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Chapter XIX. A question why we break the fast all through Eastertide.

Works of St John Cassian (Institutes, Conferences, On the Incarnation) · Saint John Cassian

A question why we break the fast all through Eastertide.

Cassian 4.64.1

Germanus: Why then do we relax the rigour of our abstinence in our meals all through the fifty days, whereas Christ only remained with His disciples for forty days after His resurrection?

Cassian 4.64.2