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

an interpolated passage from an epistle falsely
ascribed to Ignatius, and published it to the world
as the genuine testimony of Irenaeus. Loss of
eyesight, as we may charitably believe, led Dr.
Dwight into the serious error which he has
committed; but by the publication of this spurious
testimony, which seemed to come in a direct line
from the apostles, he has rendered multitudes as
incapable of reading aright the fourth
commandment, as he, by loss of natural eyesight,
was of reading Irenaeus for himself. This case
admirably illustrates tradition as a religious guide;
it is the blind leading the blind until both fall into
the ditch.
Nor is this all that should be said in the case of
Irenaeus. In all his writings there is no instance in
which he calls Sunday the Lord’s Day! And what is
also very remarkable, there is no sentence extant
written by him in which he even mentions the first
day of the week![30] It appears, however, from
several statements in ancient writers, that he did
mention the day, though no sentence of his in
which it is mentioned is in existence. He held that
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