Evangelizing in Spring time

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Spring begins today. Do you guys know why we call Spring “Spring” ?

And do you know the role that Dennis the Little had in making March 25th New Year’s Day?
 
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We call this time of year spring because during the winter months many of the plants die but in this time of year the flowers bloom and the new life Springs out from the old
 
And, the more interesting question,
“Why was March 25th made New Year’s Day ?”

That question has the same answer as to why do we count the years as AD 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, etc. ?

In olden days the years were numbered according to a rulers’ reign. For example, the 28th year of the reign of Caesar Augustus, or the 2nd year of the reign of Caesar Nero.

In the sixth century Pope John I asked Dionysius Exiguus [translated into English as “Dennis the Little”] to calculate the dates for Easter in the coming years. Easter is a movable feast and does not fall on the same calendar date each year. So, when Dennis the Little made his calendar charts he explains his new way of numbering the years. He wrote :

“We have been unwilling to connect our cycle with the name of an impious persecutor [Diocletian], but have chosen rather to note the years from the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ …”

He had begun his new book with the words :
“anno Domini nostri Jesu Christi DXXXII”
(Latin for “in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 532,” or A.D. 532).

This is why the current year is counted as AD 2018, that is, 2018 years after the coming of Christ.
Since, Jesus was born on December 25, and counting back nine months before that we can conclude He was conceived, approximately, on March 25th. That is why March 25th was made New Year’s Day by Dennis the Little in the sixth century. This lasted until the adoption of our current calendar. In AD 1752 new Year’s Day was moved to January 1st for England and the American colonies. But, in AD 1751 New Year’s Day was March 25th.

John
 
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If a person is guaranteed all the rights and privileges he wants tomorrow, as long as he agrees to one minor exception, and that being, that the government uses his tax dollars to hire an assassin to kill him tonight, then I think most people would reject that plan.

Now, the realist points out that actually neither he, you, or I will get killed, actually we just have to agree that the baby in the womb gets killed. But, that is worse. The baby is innocent. I am not innocent.

Therefore, Pro-Life is the most important issue.

It is also the most difficult to discus. As soon as a Pro-life person uses words and phrases like “abortion” “pro-life” “when does human life begin” he is often met with conflict and hostility. This makes dialog difficult. The Free Pamphlet purposely avoids using those words.

And the most important message to promote for Pro-Life is when human life begins. This pamphlet brings up non-confrontational ideas that support that truth.

To get past the hurdles of true dialog, this pamphlet brings up truth in a back door approach. So, in my opinion, it gives the best method of promoting the most important defense of the most important issue.
And all that explains why there is so much interest in this thread.
(or maybe Not.)

At 10:00 pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time I made some slight improvements to Free Printable Pamphlet. I made the front panel more centered and improved the margins in other panels and I add color to A.D. in the sentence explaining the meaning of the Latin abbreviation.

I hope this helps,
John
 
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