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[[File:Sunday mass at st Augustine Chapel.jpg|thumb|Sunday Mass in a Catholic Chapel]]

'''Lord’s Day worship''' or '''Sunday worship''' refers to the regular worship service held on Sunday, the first day of the week, in Protestant churches. In the Catholic Church, it is called the Sunday Mass.<ref>[https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/missa Missa], ''Collins Dictionary''</ref> Churches that keep Sunday worship insist that [[Sabbath]] of the Old Testament changed to Sunday because the [[Resurrection ~~of Jesus~~|resurrection]] of [[Jesus Christ]] and the descent of the Holy Spirit took place on Sunday.<ref>[https://www.cbs42.com/news/faith-matters-why-do-christians-worship-on-sunday/ Faith Matters: Why do Christians worship on Sunday?], ''CBS 42'', May 15, 2022</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=36707&randomterm=false |title=SUNDAY (biblical) |website=Catholic Encyclopedia, Catholic Culture |publisher= |date= |year= |author= |series= |isbn= }}</ref> However, the [[Bible]] does not teach that the [[Sabbath]] was changed to Sunday. Sunday is the holy day of Mithraism, which worshiped the sun god,<ref name=":5">[https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/encyclopedia-of-the-bible/Lords-Day ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BIBLE – THE LORD’S DAY], ''Bible Gateway''</ref><ref>The Paganism in Our Christianity, Arthur Weigall, November 21, 2008</ref> and Sunday worship was made by introducing pagan customs into Christianity.<ref name=":1">''A Lion Handbook'', The History of Christianity, Tim Dowley, 1977, pg. 140</ref>

'''Lord’s Day worship''' or '''Sunday worship''' refers to the regular worship service held on Sunday, the first day of the week, in Protestant churches. In the Catholic Church, it is called the Sunday Mass.<ref>[https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/missa Missa], ''Collins Dictionary''</ref> Churches that keep Sunday worship insist that [[Sabbath]] of the Old Testament changed to Sunday because the [[Jesus' Resurrection|resurrection]] of [[Jesus Christ]] and the descent of the Holy Spirit took place on Sunday.<ref>[https://www.cbs42.com/news/faith-matters-why-do-christians-worship-on-sunday/ Faith Matters: Why do Christians worship on Sunday?], ''CBS 42'', May 15, 2022</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=36707&randomterm=false |title=SUNDAY (biblical) |website=Catholic Encyclopedia, Catholic Culture |publisher= |date= |year= |author= |series= |isbn= }}</ref> However, the [[Bible]] does not teach that the [[Sabbath]] was changed to Sunday. Sunday is the holy day of Mithraism, which worshiped the sun god,<ref name=":5">[https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/encyclopedia-of-the-bible/Lords-Day ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BIBLE – THE LORD’S DAY], ''Bible Gateway''</ref><ref>The Paganism in Our Christianity, Arthur Weigall, November 21, 2008</ref> and Sunday worship was made by introducing pagan customs into Christianity.<ref name=":1">''A Lion Handbook'', The History of Christianity, Tim Dowley, 1977, pg. 140</ref>

==Origin of Sunday Worship==

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===Roman Catholic Church===

The Roman Catholic Church stipulated in Can. 1247 of the Canon Law that “On Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the faithful are obliged to participate in the Mass.”<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib4-cann1244-1253_en.html#TITLE_II. Can. 1247], CHAPTER I., Feast Days, CODE OF CANON LAW</ref> As the basis for Sunday worship, they quote [[Revelation]] 1:10. They insist that although Sunday was the first day of the week and the day of sun worship, [[Christian|Christians]] called Sunday the “Lord’s Day” for liturgical purposes. They claim that from the early days of Christianity, the [[Resurrection ~~of Jesus~~|resurrection of Jesus Christ]] and the descent of the [[The Holy Spirit|Holy Spirit]] were celebrated on Sunday instead of the Sabbath.<ref name=":0" />

