"The seventh-day Sabbath was...solemnised
by Christ, the Apostles, and primitive Christians, till the Laodicean Council
did in manner quite abolish the observations
of it." "Dissertation on the Lord's
Day," pp. 33, 34
Egypt (Oxyrhynchus Papyrus) (200-250 A.D.)
"Except ye make the sabbath a real sabbath (sabbatize the Sabbath," Greek),
ye shall not see the Father." "The oxyrhynchus Papyri," pt,1,
p.3, Logion 2, verso 4-11 (London Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898).
Early Christians-C 3rd
"Thou shalt observe the Sabbath, on account of Him who ceased from His work
of creation, but ceased not from His work of providence: it is a rest for meditation
of the law, not for idleness of the hands." "The Anti-Nicene Fathers," Vol
7,p. 413. From "Constitutions of the Holy Apostles," a document of
the 3rd and 4th Centuries.
Africa (Alexandria) Origen
"After the festival of the unceasing sacrifice (the crucifixion) is put
the second festival of the Sabbath, and it is fitting for whoever is righteous
among the saints to keep also the festival of the Sabbath. There remaineth therefore
a sabbatismus, that is, a keeping of the Sabbath, to the people of God (Hebrews
4:9)." "Homily on Numbers 23," par.4, in Migne, "Patrologia
Graeca," Vol. 12,cols. 749, 750.
Palestine to India (Church of the
East)
As early as A.D. 225 there existed lallrge bishoprics or conferences of
the Church of the East (Sabbath-keeping) stretching from Palestine to
India. Mingana, "Early Spread of Christianity." Vol.10, p.
460.
India (Buddhist Controversy, 220 A.D.)
The Kushan Dynasty of North India called a famous council of Buddhist
priests at Vaisalia to bring uniformity among the Buddhist monks on the
observance of their weekly Sabbath. Some had been so impressed by the
writings of the Old Testament that they had begun to keep holy the Sabbath.
Lloyd, "The Creed of Half Japan," p. 23.
Early Christians
"The seventh-day Sabbath was...solemnised by Christ, the Apostles, and primitive
Christians, till the Laodicean Council did in manner quite abolish the observations
of it." "Dissertation on the Lord's Day," pp. 33, 34
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