I 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.

E
VASTER-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 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. Septuagesima

Nine
Sexagesima
Quinquagesima

Sunday is

Eight Weeks before

Seven Easter.
Quadragesima

Six
Rogation Sunday

Five Weeks
Ascension-Day

is
Forty Days

After Easter.
Whitsunday

Seven Weeks
Trinity Sunday

Eight Weeks

A TABLE OF FEASTS,

To be obscrved in the Church, throughout the Year.

All Sundays in the year.

St. Bartholomew the Apostle. The Circumcision of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. St. Matthew the Apostle. The Epiphany

St. Michael and All Angels.
The Conversion of St. Paul.

St. Luke the Evangelist.
The Purification of the Blessed Virgin. St. Simon and St. Jude, the Apostles.
St. Matthias the Apostle.

All Saints.
The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin. St. Andrew the Apostle.
St. Mark the Evangelist.

St. Thomas the Apostle.
St. Philip and St. James, the Apostles. The Nativity of our Lord JESUS CHRIST.
The Ascension of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. St. Stephen the Martyr.
St. Barnabas.

St. John the Evangelist. The Nativity of St. John the Baptist.

The Holy Innocents. St. Peter the Apostle.

Monday and Tuesday in Easter-Week. St. James the Apostle.

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. The Season 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.

Sunday Easter-Day.

.

April 19

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April 12

April 16

the year.

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TT TABLES FOR FINDING THE HOLY-DAYS.

A TABLE of the Days on which Easter will fall

for thirty-eight Years, being the Time of two CyEaster-Dayfrom

the Calendar as is necessary for cles of the Moon. the present Time, the determining of Easter; to find till the Year 1899 which, look for the Golden Number Years of our Golden The inclusive. of the year in the first column of the

Lord. Number Epact Letter. Gol. Day of Sun.

Table, against which stands the day No. the Mon. Lett of the Paschal Full Moon; then look

1824

1
0 DC

April 18 in the third column for the Sunday

5
2
B

3 14 Mar. 21. Letter, next after the day of the Full 6

3 22

March 26 3 22 D Moon; and the day of the month

7

April 15 23 E standing against that Sunday Letter 8

5 14 FE

6 11 24 F is Easter-Day. If the Full Moon

9
6 25 D

19 25 G happen upon a Sunday, then (accord 30

7
6

11 191 26 A ing to the first rule) the next Sunday 1

8
17
B

3 8 27 B after is Easter-Day.

2
9 28 AG

22 28 C To find the Golden Number or||

3
10
9 F

7 16 29 D Prime, add 1 to the year of our Lord, 4

11 20 E March 30 5 30 E and then divide by 19; the remain

5
12

D
31 F

April 19 der, if

any
is the Golden Number

6
13 12 CB

3 13 April 1 G but if nothing remain, then 19 is the 7

14 23 А March 26 2 2 A Golden Number.

8
15
4
G

April 15
31 B
To find the Dominical or Sunday

9
16 15

F March 31 10 4 C Letter, according to the Calendar, 40

17 26 E D
5 P until the year 1899 inclusive,

1
18

11 18

6 E
add to the year of our Lord its | A

2
19 18

B March 27 7 7 F fourth part, omitting fractions, 1 G 3

А March 16 8 G and also the Number 1: Divide 2 F

11 GF April

7 15

9 А
the sum by 7, and if there be no

3 E

22

E March 23 41 10 B remainder, then A is the Sun- 4 D

3

D
11 с
day Letter; but if any number 5 C

14
с

4 12 12 D remain, then the Letter stand- 6 B

6 25 BA

23 1 13 E ing against that number in the

9

7
6
G

8 14 F small annexed Table, is the Sunday 50

17

F March 31 9 15 G Letter.

1
9 28 E

April 20
161 A
Note. That in all Bissextile or Leap

2
10
9 DC

11 17 17 B Years, the Letter found as above will 3

11 20 B March 27 6 18 C be the Sunday Letter from the inter

12

1

А 19 D calated day cxclusive, to the end of 5

13 12 G

8 201 E

6

14 23 FE March 23 211 F

7
15
4
D

April 12 221 G

16 15 C

4 23 A

9
17 26 B

24 24 B

60
18
A G

8 251 C

19 18

F March 31
A TABLE of the Moveable Feasts, according to the

several Days that Easter can possibly fall upon. Another TABLE to find Easter, till the Year 1899, inclusive.

Easter Su.a Septu. (1stday Ascen Whit Advent
Day. Epi. Sund. fofLent Day. sund. Sunday.

Mar22 1 Jan.18 Feb. 4 Ap. 30 May 10 27 Nov. 29
SUNDAY LETTERS.

23 1 19 5 May 1

1127 301 24 1 20 6

2 12/27 Dec.

