A few last words about a tired subject

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As for Ignatius, even the portion of the epistle testified by Eusebius and Jerome must have been Interpolated

As DHK closed the thread before I could respond I would like to clarify a few things regarding Ignatius letter to the Magnesians. First It is widely accepted as being authentic. It is not one of the Psuedo-Ignatian letters. Since, the arguments of the reformation we now have Ignatius letters in several collections in several different translations which are copies of older letters going back to the original therefore interpolation is not used in determining what Ignatius said in his letter. It may have been so during the reformation. But as I said discoveries have been made so that it is no longer necessary. One just has to read it. And upon reading it we find that Ignatius provides a clear, easily read, and understood reasoning why Christians chose to worship on Sunday rather than the Sabbath. As he says:

If, therefore, those who were brought up in the ancient order of things have come to the possession of a new hope, no longer observing the Sabbath, but living in the observance of the Lord's Day, on which also our life has sprung up again by Him and by His death--whom some deny, by which mystery we have obtained faith, and therefore endure, that we may be found the disciples of Jesus Christ, our only Master--how shall we be able to live apart from Him, whose disciples the prophets themselves in the Spirit did wait for Him as their Teacher? And therefore He whom they rightly waited for, being come, raised them from the dead. Let us not, therefore, be insensible to His kindness. For were He to reward us according to our works, we should cease to be. Therefore, having become His disciples, let us learn to live according to the principles of Christianity. For whosoever is called by any other name besides this, is not of God. Lay aside, therefore, the evil, the old, the sour leaven, and be ye changed into the new leaven, which is Jesus Christ. Be ye salted in Him, lest any one among you should be corrupted, since by your savour ye shall be convicted. It is absurd to profess Christ Jesus, and to Judaize. For Christianity did not embrace Judaism, but Judaism Christianity, that so every tongue which believeth might be gathered together to God. - Early Christian Writings p. 73 Translated by Maxwell Stanifordth

Ignatius is not misquoted here as you attempt to show. Therefore we can see that as early as the Apostolic era Christians began the custom of worshiping on Sunday. You can't get any clearer than that.

 

[Thinkingstuff]

Now regarding Ignatius. His letters aren't scripture. But he is a reliable witness of the practice of Christians in the early Church. I only used him to show that the practice of worship started very early in the Church and I stated most likely during the Apostolic era. Now, I will quote scripture which supports it was an Apostolic origin that worship should be on the first day of the week.

7 On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight. 8 There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting.