History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week - John N. Andrews

fact that he did not define the term. And how is it
known that Lord’s Day was the familiar name of
Sunday in the time of Dionysius? The four
witnesses already examined furnish all the
evidence in proof of this, for there is no writer this
side of Dionysius who calls Sunday the Lord’s Day
until almost the entire period of a generation has
elapsed. So Dionysius constitutes the fifth witness
of the series by virtue of the fact that the first four
witnesses prove that in his time, Lord’s Day was
the common name for first day of the week. But the
first four testify to nothing of the kind until the
words are by fraud put into their mouths!
Dionysius is a witness for the Sunday-Lord’s Day
because that four fraudulent testimonials from the
generations preceding him fix this as the meaning
of his words!
And the name Lord’s Day must have been a
very common one for first day of the week because
Dionysius does not define the term! And yet those
who say this know that this one sentence of his
epistle remains, while the connection, which
doubtless fixed his meaning, has perished.
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