Sabbath on Sunday

[SavedbyHisBlood]

Hello all

Quick question, when did the Church change the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday? Can you provide (links to) Church documents or Councils?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Biedrik]

It has been around since the very start of the Church. There was no era where the Church first worshiped on Saturdays, and then decided to move it to Sunday.

 

[momor]

It’s my understanding that Sunday has always been the Christian day of worship because that is the day of the week that Jesus rose from the dead - the summit of our faith.

 

[1ke]

Let’s be clear that the Church did not change the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday.

The Jewish Sabbath has always been, and will always be, Saturday.

The Lord’s Day is Sunday, and it is distinct from the Sabbath. It is the fulfillment of the Sabbath established in the old covenant.

I suggest you read the entire Catechism section on the Third Commandment.

vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM

 

[RosaryFan]

Hello all

Quick question, when did the Church change the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday? Can you provide (links to) Church documents or Councils?

Thanks in advance!

My understanding is because Jesus rose from the dead on Sunday.

 

[Ignatius]

Hello all

Quick question, when did the Church change the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday?

Sabbath was never changed, it is Saturday. We gather together on the first day of the week, as illustrated in the New Testament, because it is the day of The Lords Resurrection.

 

[Glorthac]

The previous posters are correct to say the Sabbath was not changed to Sunday. Because Christ came to fulfill the Mosaic Law (Matthew 5:17), the Church simply did not practice the Sabbath, since it was part of the Mosaic Law.

Instead, the Church follows Christ’s New Law, from the Sermon on the Mount and His parables. We gather together on Sunday, the mystical Eight Day (read the early Church fathers for references to this), to celebrate Christ our God’s resurrection.

 

[Glorthac]

PS I found a reference in the Epistle of Barnabas, written sometime between 70-130AD (so probably older than the book of Revelation), which supports the Eighth Day, Sunday, as the Christian’s new Sabbath (distinct from the Mosaic Sabbath, not an altercation to it):

He says to them, “Your new moons and your Sabbath I cannot endure.” Ye perceive how He speaks: Your present Sabbaths are not acceptable to Me, but that is which I have made, [namely this,] when, giving rest to all things, I shall make a beginning of the eighth day, that is, a beginning of another world. Wherefore, also, we keep the eighth day with joyfulness, the day also on which Jesus rose again from the dead. (Epistle of Barnabas, Chapter 15)