but it's obvious sunday worship was held pre-nicea from the first times of the apostles ... in the writings of the early church fathers who are praised by all christian theologians as authentically correct to the doctrine of the early christians it says:
On the Lord's own day, assemble in common to break bread and offer thanks, but first confess your sins so that your sacrifice may be pure." Didache, 14 (A.D. 90).
"If, therefore, those who were brought up in the ancient order of things have come to the possession of a new hope, no longer observing the Sabbath, but living in the observance of the Lord's Day, on which also our life has sprung up again by Him and by His death--whom some deny, by which mystery we have obtained faith, and therefore endure, that we may be found the disciples of Jesus Christ, our only Master." Ignatius, To the Magnesians, 9:1 (A.D. 110).
2007-02-09 07:01:50 · 12 answers · asked by Borinke 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
On "The apostles further appointed: On the first day of the week let there be service, and the reading of the Holy Scriptures, and the oblation: because on the first day of the week our Lord rose from the lace of the dead and on the first day of the week He arose upon the world, and on the first day of the week He ascended up to heaven, and on the first day of the week He will appear at last with the angels of heaven." Teaching of the Apostles, 2 (A.D. 225).
"Hence it is not possible that the rest after the Sabbath should have come into existence from the seventh of our God; on the contrary, it is our Saviour who, after the pattern of His own rest, caused us to be made in the likeness of His death, and hence also of His resurrection." Origen, Commentary on John, 2:27 (A.D. 229).
these and more are proof so why do people still make stupid accusations about sunday worship being changed by constantine and stuff?
2007-02-09 07:06:01 · update #1
I believe you are referring to a post I made so I'll respond. I said it was OFFICIALLY changed at the Council of Nicea.
It was actually a very jewish custom to meet on Sundays to discuss business as it was the first day of the week.
However, the official "Sabbath" was still OFFICIALLY a day of rest and was observed by the early church as they were still very tied to Judaism.
2007-02-09 07:06:37 · answer #1 · answered by Kallan 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In reality Sat and Sun were days of worship. Sat was the day of rest and the head of the household gathered the family together for study and prayer and held the Lords supper. Since at that time extended families lived together this Sat meeting was 30-40 people, and was done in the home. Sun. was a wider gathering of people from the whole area. It was more formal and led by a pastor. On the rise of Catholicism to dominance the sat. gathering was dropped as the pope decided anything that Jews did Christians should not. That is a very short sketch of how Sun became the day of worship. But before Catholicism Christians observed both.
2007-02-09 07:35:28 · answer #2 · answered by ed m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those are the "Da Vinci code" people. Such people are always looking for an alternative to the truths set forth in the Bible.
The Council of Nicea did little else than put a stamp of approval on what the early Christian scholars had concluded about the Bible and the traditions of the church in the first two centuries.
2007-02-09 09:10:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Are you asking a question or making a point? Why didn't you just post this as part of your answer to the earlier question? Of course the early disciples met on Sunday. Those who argue with that are either misinformed or Seventh-day Adventist.
2007-02-09 07:05:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me, I can worship the Lord any day of the week, 24/7.
God is alive and well every day to hear a group of people gathered in His name.
The question is, are they gathered together to praise God and to Hear from God?
Also, it is written to not judge people what day they worship God. If a person feels personally convicted to go to church a certain day, person should follow personal conviction and not judge others who have personal conviction to go a different day to church.
I go to the church I go to because God healed me at this church. And it is on Sunday. Though, I have gone to church on other days of the week also, and don't judge others on what day they go to church. I do think people should go at least once a week. More, if the Lord directs.
When one abides in the Love of Christ, one has entered into Gods Rest. Trust & obey is the Way to be happy in Christ.
2007-02-09 07:12:46 · answer #5 · answered by t_a_m_i_l 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is by faith that we Christians say we have entered his Sabbath God's rest. The day of the lord as new creatures. We who have the atonement do not live as if it was to no effect.
2007-02-09 07:06:26 · answer #6 · answered by djmantx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible states to keep his sabbath on the seventh day.That does not mean any day you choose.It is the fourth commandment.God said that not one word were to be changed,and the defiant ones did just that.The original SUN GOD worshipers always worshiped on sunday
2007-02-09 07:14:12 · answer #7 · answered by (A) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In case you didn't know, the apostles and "church fathers" were Jewish and kept the Jewish Sabbath.
They had mostly died before 90 AD, so you're missing the first 60 years of practice!
2007-02-09 07:07:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe the intent of the statement was to say that the Council of Nicea formally changed the day reflecting what was common practice.
2007-02-09 07:05:21 · answer #9 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The current calendar that is used in most Western calendars is the Gregorian Calendar, before that it was the Julian calendar, invented by ..................... wait for it ..............
Julius Caesar in 45 B.C.E
Before that date the 10 month Roman calendars was used, the Roman calendar has 8, eight days in a week.
So, you are starting in error by basing your assertion on the current calendar.
2007-02-09 07:23:56 · answer #10 · answered by Black Dragon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