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[[Image:320px-Easter Bunny Postcard 1907.jpg|thumb|200px|Just in case you thought the issue of a bunny was controversial.]] | [[Image:320px-Easter Bunny Postcard 1907.jpg|thumb|200px|Just in case you thought the issue of a bunny was controversial.]] | ||
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|''"Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days."''(Colossians 2:16) | |||
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The First Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. repudiated Quartodecimanism (Easter on the 14th of Nissan), and acknowledge exceptional authority of the patriarchs of the Churches in Alexandria and Rome over their respective regions. | The First Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. repudiated Quartodecimanism (Easter on the 14th of Nissan), and acknowledge exceptional authority of the patriarchs of the Churches in Alexandria and Rome over their respective regions. | ||