What was Constantines' reason for changing Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday?

Answer 1

He was merging the Babylonian religion with Christianity.

That's why we have "Easter" named after Eshtar the fertility godess, and we have Christmas at the winter solstice rather than in September when he was really born.
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Answer 2

Constantine did not change the sabbath from Saturday to Sunday. Neither did the scriptures. The early Christians had already been worshiping on the first day of the week, which they called the Lord's Day from the first century on. Just check your church history a little.
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Answer 3

Our calendar has been changed so many times since then, it doesn't really matter. And, I have never heard, or read anything that says when the first sunday was. Was it in Egypt, the desert, or Eden? When you add or subtract days, and even weeks from the calendar, it becomes hard to say whether saturday, isn't actually sunday, or thursday. Our own President adds and subtracts hours from the day, how does that affect prophecy, or doctrine?

As to the Sabbath, I think that if everyone aggrees to take every seventh day off, it really doesn't matter. Jesus had no respect for rules that hindered salvation.

Answer 4

It wasn't Constantine. There was a long-standing tradition of having the agape, the fellowship meal, on the first day of the week to commemorate the Resurrection of Christ. The first Christians still kept the Sabbath and went to Synagogue on Saturdays, but the growing estrangement between Torah Jews and Jews who proclaimed the Messiahship of Jesus eventually led to the banning of Christians from synagogues, especially after the destruction of the Temple. The Christians eventually combined their Bible study with the agape, on Sunday, an event that ultimately developed into the Mass.

Answer 5

As a student of early church history, I can tell you with great assurance that Constantine did not change the Sabbath. The primitive church hundreds of years before began to meet on the day the Lord rose from the dead, the day they called the "Lord's Day". These same disciples would meet at the synagogue on Saturday for regular Jewish services, but the Sunday morning meeting, to celebrate the Lord's Supper, was their private time of worship. That tradition carried through to most towns as the Gospel spread. Ultimately, it just became the day that they chose to maintain.

Answer 6

The word "Sabbath" in the Hebrew language means "intermission".

The first day of the week becomes henceforth the Christian Sabbath, because on that day the Lord Jesus entered into the Redemption rest, even as the Father on the seventh day had entered into the Creation rest. Very plainly is this set forth in Hebrews 4: 10.

The Bible teaches that Sunday is the "Lord’s Day" and should be set aside by all of God’s people as a day of worship and a time of rest from the toils of taking care of the body throughout the week

Answer 7

Constantine had nothing at all to do with it.

Christians had been worshipping on Sundays for almost 300 years, by then.

Buy a new history book.

Answer 8

that's the variety of question sabbatarians ask. this is an intellectually cheating question, the place the priority has been redefined with the intention to make an accusation. no one replaced any days. The sabbath remains the seventh day of the week, and Sunday remains the 1st day of the week. What replaced substitute into the covenants. The previous covenant with the sabbath command ended. the hot covenant began, and the day and site of worship substitute into dropped, people being freed to worship each and every time and everywhere they needed. It grew to alter into the custom of many Christians to worship on Sunday. in simple terms because of the fact some Christians erroneously have faith Sunday is to be dealt with like the sabbath does not validate the seventh day sabbath. .

Answer 9

That happened at the time of Paul,not 300 years later.He would preach to the Jews on the Sabbath(Sat.) and ask the believers to" gather on the first day of the week(Sunday)."
All this nonsense about Constantine!!
I have heard more lies from supposed Bible believers,such as 7th Day Adventists,Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses."Should we do evil that good should come from it? God forbid!" Paul said.
Collasians 2 says "Let no man judge you on what you eat,drink,or what day you sabbath.Those were all shadows of the things to come".
Jesus rose on Sunday ,therefore as John calls it in Revelation 1 it is "the Lord's day".
I rest in the finished work of Christ,therefore,I "Sabbath" everyday.
James says if you're going to follow the "Law" you have to follow all of it (613 statutes). I'd rather trust Jesus.
I am FREE in Christ!Free indeed.

Answer 10

It was not Constantine. The Shabbat (to this day) is still Saturday.

The disciples met on Sunday in commemoration of the Lord's resurrection. It is also the inaugural day of the church since Pentecost took place on the day after Sabbath (ie Sunday). This is also in fulfillment of the prophecy of Pentecost being geared for the gentile church seeing that it is the only feast to use leavened bread.

Leviticus 23:15-17
And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. 16 Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the LORD. You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven. They are the firstfruits to the LORD.

Answer 11

Haven't we discussed this topic far enough? Can we let it rest? Is it compelling enough to discuss this topic at length? Will Christians go to hell because they worship on Sunday? Will Sabbatists go to hell for observing the Sabbath on the same day as the Jews?

We seem to forget that we all worship a loving and merciful God who does not want to lose any of his children.

Peace and every blessing!