Sunday as Sabbath?

[pr_catholic]

Hello, I am a fellow Catholic who is facing a dilemma. As I’m sure we all know, we christians gather together in the house of the LORD on sunday or the first day of the week. Does the Catholic Church declares that sunday is the new sabbath or is more importantly, the day we commemorate the resurrection and triumph of Jesus over his adversaries ? The question stems from reading this interesting essay about comparing critically historical evidence of saturday & sunday as days of christian worship. Here is the link: biblehistory.com/The%20Origin%20of%20Sunday%20Worship.html

And, I kinda agree with the writer on this topic but would like to know honest answers from fellow catholics and, if possible the official answer concerning the Sabbath & the day of the Lord from the Church. Thank you & God bless.

PS: Correction on the essay, I don’t think the writers idea about Easter possibly being a “annual event” or something like that. You’ll see what I mean.
Here is the idea: The background from Judaism for an annual “first-fruits” celebration on Sunday provided the basis for an annual resurrection celebration among Christians. This was undoubtedly the first step toward a weekly Sunday resurrection festival.

 

[pr_catholic]

Still no answer.

 

[mercygate]

Still no answer.

PM CAF poster Patrick Murebil or go to one of the SDA threads. They’ll help you out.

In the New Testament, Christians were already gathering on “The Lord’s Day”: Sunday.

 

[pr_catholic]

Thanks for your help.

 

[FCEGM]

The article begins with an error regarding the Apostles and the day upon which they worshipped. On Saturdays, the earliest Christians lived and worshipped as Jews, evangelizing their Jewish brethren in the synagogues (a work). Their “day of rest,” the day on which they gathered to pray and worship among themselves exclusively was the following day, the Lord’s Day: Sunday.

A reading of this Apostolic Letter from Pope John Paul II might be helpful to you:

vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_05071998_dies-domini_en.html

 

[tee_eff_em]

I would also suggest the Catechism section on The Lord’s Day (and those sections around it).

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[pr_catholic]

The article begins with an error regarding the Apostles and the day upon which they worshipped. On Saturdays, the earliest Christians lived and worshipped as Jews, evangelizing their Jewish brethren in the synagogues (a work). Their “day of rest,” the day on which they gathered to pray and worship among themselves exclusively was the following day, the Lord’s Day: Sunday.

A reading of this Apostolic Letter from Pope John Paul II might be helpful to you:

vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_05071998_dies-domini_en.html

Thanks for pointing out this error. Perhaps the writer had a biased thing agaisnt Christianity by the looks of it. It sounded to me to be messianic judaism.