Canon LXXIII.
(Greek lxxvi.)
The date of Easter and the date of the Council should be
announced.
Item
, it seemed good that the
day of the venerable Easter should be intimated to all by the
subscription of formed letters; and that the same should be observed
with regard to the date of the Council, according to the decree of the
Council of Hippo, that
is to say
the X. Calends of September, and that it should be written to the
primates of each province so that when they summon their councils they
do not impede this day.
Notes.
Ancient Epitome of Canon
LXXIII.
It seemed good that the day of the Holy Easter should be
announced on the day of the annual Synod, or on the tenth day before
the calends of September.
This is Canon viij. of Carthage, September,
a.d.
401.
Johnson.
See Can. 51 (55).
“The time of council,” i.e., of the national
council at Carthage.
The Greek canon says
ἡ πρὸ δέκα
καλανδῶν
Σεπτεμβρίων
,
and Zonaras makes this the 21st of August, but he mistakes in his
calculation.