This is the Day
The Biblical Doctrine of the Christian Sunday
in itsJewish and Early Church Setting

Roger T. Beckwith
and
Wilfrid Stott

	Introduction	vii

Part I	The Biblical and Jewish Evidence by R.T. Beckwith
1	The Memorial of the World’s Creation	2
2	The Memorial of Israel’s Redemption	13
3	The Memorial of Christ’s Resurrection	30
4	The Continuity between the Sabbath and the Lord’s Day	43

Part II	The Evidence of the Fathers by W. Stott
5	The Attitude to the Sabbath in Patristic Thought	50
6	The Early Church and Sunday: a Whole Day?	58
7	The Early Church and Sunday: What Sort of Day?	62
8	Eusebius of Caesarea and the Christian Sunday	75
9	How Christians Spent the Lord’s Day	84
10	The Theology of the Christian Sunday: The First Day	104
11	The Theology of the Christian Sunday: The Lord’s Day	112
12	The Theology of the Christian Sunday: The Eighth Day	117
13	The Attitude of the Early Church to the Ten Commandments	125
14	Conclusion	140

	Notes	145
	Bibliography	165
	Abbreviations	169
	Index of Biblical References	171
	Index of Jewish Writings	175
	Index of Patristic Writings	177
	General Index	179