[79] Sermo 47, in Exod. In omnibus solemnitatibus Christianis non ignoramus paschale sacramentum esse præcipium.

[80] Sermo 48, c. 1.

[81] Beda, De rat. Temp., 1, 5.

[82] Exod. xii. 11; Num. xxviii. 16.

[83] Euseb., Hist. Eccl., 4, 33.

[84] De Orat., c. 18.

[85] By Pascha, Tertullian probably understands Holy Week and Easter Week together, as a time during which each day had its liturgical celebration, “collecta,” which was not the case generally. Similarly, Quinquagesima means the period from Easter to Whitsunday.

[86] Adv. Mar., 4, 12; De Jeiun., 14. Cf. De Bapt., 19; De Cor., 3.

[87] De Jeiun., 14.

[88] Adv. Marc., 5, 7.