HISTORY OF THE SABBATH

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The Apostolic Constitutions generally dated in the 4th century and found in the Ante-Nicene Fathers collection say: the Sabbath should be observed by resting and studying the Law … It is known that Gentile Christians sometimes openly observed the seventh-day Sabbath in conjunction with first-day Sunday worship because the Council of Laodicea around 365 attempted to put a stop to the practice. Some conjecture, then, that prior to the Laodicean council Saturday was observed as a Sabbath and Sunday as a day of worship, primarily in Palestine; but after the Laodicean Council, Saturday observance was forbidden. This is often considered an attempt of the early Christian church to distance itself from Judaism.