The Roman Catholic Church stipulated in Can. 1247 of the Canon Law that “On Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the faithful are obliged to participate in the Mass.”<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib4-cann1244-1253_en.html#TITLE_II. Can. 1247], CHAPTER I., Feast Days, CODE OF CANON LAW</ref> As the basis for Sunday worship, they quote [[Revelation]] 1:10. They insist that although Sunday was the first day of the week and the day of sun worship, [[Christian|Christians]] called Sunday the “Lord’s Day” for liturgical purposes. They claim that from the early days of Christianity, the [[Jesus' Resurrection|resurrection of Jesus Christ]] and the descent of the [[The Holy Spirit|Holy Spirit]] were celebrated on Sunday instead of the Sabbath.<ref name=":0" />

Even the Roman Catholic Church admits that Sunday worship cannot be found in the Bible and that Sunday is not the day of worship in the Bible.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/encyclopedia-of-the-bible/Lords-Day The Lord’s Day], Encyclopedia of the Bible, ''Bible Gateway''</ref>{{quote|“Not to mention other examples, is not every Christian obliged to sanctify Sunday and to abstain on that day from unnecessary servile work? Is not the observance of this law among the most prominent of our sacred duties? But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you '''will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday.''' <ins>The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify</ins>.”|James C. Gibbons, ''The Faith of Our Fathers'', Tan Books and Publishers, 1980, pp. 72–73}}It also said that it was incomprehensible for the Protestant churches, which opposed the Catholic doctrines and corruption and caused the Reformation, to keep Sunday worship that is not in the [[Bible]], saying that they follow the Bible. And it said that Sunday worship was a doctrine made by the authority of the Catholic Church.{{quote|But <ins>since Saturday, not Sunday, is specified in the Bible</ins>, isn’t it curious that non-Catholics who profess to take their religion directly from the Bible and not from the Church, observe Sunday instead of Saturday? Yes, of course, it is inconsistent; but this change was made about fifteen centuries before Protestantism was born, and by that time the custom was universally observed. They have continued the custom, even though '''it rests upon the authority of the Catholic Church and not upon an explicit text in the Bible'''.|John A O’Brien, ''The Faith of the Millions'', Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., 1974, pp. 400-401}}

