▁Jewish ▁community . ▁By ▁the ▁later ▁ 3 rd ▁century ▁some ▁Christians ▁began ▁to ▁express ▁diss atisf action ▁with ▁what ▁they ▁took ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁dis order ly ▁state ▁of ▁the ▁Jewish ▁calendar . ▁They ▁argued ▁that ▁contemporary ▁Jews ▁were ▁ident ifying ▁the ▁wrong ▁lun ar ▁month ▁as ▁the ▁month ▁of ▁N isan , ▁choosing ▁a ▁month ▁whose ▁ 1 4 th ▁day ▁fell ▁before ▁the ▁spring ▁equ ino x . ▁ ▁Christians , ▁these ▁think ers ▁argued , ▁should ▁abandon ▁the ▁custom ▁of ▁re lying ▁on ▁Jewish ▁inform ants ▁and ▁instead ▁do ▁their ▁own ▁comput ations ▁to ▁determine ▁which ▁month ▁should ▁be ▁sty led ▁N isan , ▁setting ▁E aster ▁within ▁this ▁independently ▁computed , ▁Christian ▁N isan , ▁which ▁would ▁always ▁locate ▁the ▁festival ▁after ▁the ▁equ ino x . ▁They ▁just ified ▁this ▁break ▁with ▁tradition ▁by ▁arg uing ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁in ▁fact ▁the ▁contemporary ▁Jewish ▁calendar ▁that ▁had ▁broken ▁with ▁tradition ▁by ▁ign oring ▁the ▁equ ino x , ▁and ▁that ▁in ▁former ▁times ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁of ▁N isan ▁had ▁never ▁preced ed ▁the ▁equ ino x . ▁ ▁O thers ▁felt ▁that ▁the ▁custom ary ▁practice ▁of ▁reli ance ▁on ▁the ▁Jewish ▁calendar ▁should ▁continue , ▁even ▁if ▁the ▁Jewish ▁comput ations ▁were ▁in ▁error ▁from ▁a ▁Christian ▁point ▁of ▁view . ▁ ▁The ▁controvers y ▁between ▁those ▁who ▁argued ▁for ▁independent ▁comput ations ▁and ▁those ▁who ▁argued ▁for ▁continued ▁reli ance ▁on ▁the ▁Jewish ▁calendar ▁was ▁formally ▁resolved ▁by ▁the ▁Council , ▁which