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

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A.D.858. "The Bulgarians sent some questions<br />

to Pope Nicholas, to which <strong>the</strong>y desired answers.<br />

And that [answer] which concerned <strong>the</strong> Lord’s <strong>Day</strong><br />

was that <strong>the</strong>y should desist from all secular work,<br />

etc."[31]<br />

Morer informs us respecting <strong>the</strong> civil power,<br />

that,<br />

"In this century <strong>the</strong> emperor [<strong>of</strong><br />

Constantinople] Leo, surnamed <strong>the</strong> philosopher,<br />

restrained <strong>the</strong> works <strong>of</strong> husb<strong>and</strong>ry, which,<br />

according to Constantine's toleration, were<br />

permitted in <strong>the</strong> east. The same care was taken in<br />

<strong>the</strong> west, by Theodorius, king <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Bavarians,<br />

who made this order, that 'If any person on <strong>the</strong><br />

Lord’s <strong>Day</strong> yoked his oxen, or drove his wain, his<br />

right-side ox should be forthwith forfeited; or if he<br />

made hay <strong>and</strong> carried it in, he was to be twice<br />

admonished to desist, which if he did not, he was<br />

to receive no less than fifty stripes.' "[32]<br />

Of Sunday laws in Engl<strong>and</strong> in this century, we<br />

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