Sunday (Lord's Day) Observance
Christians moved their weekly worship to the day Christ rose from the dead
From very early times, attested in the Didache, Ignatius, and Justin Martyr, Christians gathered on the first day of the week, the Lord's Day, to worship in memory of the Resurrection. Sunday worship is near-universal, but traditions differ on how far the Sabbath's rest transfers to it: Puritan Sabbatarianism stressed strict rest, while Seventh-day Adventists and Seventh Day Baptists keep Saturday instead.
How it traveled
- The Life of Constantine with Orations of Constantine and EusebiusCaesarea · c. 339 CEapplies
- The Canons of the Councils of Ancyra, Gangra, Neocæsarea, Antioch and Laodicea, which Canons were Accepted and Received by the Ecumenical Synods— · c. 360 CEexplains
- The Canons of the Council in Trullo; Often Called The Quinisext CouncilConstantinople (Istanbul) · c. 692 CEapplies
- Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the GospelGeneva · c. 1564 CEexplains
- Fifteen Sermons. On Various SubjectsNorthampton, Massachusetts · c. 1758 CEexplains
Key passages(20)
Each passage is tagged by what it does with the idea: explains it, applies it in practice, redefines it with a new meaning, or challenges it. Relevance shows how directly the passage is about this idea.
Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards
1 COR. xvi. 1, 2. Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week, let every one of you lay by him in sto
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Christian Cautions · Jonathan Edwards
Particular subjects of self-examination—The Lord’s day—God’s house. I desire all those would strictly examine themselves in the following particulars, who are concerned not to live in any way of sin,
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Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards
Not dated. 1 COR. xvi. 1, 2. Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week, let event one of you lay b
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Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards
So for it is undoubtedly true, that if this be the mind and will of God, he hath not left the matter to human tradition; but hath so revealed his mind about it, in his word, that there is to be found
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Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards
1 COR. xvi. 1, 2. Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week, let every one of you lay by him in sto
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Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards
8. I argue the same thing from Psalm cxviii. 22, 23, 24. There we are taught, that the day of Christ’s resurrection is to be celebrated with holy joy by the church. “The stone which the builders refus
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Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards
(3.) Let it be considered, that all our time is God’s, and therefore when he challenges of us one day in seven, he challenges his own. He doth not exceed his right; he would not have exceeded it, if h
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Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards
(5.) The last motive which I shall mention, is the experience of the influence which a strict observance of the sabbath has upon the whole of religion. It may be observed, that in those places where t
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The Canons of the Council in Trullo; Often Called The Quinisext Council · The Ecumenical Councils
Canon XC. We have received from our divine Fathers the canon law that in honour of Christ’s resurrection, we are not to kneel on Sundays. Lest therefore we should ignore the fulness of this observanc
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And we afterwards continually remind each other of these things. And the wealthy among us help the needy; and we always keep together; and for all things wherewith we are supplied, we bless the Maker
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The Life of Constantine with Orations of Constantine and Eusebius · Eusebius of Caesarea
He ordained, too, that one day should be regarded as a special occasion for prayer: I mean that which is truly the first and chief of all, the day of our Lord and Saviour. The entire care of his house
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A History of the Work of Redemption · Jonathan Edwards
Established means of success. Consider those dispensations of Providence, by which the means of this success were established after Christ’s resurrection. I. The abolishing the Jewish dispensation.
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Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel · John Calvin
33. I am obliged to dwell a little longer on this because some restless spirits are now making an outcry about the observance of the Lord’s day. They complain that Christian people are trained in Juda
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Epistle to the Magnesians: Shorter and Longer Versions · Ignatius of Antioch
If, therefore, those who were brought up in the ancient order of things If, then, those who were conversant with the ancient Scriptures came to newness of hope, expecting the coming of Christ, as the
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Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards
It is therefore most meet and suitable, that certain times should be set apart, upon which men should be required to throw by all other concerns, that their minds may be the more freely and entirely e
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The Canons of the Council in Trullo; Often Called The Quinisext Council · The Ecumenical Councils
Canon LXVI. From the holy day of the Resurrection of Christ our God until the next Lord’s day, for a whole week, in the holy churches the faithful ought to be free from labour, rejoicing in Christ wi
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The Canons of the Council in Trullo; Often Called The Quinisext Council · The Ecumenical Councils
Canon LXXX. If any bishop, or presbyter, or deacon, or any of those who are enumerated in the list of the clergy, or a layman, has no very grave necessity nor difficult business so as to keep him fro
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The First Ecumenical Council: The First Council of Nice · The Ecumenical Councils
Canon XX. Forasmuch as there are certain persons who kneel on the Lord’s Day and in the days of Pentecost, therefore, to the intent that all things may be uniformly observed everywhere (in every pari
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The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great · Pope Leo the Great
Letter IX. To Dioscorus, Bishop of Alexandria. Leo, the bishop, to Dioscorus, bishop of Alexandria, greeting. I. The churches of Rome and Alexandria should be at one in everything. How much of the
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Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards
It is proper on this day, not only especially to promote the exercise of religion in ourselves, but also in others; to be assisting them, and endeavouring to promote their spiritual good, by religious
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