Worship: Justin Martyr on Sunday Worship

Justin Martyr (d. c. 165) provides the earliest detailed description of a Sunday worship service in his "First Apology": "On the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place. The memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits. When the reader has ceased, the president verbally instructs and exhorts to the imitation of these good things.…