25 2 Golden

21

7
3 13/27

21 B С

F G

26 Numb.

2 22 8 4 14/27

3 27 2 23 9 5 15|26 Nov. 27 28 2 24 10 6 16/26

281 I. Ap. 16 17 18/19 20 14 15 29 2 25 11 7

291 II. Ap. 91 3 4 5 6 7 8 30 2 26 12 8 18 26

30 III. Mar. 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 31 2 27 13 9 19 26 Dec. 1 IV. Ap 16) 17 11 12 13 14

15||Apr. 1
3 28
14 10 20/26

2 V. Ap. 2 3 4.5 6 Mar31 Ap. 1 23 29

15 11 21 26

3 23 24 25 19 20 21 22

3

30 16 12 22 25 Nov. 27 VII. Ap. 9 10 11/12 13 14 8

31 17 13 23/25

281 VIII. Ap. 21 3Mar28 29 30 31 Ap. 1

Feb. 1 18 14 24 25

29 IX. Ap. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

2 19 15 25/25

301 X. [Ap. 9 10 111 5 6 7 8

3 20 16 26 25 Dec. 1 XI. Mar. 26 27 28 29 30 31 25

8 4
4 21 17 2725

2 XII. Ap 16 171 18/19 13 14 15

9 4
5 22 18

28 25

3 XIII. Ap.

2
3 41 5 6

8 10 4

6 23 19 29|24 Nov. 27 XIV. Mar. 26 27 28 22 23 24 251 11 4

7 24 20 30/241 281 XV. Ap. 16 10 11 12 131 14 15 12 4

8 25 21 31/24

29 XVI. Ap. 2 3 4 5 Mar 30 31 Ap. 1 13 4

9 26 22 June 1/24 301 XVII. Ap. 23 24 18 19 20 21 22 14

10 27 23 224 Dec. 1 XVIII. Ap. 9 10 111 13

8
15
11 28 24 3/24

2 XIX. Ap. 2 Mar27 28/29 301

31 Ap. !
16 5 12 Mar.1 25

4/24

3 5 13 2 26 5 23 Nov. 27 18 5 14 3 27

231 28 To make use of the preceding Table, find the Sunday

19 5
15 4 28 723

291 20

16
5 29

8/23

30 Golden Number, or Prime, in the column of Golden

21 5

17 6 30 923 Dec. 1 Numbers, and against the Prime, in the same Line, under

22 6

18
7 31 10/23

2 the Sunday Letter, you have the Day of the Month on

23 6 19 which Easter falleth that Year. But,

8 June 1

3 24 6

9

2 12 22 Nov. 27 Note, That the Name of the Month is set on the left

25 6
211 101

1322 hand, or just with the Figure, and followeth not as in

28 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 Easter-Day bad 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.

A

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VI. Ap.

17

11/23

20

To find the month and days of

Day, from the Year 1900,
to the Year 2199, inclusive

1
31

3

10 Golden Dayof the Sunda. There in the fore: Years

Years

the month to which the Number Month.' Letter. going Calendar will

Jof our
of our

Golden Numbers ought to be pre-
14
March 22 D point out the days of

Lord. Lord.

fixed in the Calendar in any giv3 23 E the Paschal Full

en year of our Lord, consisting 24

Moons, till the Year|| B| 1600 0B 5.00 15 of entire hundred years, and in all 11 25 G of our Lord 1900; at

1700

5300 16

the interinediate years betwirt 26 А which time, in order

1800

5100 17

that and the next hundredth year 19

27
that the Ecclesiastic-

1900

5500

171 following, look in the second co8

28
al Full Moons

B) 2000 2 B5000 17 lumn of Table II. for the given

may
29
fall nearly on
the 2100

5700 18 year, consisting of entire hun16

30
same days with the

2:200 3 5800

18 dreds; and note the number or 5 31 F real Full Moons, the

2300

5900 19 cypher which stands against it April 1 G Golden Numbers must

B 2400 3 B 6000 19 in the third column; then in Ta13

2
be removed to differ-

2500

6100 19 ble III. look for the same num2

3
ent days of the Calen-

2600 5 6200 20 ber in the column under any gir-
4
dar, as is done in the

2700 5 6300 21 en Golden Number, which when 10

5

annexed Table, which|| B| 2800 5 B 6400 201 you have found, guide your cye 6 contains so much of

