10 JUNE 1949, Page 18

A FIXED EASTER

Sta,—The champions of the present system for determining the date of Easter by reference to the full moon appear to forget that the ecclesiastical full moon is not a natural phenomenon, but Is a fictitious satellite created by a complicated and artificial calculation. The date of the ecclesiastical full moon can differ from that of the (real) moon by as much as three days, a difference which could be responsible for a considerable change In the date of Easter. If the present system is artificial, what objection is there to " artificially" fixing the date of Easter?—I am, Yours, &c., L. BAINBR/DGE-BELL. Oak Cottage, Bunch Lane. Haslemere, Surrey.