A Critical History of the Sabbath And the Sunday in the Christian Church
A Critical History of the Sabbath And the Sunday in the Christian Church
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386, who, in the words of canon Robertson, also abolished the spectacles in which the heathen had found their consolation when the day had been set apart from other secular uses by Constantine. Theodosius the j'ounger, A. D. 425, in legislating on the subject, stated that the honors due to the Emperor were less important than the observance of the Lord's-day, and of certain other sacred seasons which he specifies. Leo and Anthe- mius, A. I). 469, held yetstronger language. If the Emperor's birt...hday fell on that day, "the acknowl- edgement of it, which was accompanied by games, was to be put off. It does not however appear that the Christians, now greatly increased in number, so much objected to the Emperor that all relaxation on the Lord's day was unlawful, as that these games, being idolatrous, indecent, and cruel, and so unfit for a Christian to attend on any day, were especially unfit to engage his thoughts or attract his attention on the Lord's-day. In particular, the weaker brethren were likely to be led away by them.
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386, who, in the words of canon Robertson, also abolished the spectacles in which the heathen had found their consolation when the day had been set apart from other secular uses by Constantine. Theodosius the j'ounger, A. D. 425, in legislating on the subject, stated that the honors due to the Emperor were less important than the observance of the Lord's-day, and of certain other sacred seasons which he specifies. Leo and Anthe- mius, A. I). 469, held yetstronger language. If the Emperor's birt...hday fell on that day, "the acknowl- edgement of it, which was accompanied by games, was to be put off. It does not however appear that the Christians, now greatly increased in number, so much objected to the Emperor that all relaxation on the Lord's day was unlawful, as that these games, being idolatrous, indecent, and cruel, and so unfit for a Christian to attend on any day, were especially unfit to engage his thoughts or attract his attention on the Lord's-day. In particular, the weaker brethren were likely to be led away by them.
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