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 [[File:Sunday mass at st Augustine Chapel.jpg|thumb|Sunday Mass in a Catholic Chapel]]
-'''Lord’s Day worship''' or '''Sunday worship''' refers to the regular worship service held on Sunday, the first day of the week, in Protestant churches. In the Catholic Church, it is called the Sunday Mass.<ref>[https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/missa Missa], ''Collins Dictionary''</ref> Churches that keep Sunday worship insist that [[Sabbath]] of the Old Testament changed to Sunday because the [[Resurrection of Jesus|resurrection]] of [[Jesus Christ]] and the descent of the Holy Spirit took place on Sunday.<ref>[https://www.cbs42.com/news/faith-matters-why-do-christians-worship-on-sunday/ Faith Matters: Why do Christians worship on Sunday?], ''CBS 42'', May 15, 2022</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=36707&randomterm=false |title=SUNDAY (biblical) |website=Catholic Encyclopedia, Catholic Culture |publisher= |date= |year= |author= |series= |isbn= }}</ref> However, the [[Bible]] does not teach that the [[Sabbath]] was changed to Sunday. Sunday is the holy day of Mithraism, which worshiped the sun god,<ref name=":5">[https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/encyclopedia-of-the-bible/Lords-Day ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BIBLE – THE LORD’S DAY], ''Bible Gateway''</ref><ref>The Paganism in Our Christianity, Arthur Weigall, November 21, 2008</ref> and Sunday worship was made by introducing pagan customs into Christianity.<ref name=":1">''A Lion Handbook'', The History of Christianity, Tim Dowley, 1977, pg. 140</ref>
+'''Lord’s Day worship''' or '''Sunday worship''' refers to the regular worship service held on Sunday, the first day of the week, in Protestant churches. In the Catholic Church, it is called the Sunday Mass.<ref>[https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/missa Missa], ''Collins Dictionary''</ref> Churches that keep Sunday worship insist that [[Sabbath]] of the Old Testament changed to Sunday because the [[Jesus' Resurrection|resurrection]] of [[Jesus Christ]] and the descent of the Holy Spirit took place on Sunday.<ref>[https://www.cbs42.com/news/faith-matters-why-do-christians-worship-on-sunday/ Faith Matters: Why do Christians worship on Sunday?], ''CBS 42'', May 15, 2022</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=36707&randomterm=false |title=SUNDAY (biblical) |website=Catholic Encyclopedia, Catholic Culture |publisher= |date= |year= |author= |series= |isbn= }}</ref> However, the [[Bible]] does not teach that the [[Sabbath]] was changed to Sunday. Sunday is the holy day of Mithraism, which worshiped the sun god,<ref name=":5">[https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/encyclopedia-of-the-bible/Lords-Day ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BIBLE – THE LORD’S DAY], ''Bible Gateway''</ref><ref>The Paganism in Our Christianity, Arthur Weigall, November 21, 2008</ref> and Sunday worship was made by introducing pagan customs into Christianity.<ref name=":1">''A Lion Handbook'', The History of Christianity, Tim Dowley, 1977, pg. 140</ref>
 ==Origin of Sunday Worship==
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 ===Roman Catholic Church===
-The Roman Catholic Church stipulated in Can. 1247 of the Canon Law that “On Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the faithful are obliged to participate in the Mass.”<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib4-cann1244-1253_en.html#TITLE_II. Can. 1247], CHAPTER I., Feast Days, CODE OF CANON LAW</ref> As the basis for Sunday worship, they quote [[Revelation]] 1:10. They insist that although Sunday was the first day of the week and the day of sun worship, [[Christian|Christians]] called Sunday the “Lord’s Day” for liturgical purposes. They claim that from the early days of Christianity, the [[Resurrection of Jesus|resurrection of Jesus Christ]] and the descent of the [[The Holy Spirit|Holy Spirit]] were celebrated on Sunday instead of the Sabbath.<ref name=":0" />
+The Roman Catholic Church stipulated in Can. 1247 of the Canon Law that “On Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the faithful are obliged to participate in the Mass.”<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib4-cann1244-1253_en.html#TITLE_II. Can. 1247], CHAPTER I., Feast Days, CODE OF CANON LAW</ref> As the basis for Sunday worship, they quote [[Revelation]] 1:10. They insist that although Sunday was the first day of the week and the day of sun worship, [[Christian|Christians]] called Sunday the “Lord’s Day” for liturgical purposes. They claim that from the early days of Christianity, the [[Jesus' Resurrection|resurrection of Jesus Christ]] and the descent of the [[The Holy Spirit|Holy Spirit]] were celebrated on Sunday instead of the Sabbath.<ref name=":0" />
 Even the Roman Catholic Church admits that Sunday worship cannot be found in the Bible and that Sunday is not the day of worship in the Bible.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/encyclopedia-of-the-bible/Lords-Day The Lord’s Day], Encyclopedia of the Bible, ''Bible Gateway''</ref>{{quote|“Not to mention other examples, is not every Christian obliged to sanctify Sunday and to abstain on that day from unnecessary servile work? Is not the observance of this law among the most prominent of our sacred duties? But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you '''will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday.''' <ins>The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify</ins>.”|James C. Gibbons, ''The Faith of Our Fathers'', Tan Books and Publishers, 1980, pp. 72–73}}It also said that it was incomprehensible for the Protestant churches, which opposed the Catholic doctrines and corruption and caused the Reformation, to keep Sunday worship that is not in the [[Bible]], saying that they follow the Bible. And it said that Sunday worship was a doctrine made by the authority of the Catholic Church.{{quote|But <ins>since Saturday, not Sunday, is specified in the Bible</ins>, isn’t it curious that non-Catholics who profess to take their religion directly from the Bible and not from the Church, observe Sunday instead of Saturday? Yes, of course, it is inconsistent; but this change was made about fifteen centuries before Protestantism was born, and by that time the custom was universally observed. They have continued the custom, even though '''it rests upon the authority of the Catholic Church and not upon an explicit text in the Bible'''.|John A O’Brien, ''The Faith of the Millions'', Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., 1974, pp. 400-401}}