Dear Joe and All, Isn't the Roman Emperor Constantin important to this discussion. As I understand it, Constantin made a deal with the followers of Jesus to make their religion the state religion around the year 300 CE.
However, Constantin also believed in not taking any chances so he maintained his personal beliefs in his own favourite god, Sol Invictus � the god of the invincible sun. By the way the annual feast day of Sol Invictus was the winter solstice � that proved each year that the sun was invincible � which occurred about December 25th). Because of the importance of Sol Invictus, his day, Sunday, was reinforced as the 'first' day of each week. Once again, we have wandered a fair way off the metrication track here. Cheers, Pat Naughtin CAMS Geelong, Australia on 2002-11-01 06.03, Joseph B. Reid at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ill Potts wrote in USMA 23016: > >> I thought the alleged resurrection was on a Monday -- now celebrated as >> Easter Monday. >> >> Bill Potts, CMS > > Easter Sunday is the most important Christian day. There is an > American protestant church named the Seventh Day Adventists. Their > day of rest and worship is Saturday. The renowned Battle Creek > Sanitarium is Seventh Day Adventist. I believe that the Kellogg > family of Battle Creek, Michigan, is also Seventh Day Adventist. A > Kellogg was Director of the Battle Creek Sanitarium in the 1930's. > Easter Monday is a civic holiday of no religious significance. > > The Shorter Oxford English Dictioary defines Sunday as: > "The first day of the week, observed by Christians as a day of rest > and worship, in commemoration of Christ's resurrection; the Lord's > Day." > > Joseph B. Reid > 17 Glebe Road West > Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071 >
