History
The Quartodeciman controversy arose because Christians in the Roman province of Asia (Western Anatolia) celebrated Easter at the spring full moon, like the Jewish Passover, while the churches in the rest of the world observed the practice of celebrating it on the following Sunday ("the day of the resurrection of our Saviour"). The difference was turned into an ecclesiastical controversy when synods of bishops held in other provinces condemned the Asian practice.
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