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Excerpt from The Ecclesiastical Review, 1920, Vol. 62: A Monthly Publication for the Clergy
The subject was warmly discussed in 1582 when Pope Gregory XIII undertook the reform Of the calendar, and from time to time down to our own day the discussion has been renewed. Certain it is that SO much talk about simplifying the calendar will sooner or later have its effect It is important, then, that we ourselves take the initiative before the matter has gone beyond our control and ordered in a manner wholly to our dislike.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.