tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post2376001687183172069..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: I think it was the Venerable BedeWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-73692417203834987512011-06-24T01:48:33.804-05:002011-06-24T01:48:33.804-05:00The time is approximate in the northern hemisphere...The time is approximate in the northern hemisphere, and totally inapplicable in the southern. The Julian calendar, which was in use in Europe until 1582, puts the Summer Solstice about mid-June, before the actual festival day of the Nativity of John the Baptist.<br /><br />And of course nobody has the slightest bleeding idea on what day either John or Jesus was born except relative to each other.<br /><br />But, if one must have theology as poetic imagery, maybe the southern hemisphere has it better -- light increasing from around the time of the Nativity of the Baptist to around the time of the Nativity of the Christ at the Summer Solstice in December! If only there had been some rootin tootin OSBs in the southern hemisphere around old Bede's time! But we English hadn't even gotten ourselves to-gether yet let alone to go conquer them!Terry Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17122266461403246084noreply@blogger.com