218.Κατὰ μίαν σαββάτων.
218.Κατὰ μίαν σαββάτων.
219.Vid. Ignat. Epist. ad Magnes.
219.Vid. Ignat. Epist. ad Magnes.
220.Vid. Just. Mart. edit. a Grab. Apol. 1. § 87, & 89. It may be observed, that that Father is not alone in his calling it Sunday; for Tertullian [Adv. Gent. Cap.xvi.]calls it so. And Jerom says it may be so called, because the Sun of Righteousness arose with healing in his wings; but it is generally calledthe Lord’s day;and that not only by others, but by the same Fathers; except in their apologies for the Christian religion against the Heathen, they used the word in compliance with their mode of speaking. But that which is more strange, and savours a little of affectation, is, that Justin, and some other of the Fathers, should chuse to use a circumlocution, instead of Friday, as he calls it, the day before Saturday. And Ignatius, [in Epist. ad Trall.] calls itparasceva,or, the preparation for the Sabbath, as the Jews did; and Irenæus calls it the day before the Sabbath, [in Lib.v.adv. Her. Cap.xxiii.]which the learned Grabe supposes to be for this reason; that they might shew how much they detested the name of Venus, to whom Friday was dedicated by the Heathen. And they ought to have been as cautious of using the word Sunday, since that was not only dedicated to the Sun. But some took occasion from thence, to asperse the Christians, as though they had worshipped the Sun; which Tertullian, in [Apol. adv. Gen. Cap.xvi.]is obliged to exculpate them from.
220.Vid. Just. Mart. edit. a Grab. Apol. 1. § 87, & 89. It may be observed, that that Father is not alone in his calling it Sunday; for Tertullian [Adv. Gent. Cap.xvi.]calls it so. And Jerom says it may be so called, because the Sun of Righteousness arose with healing in his wings; but it is generally calledthe Lord’s day;and that not only by others, but by the same Fathers; except in their apologies for the Christian religion against the Heathen, they used the word in compliance with their mode of speaking. But that which is more strange, and savours a little of affectation, is, that Justin, and some other of the Fathers, should chuse to use a circumlocution, instead of Friday, as he calls it, the day before Saturday. And Ignatius, [in Epist. ad Trall.] calls itparasceva,or, the preparation for the Sabbath, as the Jews did; and Irenæus calls it the day before the Sabbath, [in Lib.v.adv. Her. Cap.xxiii.]which the learned Grabe supposes to be for this reason; that they might shew how much they detested the name of Venus, to whom Friday was dedicated by the Heathen. And they ought to have been as cautious of using the word Sunday, since that was not only dedicated to the Sun. But some took occasion from thence, to asperse the Christians, as though they had worshipped the Sun; which Tertullian, in [Apol. adv. Gen. Cap.xvi.]is obliged to exculpate them from.
221.Dominicum agere,orcelebrare,was a phrase well known in that age, in which many Christians were put to death, upon their being examined, and boldly professing that they observed the Lord’s day; and the assemblies, in which all the parts of public worship were performed on that day, were generally called Synaxes.
221.Dominicum agere,orcelebrare,was a phrase well known in that age, in which many Christians were put to death, upon their being examined, and boldly professing that they observed the Lord’s day; and the assemblies, in which all the parts of public worship were performed on that day, were generally called Synaxes.
Transcriber’s Notes:The author’s archaic punctuation, spellings, and capitalization have been retained.Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only when a predominant form was found in this book.Footnotes have been collected at the end of the text, and are linked for ease of reference.