Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site oliven.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!oliveb!olivee!oliven!hawk From: hawk@oliven.UUCP (Rick) Newsgroups: net.religion.xian Subject: Re: Why Do We Christians Worship On Sunday? Message-ID: <761@oliven.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 19:12:34 EST Article-I.D.: oliven.761 Posted: Fri Dec 14 19:12:34 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 19-Dec-84 00:12:02 EST References: <152@ihu1m.UUCP> Organization: Symposium on Alchoholism Lines: 17 >After having gone through many passages of the Bible that things >like "Blessed are those who keep my Sabbath" what justification >do we give for worshiping on Sunday's rather than on the Sabbath? >God instructed us to save the last day of the week for him and >ever since way back calanders show Sunday as the first day of the week. >It seems to me Jewish people are right in worshiping on the Sabbath >but of course wrong by not accepting Christ. Even Christ said to >worship, and he himself did, on the Sabbath. Any thoughts on this >from other Christians? Spanish and Latin American calendares start the week with lunes (Monday) and end with domingo (Sunday), making sunday the seventh day. I'd suspect that this would be the same in other romance languages (it is in Italian). With the week starting on Monday, Sunday is the seventh day. rick