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

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Chapter 14<br />

The <strong>First</strong> Witnesses for<br />

Sunday<br />

Origin <strong>of</strong> Sunday observance <strong>the</strong> subject <strong>of</strong><br />

present inquiry -- Contradictory statements <strong>of</strong><br />

Mosheim <strong>and</strong> Ne<strong>and</strong>er -- The question between<br />

<strong>the</strong>m stated, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> true data for deciding that<br />

question -- The New Testament furnishes no<br />

support for Mosheim's statement -- Epistle <strong>of</strong><br />

Barnabas a forgery -- The testimony <strong>of</strong> Pliny<br />

determines nothing in <strong>the</strong> case -- <strong>the</strong> epistle <strong>of</strong><br />

Ignatius probably spurious, <strong>and</strong> certainly<br />

interpolated so far as it is made to sustain Sunday -<br />

- Decision <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> question<br />

The first day <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> week is now almost<br />

universally observed as <strong>the</strong> Christian <strong>Sabbath</strong>. The<br />

origin <strong>of</strong> this institution is still before us as <strong>the</strong><br />

subject <strong>of</strong> inquiry. This is presented by two<br />

eminent church historians; but so directly do <strong>the</strong>y<br />

contradict each o<strong>the</strong>r, that it is a question <strong>of</strong><br />

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