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Religion in Rome - A
summary view of Roman religions during the time of Jesus.
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The Jewish Sabbath -
Strict Sabbath-keeping marked the Jews as unique.
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The Sabbath Reformer -
The Bible portrays Jesus as a revolutionary Sabbath keeper.
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Prophecy - Jesus
predicted the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 and the continuing
Christian observance of the Sabbath.
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Christians and Jews -
The two groups shared a view of a personal God and of the weekly
Sabbath, but Christians found new meaning in the holy day.
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The Christian Sabbath
- Clear evidence for Christian observance of the seventh-day Sabbath in
the first century AD.
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Sunday Keepers -
Second-century Christians in Alexandria and Rome begin observing the
first day of the week instead of the Sabbath.
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The Day of the Sun -
Roman sun worship and its link to Christian Sunday observance.
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Sunday Law -
Constantine legalizes Sunday as the weekly day of rest in the Roman
Empire.
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Sabbath Survives -
Proof of seventh-day (Saturday) Sabbath observance into the middle of
the fourth century.
