Sabbath and Sunday in the Early Christian Church

Sabbath and Sunday in the Early Christian Church
Bibliography by Gary Shearer
Reference Librarian
Pacific Union College Library

04-13-05

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Books

Andrews, John Nevins. The Complete Testimony of the Fathers of the First Three Centuries Concerning the Sabbath and First Day. Battle Creek, MI: Steam Press of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association, 1873. 112p.
Her. Coll. BV110 .A567 1873

Bacchiocchi, Samuele. Anti-Judaism and the Origin of Sunday. Rome: Pontifical Gregorian University Press, 1975. 141p.
BV111 .B24 (2nd copy in Heritage Coll.)

Bacchiocchi, Samuele. From Sabbath to Sunday: A Historical Investigation of the Rise of Sunday Observance in Early Christianity. Rome: Pontifical Gregorian University Press, 1977. 372p.
BV111 .B33 (2nd copy in Heritage Coll.)

Bacchiocchi, Samuele. "The Rise of Sunday Observance in Early Christianity." In The Sabbath in Scripture and History. Edited by Kenneth A. Strand. Washington, DC: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1982. Pp.132-150.
BV125 .S2 1982 (2nd copy in Heritage Coll.)

Bauckham, R. J. "The Lord's Day." In From Sabbath to Lord's Day: A Biblical, Historical, and Theological Investigation. Edited by D. A. Carson. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1982. Chapter 8, pp.221-250.
BV111 .F76 1982 (2nd copy in Heritage Coll.)

Bauckham, Richard J. "Sabbath and Sunday in the Post-Apostolic Church." In From Sabbath to Lord's Day: A Biblical, Historical, and Theological Investigation. Edited by D. A. Carson. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1982. Chapter 9, pp.251-298.
BV111 .F76 1982 (2nd copy in Heritage Coll.)

Beckwith, Roger T. and Wilfrid Stott. This is The Day: The Biblical Doctrine of the Christian Sunday in Its Jewish and Early Church Setting. London: Marshall, Morgan and Scott, 1978. Part 2, "The Evidence of the Fathers," by Wilfrid Stott, pp.50-181.
BV111 .B37 (2nd copy in Heritage Coll.)

Cotton, Paul. From Sabbath to Sunday: A Study in Early Christianity. Bethlehem, PA: Times Publishing Company, 1933. 184p.
Her. Coll. BV110 .C67 1933

Edwardson, Christian. Facts of Faith. Nashville: Southern Publishing Association, 1943. "Sunday in the Early Church," pp.88-96.
BX1765 .E32 (2nd Copy in Heritage Coll.)

Ford, Desmond. The Forgotten Day. Newcastle, CA: Desmond Ford Publications, 1981. Appendix VI, "The Historical Evidence for Christian Sabbath-Keeping in the Early Centuries," pp.300-311. Compilation by Dr. Frank Yost.
BV125 .F6 (2nd copy in Heritage Coll.)

Gamble, H. R. Sunday and the Sabbath. London: John Murray, 1901. Lecture III, "The Origin of the Christian Sunday," pp.53-70; Lecture IV, "Sunday in the Early Church," pp.71-87.
Her. Coll. BV110 .G29 1901

Jewett, Paul K. The Lord's Day: A Theological Guide to the Christian Day of Worship. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1971. 174p. Most of this book concerns the early church.
BV111 .J48

Johns, Varner J. Forty Centuries of Law and Liberty: A History of the Development of Religious Liberty. Mountain View, CA: Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1940. Chapter 6, "Sunday Laws Strengthened: The Code of Justinian," pp.74-93.
BV741 .J575 (2nd copy in Heritage Coll.)

Laansma, J. C. "Lord's Day." In Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments. Edited by Ralph P. Martin and Peter H. Davids. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1997. Pp.679-686.
Ref. BS2625.5 .D53 1997

Lee, Francis Nigel. The Covenantal Sabbath. London: Lord's Day Observance Society, 1974. "The Sabbath in the Patristic Church," pp.239-248.
Her. Coll. BV111 .L43 1974

Lewis, Richard. The Protestant Dilemma. Mountain View, CA: Pacific Press, 1961. Chapter 6, "Ignatius and the Lord's Day," pp.41-49; Chapter 7, "The Fathers Misrepresented," pp.50-56; Chapter 8, "What the Fathers Said," pp.57-70; Chapter 9, "The Progress of Sunday," pp.71-75.
BV125 .L47 (2nd copy in Heritage Coll.)

MacLean, Donald. The Law of the Lord's Day in the Celtic Church. Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark, 1926. 58p.
Her. Coll. BV110 .M3

Nichol, Francis D. Answers to Objections. Revised and enlarged edition. Washington, DC: Review and Herald, 1952. Appendix A, "How Sunday Observance Began," by Frank H. Yost, pp.773-795; Appendix C, "'The Lord's Day'," by W. E. Howell, pp.800-802.
BX6121.3 .N5 1952 (2nd copy in Heritage Coll.)

Odom, Robert L. Sabbath and Sunday in Early Christianity. Washington, DC: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1977. 304p.
BV111 .O33 (2nd copy in Heritage Coll.)

Odom, Robert Leo. Sunday in Roman Paganism. Washington, DC: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1944. 272p.
CE85 .O37 (2nd copy in Heritage Coll.)

Riesenfeld, Harald. The Gospel Tradition: Essays by Harald Riesenfeld. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1970. Chapter 6, "The Sabbath and the Lord's Day in Judaism, the Preaching of Jesus and Early Christianity," pp.111-137.
BS2395 .R53

Rordorf, Willy. Sunday: The History of the Day of Rest and Worship in the Earliest Centuries of the Christian Church. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1968. 336p.
BV111 .R613 (2nd Copy in Heritage Coll.)

