History

Letter from the Smithsonian Institution; The evaluation of Sunday and it's relative to the days of the week.

Sunday the Lord's resurrection;

Sunday: Prior to the late sixteenth century Christianity did not identify Sabbath and Lord's Day. Luther, Zwingli, Calvin and other early Protestant reformers taught that the Sabbath was abrogated in Christianity. Calvin thought it an insult to the Jews to change their day. It was English Puritanism* which first identified Sunday with Sa'bbath and the Westminster Confession of Faith'

"Aurelian"¦ created a new cult of the ˜Invincible Son." Worshipped in a splendid temple, served by pontiffs who were raised to the level of the ancient pontiffs of Rome."¦ On establishing this new state cult, Aurelian in reality proclaimed the dethronement of the old Roman idolatry and the accession of Semitic Sun-Worship. "Franz Cumont, Astrology and Religion among the Greeks and Romans, p. 55, 56

First day of the week.

Resurrection of Christ.

Law relating to Sunday.

"Sunday (Dies Solis, of the Roman calendar; "day of the sun," because dedicated to the sun), the first day of the week, was adopted by the early Christians as a day of worship. The "sun" of Latin adoration they interpreted as the "Sun of Righteousness."¦ No regulations for its observance are laid down in the New Testament, nor indeed, is its observance even enjoined."

Webster's unabridged Dictionary Sunday; As proof that Sunday was the heathen festival day, we quote from "Webster's Unabridged Dictionary." That book says that Sunday is "so called because the day was anciently dedicated to the sun, or to its worship

Sunday Observance.