Sabbath and Rest: Tertullian on the Lord's Day
Teaching on Sabbath and Rest from Tertullian: Tertullian on the Lord's Day
This is a spiritual discipline on lord's Day and joy, drawing on John 20:19-20, Revelation 1:10 and Psalm 118:24.
Tertullian (d. c. 220) was among the earliest writers to discuss how Christians should observe the Lord's Day. He wrote: "We devote Sunday to rejoicing. We count fasting or kneeling in worship on the Lord's Day to be unlawful. We rejoice in the same privilege also from Easter to Pentecost." Tertullian saw Sunday as fundamentally a day of joy, not restriction.…
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