2900 6 6500 21 sideways to the left hand, and in 18 the Calendar then to

3000 6 6000 22 the first column you will find the 7 8 G be used, as is necessa

3100 7 6700 23 month and day to which that 9 A

ry for finding the Pas-B 3200 7 B 6800 22 Golden Number ought to be pre15

10 B
chal Full Moons, and

3300 6900 123 fixed in the Calendar, during that
11
the Feast of Eas-

34100

8
7000

24 period of one hundred years.
12 D
ter, from the year
3500 9 7100 24

The Letter B prefixed to cer12

13 E
1900, to the year 2199, |

B) 3600 8 B 7200 24 tain hundredth years in Table II. 1

14

inclusive. This Ta 3700 9 7300 25 denotes those years which are 151 ble is to be made use

3800 10 7400 25 still to be accounted Bissextile or 9

16) А
of, in all respects, as

3900 101 7500 26 Leap Years in the new Calen17

17 B

the first Table, before|| B|4000 10 B7600 26 dar; whereas all the other hun6

18 с
inserted, for finding

4100 11 7700 26 dredth years are to be accounted
19 D
Easter, will the year

4200 12 7800 27 only common years.
20 E
1899.

4300 12 7900 28
21 F

B 4100 12 B 3000 27 22 G

4500 13

8100 128 23

4600 131 8200 201 2-4

4700 14 8300 -29 25

B 4800 14 B 8400 29

4900 14 8500 0
5000 15 &c.
5100 161

GENERAL TABLES for finding the Dominical

or Sunday. Letter, and the Places of the Golden Numbers in the Calendar.

TABLE III.

2 Paschal F. Moon

THE GOLDEN NUMBERS.

TABLE I.

21 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10111211311|15|10|17|1914

G

5800

6 5

3 2

1

0
Mar.

819 011-21 31425 611781 920 1 12123 1520 B с D E

А 22D 9/20 112|231 4/15/2017/18/29/10 211 2113/24 5110

23 E 10 211 213241 51627 8/19 0 11 22 31111.25 617 1600 1700 1800 24 F 11 221 311425 0171-28 9120 1123 15 20 71829

1203 15 261 71829 10/211 213-4 1627 8191 1900

2300
2100
2000
2200

2700
2500
2400

2000
2300 26 A 13:24 5 10 27 819 0 11 22 3114425 617|289 20 1

27 B 14/251 6 17 28 920 1 12 23 4 15 26 719 29 10 21 2900

3100
3000
3300

28 C 15%
3400
3500

719
3700

10121 213 245 10/27 8119 01122 3 3200 3600

1627 8191 1122 3 1425 617 28 9 20 112 23 4

E 1728/ 9 201 1/12/23 4 15 26 718 29 10 211 213 24 3900 3800

1300
4100 4200
4000

4400
4500 4600

31 F 18 29 10 211 21324 51627 819 01122 3 14 25 6

April 4700

5100 4900 5000

5500 4800

5300

11G 19 0 11 22 31425 6|17289 20 112.31 415 2017 5200

5400
5600 2A 2011/12 23 415/26 71809 10 211 213241 510271 8

3 B 21 213124 516271 8 19 01122 314125 6117/29 9 5900 5700

6100
6300

41C 22 31425
6000
6200

17281 9/201 1 12123) 415/267/1929/10
6500
(400

5 D 231 4 15 26 18 29 10 211 213 24 5 1427 819 011 6600 6700 6900

7100 7000

6E 24 5 16|27| 819 6800

7300 7200

1122 31-125 610 28 20 11? 7400

7 F 25 6 17 28 9 20 112231 4 15 26 7 18 29 10/21 213

8G 26/718/29/10 211 213 24 516 27 819 0 11/29 314 7500 7700 7800 7900

3300 A 27 819 01122 3 14 25

8100 7600

1728 920
8000
8200

12231 4115 8400

10 B 28 9 20 1 12/231 4 15 26 718129 1021 2113:41 5116 8500 &c.

11/C 29 10 21 2|13|24| 516|27) 319 0022) 31425 6117 12D 0 1122 3 14 251 617|28) 9 201 11:23) 1/15/26 718

13 E 1 12 23 4/15/2017 18/29/10 211 21324 5/16/27) 1.9 given Year of our Lord, add to the Year its|| 14 F 2/13 24 5/16/27 819) 01122 3 11 25 61728 20 fourth Part, omitting Fractions, and also the Number, which, in Table I. standeth at the Top of the

15 G 3/14 25 6/17/28 920 1 12 23 4|15|26|71829 1021 Column wherein the Number of Hundreds con

10A 4 15 26 718/29/10 211 21324 5/1627 819 002: tained in that given Year is found : Divide the 17 B 5 1627 8/19 011/22 31425 617 291 920 11-3 Sum by 7, and if there be no remainder, then A is 13B

718-910 211 21134 the Sunday Letter; but if any number remain,

18c

6/17 231 9/20 11223 4 13 26! then the Letter which standeth under that Number at the Top of the Table, is the Sunday Letter.

1310 7118129 10 211 2113241 5116 271 slig! 011122) 3114125

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