It was Emperor Constantine who decreed that Christians should no longer keep the Sabbath and keep only to Sunday (the latter part of the first day of the week) calling it the "Venerable Day of the Sun". What is Sunday called Sunday? Germanic peoples then adapted these names to their own...
WHY CHRISTIANS WORSHIP ON SUNDAY (THE LORD’S DAY) AND NOT ON SATURDAY (THE SABBATH) by Dr. Timothy Lin with additional comments by Dr. R. L. Hymers, Jr. 主日,二○○九年十月十八日晚 於洛杉磯浸信會幕所宣之道 A sermon preached at the Baptist Tabernacle of Los Angeles Lord's Day Eve...
Sunday is expressly distinguished from the sabbathwhich it follows chronologically every week; for Christians its ceremonial observance replaces that of the sabbath. In Christ’s Passover, Sunday fulfills the spiritual truth of the Jewish sabbath and announces man’s eternal rest in God. For worshi...
when I come”) would not have been avoided at all. But thing about this passage that should interest us is how Paul describes Sunday. Many modern translations simply say “first day of the week,” but this is misleading. The phrase literally ismian sabbatou—“first [day] Sabbath.” ...
You might have heard that Sunday, as the Sabbath, is a “day of rest.” But is that just, like, an honorary title? What does that actually mean for Christians? What should be doing—or not doing—on Sundays? Today, Fr. Mike tells us why Christians are asked to rest from work on ...
Is it a sin to work on Sunday? On Sundays and other holy days, faithful Christians are to refrain from work and activities that hinder the worship owed to God, the joy proper to the Lord's Day, works of mercy, and the “appropriate relaxation of mind and body.” Can you go outside...
the Archbishop of Reggio. He said all their claims of discarding tradition were false as long as they retained Sunday. This rejection of the Seventh day Sabbath was also a tradition instituted by the Catholic Church. This change in the day of worship is nowhere to be found in the Scriptu...
When Reading the Psalms, Don’t Skip the Superscriptions Andrew Wilson They’re part of the Bible’s original text, and frequently essential to understanding it. The Bulletin Check Yes or No The Bulletinremembers Jimmy Carter, explores the end of Meta’s fact-checking program, and catches up...
Well again, farmers, but also religion. It took people in rural areas roughly a day to travel into town to vote. That means Monday wouldn't work as Election Day since it would require voters to travel on Sunday, which is the sabbath for Christians. ...
THE ENTIRE WORLD UNDERSTANDS that Jesus Christ is the Jewish Messiah. Every year at Christmas time we see advertisements to come and hear “Handel’s Messiah.” We all have that wonderful chorus ringing in our ears during the Yuletide season, “For Unto Us A Child Is Born.”...