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quartodeciman

(ˌkwɔːtəʊˈdɛsɪmən)

(Christian Churches, other) Early Church one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday

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Its addition is polemical, intended to distance Polycarp from Quartodecimanism and from those who might lionize him for the opposite purpose.

The Life of Polycarp. An anonymous vita from third-century Smyrna

Quartodecimanism was not an issue in the church in north Africa.

Grande Sabato. Il contesto pasquale quartodecimano nella formazione della teologia del martirio

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