Did You Know? The Emperor Constantine I made Sunday declared Sunday a day of rest in the empire on Mar. 7, A.D. 321, reflecting the Church’s celebration of the first day of the week as the Lord’s Day. Previously Christians (and others) often had to work on Sundays. LEARN MORE.
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So is this why some people wrongly claim that Constantine “changed” the Christian day of rest from Saturday to Sunday? Due to a misunderstanding of this act?
IIRC, the ancient Romans didn’t have a day of rest. In fact, I remember reading somewhere that pagan Romans thought that Jews wasted a whole day resting when they could have been productively working! I, for one, am quite happy we have weekends. 🙂