The Forty Days’ Fast, which we call Lent [In most languages the name given to this Fast expresses the number of the day, Forty.But our word Lent signifies the Spring-Fast; for Lenten-Tide, in the ancient English-Saxon language, was the season of Spring. Translator.], is the Church’s preparation for Easter, and was instituted at the very commencement of …
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