Talk:Octave of Easter

Old discussion
The article says that it is called "Low Sunday" because of its lack of importance. Although this fits - it is almost always a sparsely attended service - it is my understanding that it is a corruption of "Lauds Sunday." Should it be investigated and corrected if that is right?

Evan Daniel The Prayer-Book: Its History, Language and Contents (1894) certainly explains the "Lauds Sunday" derivation. I think it is worth changing.


 * The Oxford English Dictionary states: "The popular name of Low Sunday has probably arisen from the contrast between the joys of Easter and the first return to ordinary Sunday services." While I am sympathetic to the "Laudes" explanation, I think that we should get something more up-to-date than 1894 for confirmation.  I am not very conversant with Medieval liturgy, but in the (post-Trent, pre-Vatican II) Roman Rite, there is no sequence for Low Sunday.  For the time being, I've added a citation tag. 66.31.47.139 18:46, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Elsewhere on Wikipedia, "quasi modo" is translated as "almost like", which I believe is closer to correct than what's given here. The figurative meaning is roughly the same, but I'd prefer we were more precise... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Keshlam (talk • contribs) 05:48, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Hunchback of Notre Dame: Quasimodo's name
Pace the original contributor of the Literary Note, Hugo in fact writes that it is not known whether Dom Frollo named Quasimodo from the day of his finding, or directly from the Latin quasi modo because of his disabilities. For correctness' sake, I've amended the text with a referenced quotation of the two most relevant sentences from the English translation (Penguin Books) on my bookshelf. Unfortunately this translation seems to me somewhat ungrammatical - an "it is unknown" or similar should, I think, accompany the "whether" of the text. I have, alas, no access to the French original to investigate this seeming lacuna. Does anyone have a better translation from which we might quote instead?

Related Wikipedia sites!
I don't see how any editor, or contributor, can ignore one meaning of this day? Wikipedia is already full of connections, which it seems are somehow forgotten here!

How, or why I know not! But, not mentioned or linked they are! It should not be my job to point out obvious relationships, the "King of Fools" or "Prince of Fools" should be related, as should the even more obvious "Circumcison Day!"

As the "perfect lamb", Christ was obviously considered as the "Perfect Child" since he was the "Child of God!" Quasimodo, was the "opposite!", abandoned by his mother and father, and totally deformed! He was a child that most usually was doomed not to survive, yet a miracle happened! Was Quasimodo, also circumcised on the Eighth Day?

Please look up the connections that should be apparent by now, and make the connections? Regards, 69.92.23.64 (talk) 00:35, 20 June 2010 (UTC)Ronald L. Hughes


 * The Circumcision of Christ is recognized on January 1, the octave of Christmas. According to the article Lord of Misrule, celebrations of the King of Fools sort also occurred around that time of the year.  I'm not sure I see any particular connection to the Octave of Easter.   Glenfarclas   ( talk ) 02:07, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Move to Divine Mercy
This needs to be done before May 1 so that Catholics can be informed about the history of the Feast of Divine Mercy.(Matt.mawson (talk) 02:09, 28 February 2011 (UTC))
 * Disagree. That article should link here, which would easily enable people to learn about this history of the day.   Glenfarclas  ( talk ) 22:40, 28 February 2011 (UTC)