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

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It should be observed, however, that <strong>the</strong> earliest<br />

mention <strong>of</strong> Sunday as <strong>the</strong> Lord’s <strong>Day</strong>, is in <strong>the</strong><br />

writings <strong>of</strong> Tertullian; Justin Martyr, some sixty<br />

years before, styling it "<strong>the</strong> day called Sunday;"<br />

while <strong>the</strong> authoritative application <strong>of</strong> that term to<br />

Sunday was by Sylvester, bishop <strong>of</strong> Rome, more<br />

than one hundred years after <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> Tertullian.<br />

The earliest mention <strong>of</strong> Sunday as Christian<br />

<strong>Sabbath</strong> is thus noted by Heylyn:--<br />

"The first whoever used it to denote <strong>the</strong> Lord’s<br />

<strong>Day</strong> (<strong>the</strong> first that I have met with in all this search)<br />

is one Petrus Alfonsus -- he lived about <strong>the</strong> time<br />

that Rupertus did -- [which was <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> twelfth century] who calls <strong>the</strong> Lord’s <strong>Day</strong> by<br />

<strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> Christian <strong>Sabbath</strong>."[5]<br />

Of Sunday labor in <strong>the</strong> eastern church, Heylyn<br />

says:--<br />

"It was near nine hundred years from our<br />

Saviour's birth if not quite so much, before restraint<br />

<strong>of</strong> husb<strong>and</strong>ry on this day had been first thought <strong>of</strong><br />

in <strong>the</strong> east; <strong>and</strong> probably being thus restrained did<br />

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