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Book Description
- Title:
- This is the Day: The Biblical Doctrine of the Christian Sunday in its Jewish and Early Church Setting
- Author:
- Roger T. Beckwith & Wilfrid Stott
- ISBN:
- 0551055685
- Publication Year:
- 1978
- Location:
- London
- Publisher:
- Marshall, Morgan & Scott
- Pages:
- 422
- Subjects:
- Sabbath, Early Church, Ten Commandments
- Copyright Holder:
- Roger T. Beckwith. Reproduced by permission.
Table of Contents
- The Memorial of the World's Creation
- The Memorial of Israel's Redemption
- The Memorial of Christ's Resurrection
- The Continuity between the Sabbath and the Lord's Day
- The Attitude to the Sabbath in Patristic Thought
- The Early Church and Sunday: a Whole Day?
- The Early Church and Sunday: What Sort of Day?
- Eusebius of Caesarea and the Christian Sunday
- How Christians Spent the Lord's Day
- The Theology of the Christian Sunday: The First Day
- The Theology of the Christian Sunday: The Lord's Day
- The Theology of the Christian Sunday: The Eighth Day
- The Attitude of the Early Church to the Ten Commandments
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Abbreviations
- Index of Biblical References
- Index of Jewish Writings
- Index of Patristic Writings
- General Index