My first and last post on this (off-) topic.
Alain LaBonté <alb@iquebec.com>
> This document says: "If 16 centuries had passed since Caesar's
> introduction of his calendar, the Julian calendar in Gregory's
> time would have been out of sync with the astronomical situation
> by 13 days, not 10."
>
> It is perhaps just a miscalculation and not a proof that 300 years
> were created out of nothing...
In fact, the 10 days dropped from the calendar as part of the Gregorian
reform in 1582 were intended to bring it back in line with the Council
of Nicaea in 325, not with its introduction by Julius Caesar in 45 BC.
There are disputes about whether 9 or 11 days would have been more
appropriate to achieve this goal, but in general there is no serious
scholarship to show it has anything to do with falsifying history.
-Doug Ewell
Fullerton, California
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