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==Influence of Sunday Law==

===Establishment of Sunday Worship===

In the early 2nd century, the Western Churches, centered on Rome, mainly consisted of Gentile believers.<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780190654344.003.0002 'Jews, Gentiles, and Christians (200 bce–200 ce)'], The Abrahamic Religions: A Very Short Introduction, Very Short Introductions, Cohen, Charles L., January 23, 2020</ref> They intensely disliked the Jews because they [[Cross|crucified]] Jesus and constantly persecuted the Christians. After the two Jewish-Roman Wars broke out and the Roman Empire carried out policies of persecuting the Jews, the Western Churches came to think that they didn’t need to be persecuted anymore by the Roman Empire by keeping the Sabbath on the same day as Judaism. Furthermore, they thought that if they worshiped on Sunday, the holy day of the sun god that was the most popular in Rome at that time, it would ease the persecution by gaining the favor of the Romans and make it easier to convert the Romans to Christianity. The Church in Rome began to observe Sunday worship instead of the Sabbath ~~from~~ the early 2nd century.

In the early 2nd century, the Western Churches, centered on Rome, mainly consisted of Gentile believers.<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780190654344.003.0002 'Jews, Gentiles, and Christians (200 bce–200 ce)'], The Abrahamic Religions: A Very Short Introduction, Very Short Introductions, Cohen, Charles L., January 23, 2020</ref> They intensely disliked the Jews because they [[Cross|crucified]] Jesus and constantly persecuted the Christians. After the two Jewish-Roman Wars broke out and the Roman Empire carried out policies of persecuting the Jews, the Western Churches came to think that they didn’t need to be persecuted anymore by the Roman Empire by keeping the Sabbath on the same day as Judaism. Furthermore, they thought that if they worshiped on Sunday, the holy day of the sun god that was the most popular in Rome at that time, it would ease the persecution by gaining the favor of the Romans and make it easier to convert the Romans to Christianity. The Church in Rome began to observe Sunday worship instead of the Sabbath in the early 2nd century.

The Western Churches have come up with various reasons to justify Sunday worship. Justinus, an apologist who converted to Christianity, wrote his ''First Apology'' to the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius (r. 138–161) to support Christianity around A.D.150. He explained that the day God began to create the world and the day Jesus Christ was [[Resurrection of Jesus|resurrected]] was the first day of the week, the day of the sun, so Christians worshiped on this day.<ref>The First Apology of Justin Martyr, pg. 68, 1912</ref>

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-In the early 2nd century, the Western Churches, centered on Rome, mainly consisted of Gentile believers.<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780190654344.003.0002 'Jews, Gentiles, and Christians (200 bce–200 ce)'], The Abrahamic Religions: A Very Short Introduction, Very Short Introductions, Cohen, Charles L., January 23, 2020</ref> They intensely disliked the Jews because they [[Cross|crucified]] Jesus and constantly persecuted the Christians. After the two Jewish-Roman Wars broke out and the Roman Empire carried out policies of persecuting the Jews, the Western Churches came to think that they didn’t need to be persecuted anymore by the Roman Empire by keeping the Sabbath on the same day as Judaism. Furthermore, they thought that if they worshiped on Sunday, the holy day of the sun god that was the most popular in Rome at that time, it would ease the persecution by gaining the favor of the Romans and make it easier to convert the Romans to Christianity. The Church in Rome began to observe Sunday worship instead of the Sabbath from the early 2nd century.
+In the early 2nd century, the Western Churches, centered on Rome, mainly consisted of Gentile believers.<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780190654344.003.0002 'Jews, Gentiles, and Christians (200 bce–200 ce)'], The Abrahamic Religions: A Very Short Introduction, Very Short Introductions, Cohen, Charles L., January 23, 2020</ref> They intensely disliked the Jews because they [[Cross|crucified]] Jesus and constantly persecuted the Christians. After the two Jewish-Roman Wars broke out and the Roman Empire carried out policies of persecuting the Jews, the Western Churches came to think that they didn’t need to be persecuted anymore by the Roman Empire by keeping the Sabbath on the same day as Judaism. Furthermore, they thought that if they worshiped on Sunday, the holy day of the sun god that was the most popular in Rome at that time, it would ease the persecution by gaining the favor of the Romans and make it easier to convert the Romans to Christianity. The Church in Rome began to observe Sunday worship instead of the Sabbath in the early 2nd century.
 The Western Churches have come up with various reasons to justify Sunday worship. Justinus, an apologist who converted to Christianity, wrote his ''First Apology'' to the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius (r. 138–161) to support Christianity around A.D.150. He explained that the day God began to create the world and the day Jesus Christ was [[Resurrection of Jesus|resurrected]] was the first day of the week, the day of the sun, so Christians worshiped on this day.<ref>The First Apology of Justin Martyr, pg. 68, 1912</ref>

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