"[W]e too would observe the fleshly circumcision, and the Sabbaths, and in short all the feasts, if we did not know for what reason they were enjoined [on] you—namely, on account of your transgressions and the hardness of your heart. . . . [H]ow is it, Trypho, that we would not observe those rites which do not harm us—I speak of fleshly circumcision and Sabbaths and feasts? . . . God enjoined you to keep the Sabbath, and imposed on you other precepts for a sign, as I have already said, on account of your unrighteousness and that of your fathers . . ." (Dialogue with Trypho the Jew 18, 21 [A.D. 155]). Justin Martyr
"But Sunday is the day on which we all hold our common assembly, because it is the first day on which God, having wrought a change in the darkness and matter, made the world; and Jesus Christ our Savior on the same day rose from the dead" (First Apology 67 [A.D. 155]). Justin Martyr
Tell me again that Constantine was the originator of Sunday being the new day of worship for Christians? Compare the date that you gave of 321 C.E.(which should rightfully be A.D.)with the Early Church Fathers that I gave. It doesn't mesh does it? Proving that the early Christians celebrated Sunday worship before this "decree" of Constantine's.
579 posted on 06/20/2006 5:54:18 PM MDT by FJ290
Do you follow the will of the L-rd G-d, creator of the universe or mere men ?
b'shem Y'shua
Now wait a minute. I will respectfully answer your question, but is it right to disregard mine to you? I showed where early Christians were worshiping on Sunday way before Constantine's time. You claimed it was because of Constantine that we now worship on Sunday. The dates didn't mesh did they?
I do believe that I follow the will of the Lord. After all, it is He that came to earth and chose the Apostles that would carry on in His name. They celebrated on Sunday, He rose on Sunday, and that's the completion of the New Covenant.
Historical evidence proves that early Christians were worshiping on Sunday. St. Ignatius was the Bishop of Antioch and it is said he was a disciple of St. John. He said in his Letter to the Magnesians that the Jews no longer observed the Sabbath, but observed the Lord's Day which is the day that the Lord rose from the dead. Why would the Bishop of a very early Christian church lie?
Here's an interesting article by a Protestant Professor of Theology. Maybe you will listen to him:
Why Christians Worship on Sunday
One more question. If you believe that I am breaking the law by worshiping on Sunday, would you hold to the Torah law that I be stoned to death for violating the Sabbath? Often I have to do business on Saturday, I do yard work, I travel on that day, all prohibited in the Torah. According to Torah, it is the will of God that someone like me be stoned to death. Would you follow the will of the Lord God on that law?