2006-08-18 03:08:49 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The pagan romans broght it up. Ever heard of Constantine?
2006-08-18 03:12:50 · answer #1 · answered by Cyber 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The sabbath is still saturday, nobody denies this, I think "Christians choose to celebrate the sunday as a day for the lord to display the existence of a new covenant. I personally like to go to church on Saturday nights...i can watch football this way!!!
2006-08-18 03:15:20 · answer #2 · answered by O Jam 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It never did,the sabbath is still the sabbath for the jews who are still under the law which is on Saturday,and Sunday is just another day that christians choose to worship on,but its also the day that jesus rose from the dead,and the day the holy ghost was given Acts2,and the day that most christians gathered together in the new testament
2006-08-18 03:16:25 · answer #3 · answered by holyghost130 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Jews kept the Sabbath in commemoration of God creating everything in six days and rested on the seventh day.The disciple/believers met on Sunday to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave, the day after the Sabbath.
2006-08-18 03:17:10 · answer #4 · answered by LARRY S 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no connection between the Shabbat and the Roman Empire, and there is definitely no connection between the Shabbat and Jesus.
Shabbat (which means in Hebrew "Saturday", "seven" and "strike") is mentioned in the bible several times, including Genesis 2,3. If you'll ask any religious Jew, he will tell you that god created that day ("By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work").
Actually, the Shabbat is borrowed from the Acadians. It is known that the number seven was sacred to the Acadians and that they had a seven days' week; their day of rest was called "Sabbato".
The Babylonians took that idea from the Acadians and gave it the ancient Middle East; including the Jews (the Romans took that idea from the Babylonians too).
Eventually, it were the Jews who kept that day as part of their religion and they gave it to the rest of the world by Christianity (who sanctified Sunday, to be different) and Islam (who sanctified Friday).
2006-08-20 04:06:08 · answer #5 · answered by yotg 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good question. I think it was Emperor Constantine who made that change. No big deal though. Don't remember exactly where it is in Paul's letter to the Hebrews, but it talks about how the law with all its holidays and observations (like the Sabbath) are not required since Jesus fulfilled the law and sacrificed Himself for our sins.
2006-08-18 03:15:18 · answer #6 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When Constantine was "tweaking" his new universal religion. He decided it made more sense on Sunday to differ from the Jews and coincide with Roman pagan holidays.
2006-08-18 03:13:23 · answer #7 · answered by Quantrill 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can't really tell from scipture, but tradition has Christians getting together on Sundays well before the year 40 AD.
2006-08-18 06:31:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The followers of Jesus started gathering on Sunday, Resurrection Day, and it eventually became our day of rest.
2006-08-18 03:18:47 · answer #9 · answered by Grandma Susie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When the Christian church realised all the great events of the Church sepecially the assention happened on a sunday!
2006-08-18 03:14:40 · answer #10 · answered by Truth 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