Sabbath and Rest: John of Damascus on Sunday as the New Sabbath
Teaching on Sabbath and Rest from John of Damascus: John of Damascus on Sunday as the New Sabbath
This is a spiritual discipline on lord's Day and resurrection, drawing on Psalm 118:24, Acts 20:7 and Revelation 1:10.
John of Damascus (d. 749) articulated the theology behind the Christian shift from Saturday Sabbath to Sunday worship. He wrote: "We celebrate the Lord's Day because on it the Lord rose from the dead. It is the first day of the week, yet also the eighth day -- transcending the old creation and inaugurating the new." Sunday, for John, is not merely a replacement for the Jewish Sabbath but its fulfillment and transformation.…
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