González, Justo L.,

A brief history of Sunday : from the New Testament to the new creation / Justo L. González. - 1 online resource (ix, 166 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The background : pre-Christian calendars -- Before Constantine. Naming the days ; When to meet ; The significance of the first day of the week ; Christian practices on the first day of the week -- From Constantine to the end of antiquity. Constantine and the new imperial policy ; Changes in Christian worship ; Laws regarding the Lord's day ; Christian views on the Sabbath ; The middle ages. A new Sunday piety : from feast to funeral ; A day to pray and to play ; Aquinas on Sunday and Sabbath -- The reformation and beyond. The reformation ; British puritanism and the Sabbath ; Seventh-day Sabbatarianism ; The continuation of Puritan Sabbatarianism ; Secularization and renewal.

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Sabbath.
Sunday--History.
Sunday.
RELIGION / Holidays / Christian


History.
Electronic books.

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