Questions & Answers - Good News Staff - September 1974

Good News Staff

QUESTION: "In the article in the June issue of The Good News titled 'The True Pentecost Day,' it is stated that Pentecost always falls on Sunday. But in your booklet 'Pagan Holidays - or God's Holy Days - Which?' you say that Pentecost falls on Monday. Please explain which is right and what is the correct method of counting the fifty days of Pentecost. I'm sure that the discrepancies are not intentional, but I would like to be sure of the correct date so that I may observe Pentecost as God intended." ANSWER: Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong and our doctrinal committee have recently concluded a lengthy and very detailed study into the topic of which day is the correct day to observe Pentecost. We found that our previous understanding had been in error. We had been (up to this year - 1974) observing the day of Pentecost on the wrong day of the week - Monday. Actually, Pentecost always falls on the first day of the week - Sunday. This year the Church of God kept Pentecost on a Sunday (May 26). - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library