Introduction
vii
Part I
The Biblical and Jewish Evidence by R.T. Beckwith
1
The Memorial of the World’s Creation
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
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