Pope Gregory XIII
September 2 is Calendar Adjustment Day. This roots for this holiday begin in 1751 when the British Parliament passed The Calendar Act of 1751. This act required Britain and everyone in the British Empire to adopt the Gregorian Calendar. February 24, 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal edict to follow the Gregorian Calendar, which was intended to correct the eleven minutes that were off in the Julian Calendar. Eleven minutes doesn’t sound like much, but the error was compounded by the more than one thousand years it had been used. Most of Europe began using the Gregorian Calendar, but Britain and the countries in the British Empire kept using the Julian Calendar, as did Greece and Russia. The difference in dates became very confusing. Some people even wrote letters giving both dates. The Calendar Act of 1751 declared that the day following September 2 would be September 14. So, the British people went to sleep on the night of September 2 and woke up on September 14, and many of them were decidedly unhappy at having had such a long sleep or at missing eleven days, and riots and fights broke out. Even more days were lost when Greece-in 1923–and Russia–in 1918–decided to use the Gregorian calendar too. Both countries had to make a thirteen-year adjustment. When you see the date today, think of the hullabaloo surrounding it, and remember that confusion has always been a part of the human experience.
1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
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