At the end of the second century, according to Eusebius of Caesarea in his work Ecclesiastical History, Polycrates of Ephesus sent a letter to Rome defending the observance of “the fourteenth day of the Passover according to the Gospel, never deviating, but following according to the rule of the faith. ”
इस तारीख को कभी नहीं बदलना चाहिए, मगर इस बारे में मसीही धर्म का जो नियम है उसी का पालन करना चाहिए । ’