St. John and the Synoptics in the Triduum.
Every Triduum, thousands of Catholics (including me) ask the following question: Why do the Synoptic Gospels (Saints Matthew, Mark and Luke) place the Passover on one date and it seems that St. John places it on a different date? The answer I gave for several years was the calendar of the Pharisees was different from that of the Essenes. However, I discovered that that answer leads to more problems than solutions. Before we look at the real answer, I want to remind you of a definition known to most traditional Catholics. Archaeologism is a modernist fad found in Church history and liturgical studies, often used by charismatics. One aspect of [...]









