Which is why I said they have Imprisoned the Church. This is much different than closing down the buildings. They have told us to stay in our homes, and not to congregate anywhere. That usually only happens in communist or muslim countries, and is much worse than just closing a building.
True, but those who were being followed by Roman guards wouldn't risk the entire community being found. They'd join the community spiritually, but would sacrifice their physical presence to keep the rest safe. And they'd raise that personal sacrifice to God as a prayer.
No, it was both. Both days were used for different purposes. You still see a remnant of this in the Eastern Orthodox fasting rules: fasting is always relaxed on both Saturday and Sunday, and during Lent the full Divine Liturgy (Eucharist), which is prohibited on the fasting weekdays, is sung on both Saturday and Sunday. When the Greeks learned that the Roman Church fasted on Saturdays, they made a big stink and tried to reprimand them for it (see the Trullo Council). They were wrong to make a fuss about it, but this all goes to show that Saturday was retained in the beginning (and dropped in the West because Sunday was more important), but Sunday was also added from day one. Biblical proof is that the disciples were all gathered together the Sunday after Easter, and then on Pentecost Sunday, and John the Apostle was worshiping privately on Sunday under house arrest when he got his vision of the apocalypse.
Yes, but even during the persecutions local Christians all stuffed into the designated secret house and worshiped together on Sunday.
Which is why I said they have Imprisoned the Church. This is much different than closing down the buildings. They have told us to stay in our homes, and not to congregate anywhere. That usually only happens in communist or muslim countries, and is much worse than just closing a building.
Agree. We can't even meet in a parking lot inside our cars.
True, but those who were being followed by Roman guards wouldn't risk the entire community being found. They'd join the community spiritually, but would sacrifice their physical presence to keep the rest safe. And they'd raise that personal sacrifice to God as a prayer.
The Plague posed a far greater risk of death, and the Churches were packed.
And the plague kept spreading....
First century church worshipped on the sabbath which is saturday.
No, it was both. Both days were used for different purposes. You still see a remnant of this in the Eastern Orthodox fasting rules: fasting is always relaxed on both Saturday and Sunday, and during Lent the full Divine Liturgy (Eucharist), which is prohibited on the fasting weekdays, is sung on both Saturday and Sunday. When the Greeks learned that the Roman Church fasted on Saturdays, they made a big stink and tried to reprimand them for it (see the Trullo Council). They were wrong to make a fuss about it, but this all goes to show that Saturday was retained in the beginning (and dropped in the West because Sunday was more important), but Sunday was also added from day one. Biblical proof is that the disciples were all gathered together the Sunday after Easter, and then on Pentecost Sunday, and John the Apostle was worshiping privately on Sunday under house arrest when he got his vision of the apocalypse.
It's kinda like how I used to praise Trump on Reddit. I still do. But I used to, also.
Ok we changed it to sunday. Its sunday now