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The Day of Pentecost
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Series III
Just when the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the event known as Pentecost, occurred is a matter of debate: Luke has a totally different time-table than John; for John it happened on Easter evening, but for Luke it was forty-some days later. When the church year began to take shape, the church chose to celebrate Pentecost according to Luke's story (possibly for historical reasons) and it keeps to that forty-nine-day schedule (it is really the fiftieth day of Easter) for practical reasons today.