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COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n Notice the following news item:<\/p>\n The church is about to leave the building and fill London with worship, praise and celebration for the first ever<\/strong> Pentecost Festival<\/strong> to be held in the capital from 9 – 11 May 2008.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Spread across many central London boroughs, Pentecost Festival will play host to unique events and experiences organised and presented by the body of Christ. It aims to be a celebration of Jesus in the capital and demonstrate that the church is alive and visible in London. http:\/\/www.christiantoday.com\/article\/pentecost.festival.to.let.london.know.the.church.is.alive\/17875.htm<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n It is nice that some group is trying to observe Pentecost–a day that Jesus and His disciples observed both before and AFTER His resurrection.<\/p>\n Yet, also notice what some Catholics teach:<\/p>\n Q. When Is Pentecost Sunday 2008?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n From Scott P. Richert<\/span>, Pentecost Sunday<\/span>, which marks the end of the Easter season in the Christian calendar<\/span>, celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n A.<\/span><\/span> Pentecost falls on Sunday, May 11, 2008.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n However, because most Protestants and Catholics do not know when Passover was, they fail to count to the 50th day (Pentecost means 50th), thus have missed it by about a month. The 50 days begins the Sunday after the first day of unleavened bread (which comes one day after Passover).<\/p>\n Basically they misunderstand the date because Emperor Constantine declared:<\/p>\n “Let us then have nothing in common with the detestable Jewish crowd; for we have received from our Saviour a different way” (Eusebius’ Life of Constantine<\/em>, Book III chapter 18),<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Basically because of antisemitism, mainstream churches observe Easter Sunday (as a version of Passover for the Catholics and Orthodox) intentionally on a different day than early Christians like the Apostle John and Polycarp did (please see Passover and the Early Church<\/a>), thus they often do not observe Pentecost on the right day.<\/p>\n Passover occurred after sunset, April 18th, 2008. Pentecost this year will be June 8th, 2008.<\/p>\n Those interested in the truth about Pentecost, may wish to read the article Pentecost: Is it more than Acts 2?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n
Pentecost Festival to let London know the church is alive<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
Christian Today<\/strong> – April 10, 2008<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n
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