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On Pascha: With the Fragments of Melito and Other Material Related to the Quartodecimans: Translation is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Quartodecimans were early Christians who maintained the tradition derived from Judaism, and observed Pascha at the same time that the Jews observed Passover. In this work, Alistair Stewart, the leading authority on Melito and the Quartodecimans, presents a unique collection of material in a formal ideal for classroom use as well as for the general reader. At the head of this newly revised...

Although Bonner’s identification of the work he had assembled as that of Melito has received widespread acceptance, there have been a few dissenting voices. The cause of this dissent derives from the report of Melito’s work found in Eusebius. This report has been subject to much debate.21 In his work “Concerning the Pascha” he indicates the time at which he drew it up at the beginning, stating thus: When Servillius Paulus was proconsul of Asia, and Sagaris was martyred at a fitting time, there was
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