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5q47rn32000	Nicholas Vincent Russo	The Origins of Lent	2009		.txt	text/plain	116	3	33	These are: (1) Lent emerged as the result of a gradual prolongation of the primitive one- or two-day pre-paschal fasts; (2) Lent was modeled on Jewish Passover preparation; (3) Lent arose around a third-century hagiopolite lectionary cycle; (4) Lent emerged as the result of the transposition of an ancient Egyptian post-Epiphany fast. The project reexamines the origins of Lent in light of recent critiques of the generally accepted theories.	cache/5q47rn32000.txt	txt/5q47rn32000.txt