"--_Pages 371, 372._
Thus along with other adaptations came "the venerable day of the sun"
(Sunday). It was by gradual process that it supplanted the Sabbath. Sir
William Domville wrote:
"Centuries of the Christian era passed away before Sunday was
observed by the Christian church as a Sabbath. History does not
furnish us with a single proof or indication that it was at any
time so observed previous to the Sabbatical edict of
Constantine in A.D. 321."--_"Examination of Six
Texts," p. 291._
This law of Constantine's was as follows:
"On the venerable day of the sun let the magistrates and people
residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. In
the country, however, persons engaged in agriculture may freely
and lawfully continue their pursuits; because it often happens
that another day is not so suitable for grain sowing or for
vine planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment for such
operations, the bounty of heaven should be lost. (Given the 7th
day of March, Crispus and Constantine being consuls each of
them for the second time.
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