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Originally Posted by ndigila
Grip, the the church fathers disagree with you. St Ignatius of Antioch's Letter to the Magnesians, St Justin the Martyr's First Apology and Tertullian's An answer to the Jews are examples of early Church elders who wrote about Sunday worship as a normal practice.
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Normal practice dates back to around 150AD. Which dates were these letters written?
The shift from Sabbath to Sunday followed the widespread of Christianity in some cities such as Rome where pagans used to worship their Sun god on Sunday. In order to win these pagans to Christianity, some preachers reasoned that worshiping on Sunday would give an easy avenue to access these pagans. Late 200AD there was a king (I'll confirm his name) who got converted to Christianity and in 321 (or 323)AD he declared Sunday a national holiday. Accordingly Sunday worship became a normal practice.