Quotations from our authors, such as Samuele Bacchiocchi, and others:

"Tertullian uses the Latin equivalent 'dominicus dies' in De oratione 23 and De corona 3. This became the official designation for Sunday in the Latin languages (cf. domenica, dimanche)." - Tertullian

"He is the Lord of the Sabbath and in this expression, quoted by all three of the Synoptics, there is a covert reference to the Lord's day. He, as Lord, chooses his own day." - Wilfrid Stott, "A Note on the Word KYPIAKH in Rev 1. 10", NTS 12 (1965): 75 - Wilfrid Stott

N.J. White claimed "an unbroken and unquestioned Church usage" of the phrase "Lord's day" to refer to Sunday since the earliest apostolic times. - N. J. White

"The Synoptics (Matt. 12:8; Mark 2:28; Luke 6:5), however, contain a similar locution, namely 'Lord of the Sabbath', a phrase used by Christ at the end of a dispute with the Pharisees over the question of legitimate Sabbath activities." - Pg. 17 - Lord of the Sabbath

C.S. Mosna said that W. Rordorf gave "the rise of Sunday festivity a too-Christian origin, neglecting other userful elements and detatching it from its Jewish context." (Storia della domenica, pp. 41 and 5). - W. Rordorf

"If one contemplates the pressure that our economic and industrial institutions are exerting to obtain maximum utilization of industrial plants - by programming work shifts to ignore any festivity -, it is easy to comprehend how the pattern transmitted to us of the seven day week, with its recurring day of rest and worship, could undergo radical changes." - Pg 9-10, - economic pressures

"Some people, concerned by this widespread profanation of the Lord's day, are urging for a civil legislation that would outlaw all activities not compatible with the spirit of Sunday." - sunday legislation

"The problem of the origin of Sunday observance in early Christianity has aroused in recent times the interest of scholars of different religious persuasions. - Sunday observance, origins studied by scholars

"Christians would never have come to worship on another day, apart from this freedom respecting the observance of the Sabbath, a freedom bequeathed to them by the Lord himself." Wilfrid Stott, (The Lord's Day, A Theological Guide to the Christian Day of Worship, 1972, p. 43) - Wilfrid Stott

"Even if the sabbatical materials of the Gospels represent later reflections of the Christian community (which to us is inadmissible), this point would not diminish their historical value. They would still constitute a valuable source for studying the attitude of the primitive Church toward the Sabbath." pg 18,19 - primitve Church, attitude towards Sabbath

"If one should limit himself only to ... pieces of undisputed authenticity, it would be impossible to make any real progress, owing to their scarcity. It is therefore necessary to examine the rich patristic and apocryphal literature while keeping in mind its limitations." - Pg. 15 - patristic literature

"One day of total rest for man and machines would help safeguard both our power resources and the precarious environment." pg. 10 - environmentalists, support for Sunday legislation

"Christ proclaimed Himself master of the Sabbath specifically to liberate man from formal burdens like the Sabbath, which had become unnecessary." -Pg 18 - C. S. Mosna

"We see no justification for such historical skepticism, especially since a new quest for the historical Jesus has begun which casts shadows on previous methodologies and promises to find in the Gospels a much larger number of genuine deeds and words of Jesus." - Pg. 18 - historical skepticism

Of "all parts of the liturgy the feasts are perhaps the most enduring: it is practically impossible to change the day and form of festival." - J. V. Goudoever - J. V. Goudoever

"It is also the hope that earnest readers may be stimulated through a better understanding of the meaning of God's holy day to search for a deeper fellowship with the 'Lord of the Sabbath' (Mark 2:28)." - Pg. 16 - Lord of the Sabbath

"Adoration of God is made possible and more meaningful by the interruption of secular activities." - Dr. S. Bacchiocchi - adoration of God

Modern man "lives under the tyranny of things of space." - Abraham Joshua Heschel - Abraham Joshua Heschel

"Therefore we can conclude with certainty that the event of the resurrection has determined the choice of Sunday as the day of worship of the first Christian community." - C. S. Mosna - C. S. Mosna

About investigating Christ's attitude about the Sabbath is rejected by the form critics: "Form critics would regard this investigation as futile, since they view the Gospels' report of Christ's Sabbath teachings and activities, not as authentic historical accounts but as later reflections of the primitive Church. What Jesus Himself may have thought, they claim is impossible to ascertain." Pg. 18 - form critics

Quotations from our authors:

C.S. Mosna said that W. Rordorf gave "the rise of Sunday festivity a too-Christian origin, neglecting other userful elements and detatching it from its Jewish context." (Storia della domenica, pp. 41 and 5). - Jewish context of the Sabbath

"One day of total rest for man and machines would help safeguard both our power resources and the precarious environment." pg. 10 - environmentalists, support for Sunday legislation

"It is also the hope that earnest readers may be stimulated through a better understanding of the meaning of God's holy day to search for a deeper fellowship with the 'Lord of the Sabbath' (Mark 2:28)." - Pg. 16 - Lord of the Sabbath