Happy Sunday

Last time, we talked about a few of the reasons behind the idea of a Sabbath in general, and more specifically, what it was meant to be as a celebration of God. Today, we’re going to see how we went from celebrating the Sabbath to Sunday.

Keeping the Sabbath

It’s time to take a little break from history and go in a different direction. So today, we’ll begin to discuss a certain trend in the history of the Church that we in modern times, and especially in America, have forgotten: Sunday.

Macedonianism

After the Council of Nicaea in 325, during the reign of Emperor Constantius, a man named Macedonius came to power as the Bishop of Constantinople (unlawfully). Macedonius was a Semi-Arian, but a very specific type of Semi-Arian. He took the ideas of Arius to their fullest logical extent. These new ideas became known by the name of their founder, the followers called “Macedonians.” And no, we are not talking about people from that country here.

The Beginning of the End

It’s time to pick up the series. Sorry about the gap, there’s a little project I’m working on that you all will get to see hopefully around May. Anyways, back to history.

So when we left, Athanasius was in exile, two bishops claimed authority in Constantinople, and the Emperor was against Orthodoxy, which had already ben formally established.