24 18 7 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 descent, but collaterally. 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. 165 12 Mar. 1 25 424 3 17 5 13 2 26 5:23 Nov. 27 18 5 14 S 27 623 28 19 5 15 4 |