SEPTEMBER

Sister Helen, I've heard so many teach that the 12 planets somehow coincide with the 12 disciples of Jesus:

"These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him." ~ Matthew 10:2-4 New International Version (NIV).

However, if we add Mary Magdalene to this list (as Mary Madgalene was also a disciple of Jesus), that would mean that at one time we only had 13 calendar months in a year instead of 12.

Just something that popped into my brain...

@Siebra
I don't think that they counted Mary as a disciple because as you know in the beginning women were excluded and considered unclean if they were on their cycle. Now women are the majority in the church.

Sister Muhammad,

Now here's where that 13 months came into play.

During antiquity the lunar calendar that best approximated a solar-year calendar was based on a 19-year period, with 7 of these 19 years having 13 months. In all, the period contained 235 months. Still using the lunation value of 291/2 days, this made a total of 6,9321/2 days, while 19 solar years added up to 6,939.7 days, a difference of just one week per period and about five weeks per century.

Even the 19-year period required adjustment, but it became the basis of the calendars of the ancient Chinese, Babylonians, Greeks, and Jews.

This same calendar was also used by the Arabs, but Muhammad later forbade shifting from 12 months to 13 months, so that the Islamic calendar now has a lunar year of about 354 days. As a result, the months of the Islamic calendar, as well as the Islamic religious festivals, migrate through all the seasons of the year.

@Deacon
It is best to link your information with Roman history during the time of Christ.

The original Roman calendar was said to be invented by King Romulus, the first king of Rome, at around 753 BCE (Before Common Era). The calendar started the year in March (Martius) and consisted of 10 months, with 6 months of 30 days and 4 months of 31 days.
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/roman-...

Sister Lofton,

This is a very interesting topic about calendars. that a look at this point of view for a moment. The Gregorian calendar is today's internationally accepted civil calendar and is also known as the "Western calendar" or "Christian calendar". It was named after the man who first introduced it in February 1582: Pope Gregory XIII. http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/gregor...