The Easter computus and the origins of the Christian era

The Easter computus and the origins of the Christian era / Alden A. Mosshammer.

This study of early Christian methods for calculating the phases of the moon and the date for Easter Sunday offers a new explanation of how the system of numbering the years AD (Anni Domini, Years of the Lord) originated.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mosshammer, Alden A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Series:Oxford early Christian studies.
Subjects:
Dionysius, > Exiguus, > -approximately 540.
Dionysius Exiguus, > -approximately 540
Easter.
Church calendar > History.
Church history > Chronology.
RELIGION > Holidays > Christian.
Church calendar
Church history
Easter
chronologies (lists)
Chronologies
History
Chronologies.
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