Schaff, Philip. History of the Christian Church, Volume III: Nicene and Post-Nicene Christianity. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1910. "The Civil and Religious Sunday," pp.378-386.
BR145 .S3 v.3

Seventh-day Adventist Bible Students' Source Book. Edited by Don F. Neufeld and Julia Neuffer. Washington, DC: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1962. "Sabbath and Sunday," pp.864-883; "Sabbath, Change of," pp.883-892; "Sabbath Observance," pp.892-893; "Sunday," pp.969-999; "Sunday Law," pp.999-1000.
Ref. BS491.2 . S4 v.9 1962 (2nd copy in Heritage Coll.)

Strand, Kenneth A. The Early Christian Sabbath: Selected Essays and a Source Collection. Worthington, OH: Ann Arbor Publishers, 1979. 80p.
Her. Coll. BV111 .S7 1979

Strand, Kenneth A. "The 'Lord's Day' in the Second Century." In The Sabbath in Scripture and History. Edited by Kenneth A. Strand. Washington, DC: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1982. Pp.346-351.
BV125 .S2 1982 (2nd copy in Heritage Coll.)

Strand, Kenneth A. "The Sabbath." In Handbook of Seventh-day Adventist Theology. Edited by Raoul Dederen. "Commentary Reference Series," Volume 12. Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald, 2000. Pp.493-537 (V. "The Sabbath in History: B. Sabbath and Sunday in the Early Church," pp.517-522).
Ref. BS491.2 .S4 v.12 2000 (2nd copy in Heritage Coll.)

Strand, Kenneth A. "The Sabbath and Sunday From the Second Through Fifth Centuries." In The Sabbath in Scripture and History. Edited by Kenneth A. Strand. Washington, DC: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1982. Pp.323-332.
BV110 .S87 (2nd copy in Heritage Coll.)

Straw, Walter E. Origin of Sunday Observance in the Christian Church. Washington, DC: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1939. 118p.
BV110 .S87 (2nd copy in Heritage Coll.)

"Sunday." Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia, Volume M-Z: Second Revised Edition. Edited by Bobbie Jane Van Dolson and Leo R. Van Dolson. "Commentary Reference Series," Volume 11. Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald, 1996. Pp.710-716.
Her. Coll. BS491.2 .S4 v.11 1995 (2nd copy in Reference Coll.)

Yost, Frank H. The Early Christian Sabbath. Mountain View, CA: Pacific Press, 1947. 96p.
BV125 .Y6 (2nd copy in Heritage Coll.)

Periodicals

Bacchiocchi, Samuele. "From Saturday to Sunday." Shabbat Shalom 43 (August 1996): 29-30.

Bacchiocchi, Samuele. "How It Came About: From Saturday to Sunday." Biblical Archaeology Review 4 (September/October 1978): 32-40.

Bacchiocchi, Samuele. "How the Sabbath Was Changed to Sunday and Why It Matters." Liberty 86 (January/February 1991): 12-14.

Bacchiocchi, Samuele. "Rome and the Origin of Sunday Observance." RH 154 (September 1,1977): 5-8.

Bacchiocchi, Samuele. "Sabbath and Sunday Observance in the Early Church - 3: Rome and the Origin of Sunday Observance." Ministry 50 (January 1977): 16-19.

Bacchiocchi, Samuele. "Who Changed the Sabbath?" Signs of the Times 106 (February 1979): 12-15.

Beckwith, Roger T. "The Daily and Weekly Worship of the Primitive Church in Relation to Its Jewish Antecedents." Evangelical Quarterly 56 (April 1984): 65-80.

Beckwith, Roger T. "The Daily and Weekly Worship of the Primitive Church," Part 2. Evangelical Quarterly. 56 (July 1984): 139-158.

Benhamou, Guy-Richard. "The Sabbath in Oblivion." Shabbat Shalom 43 (August 1996): 31-32. A Jewish writer discusses the Christian church's adoption of Sunday over Sabbath.

Bishai, Wilson B. "Sabbath Observance From Coptic Sources." Andrews University Seminary Studies 1 (1963): 25-31.

Bollman, Calvin P. "The Greek Church and the Change of the Sabbath." RH 100 (November 8, 1923): 6-9.

Branson, Ernest L. "Saturday and Sunday in the Coptic Church - I: The Problem and Early History." Ministry 18 (October 1945): 5-6,44.

Branson, Ernest L. "Saturday and Sunday in the Coptic Church - II: Egyptian Church Teaching and Custom." Ministry 18 (November 1945): 38-39.

Branson, Ernest L. "Saturday and Sunday in the Coptic Church - III: Ethiopian Church Teaching and Custom." Ministry 18 (December 1945): 34-37.

Cairus, Aecio E. "Gnostic Roots of Sunday-keeping." Journal of the Adventist Theological Society 13 (Spring 2002): 67-80.

Cairus, Aecio E. "Sabbath and Covenant in the Epistle of Barnabas." Andrews University Seminary Studies 39 (Spring 2001): 117-123.

Geraty, Lawrence T. "The Pascha and the Origin of Sunday Observance." Andrews University Seminary Studies 3 (July 1965): 85-96.

Golstein, Clifford. "The Origin of Sunday." Liberty 81 (January-February 1986): 4-6.

Golstein, Clifford. "The Origin of Sunday Worship." Shabbat Shalom n.v. (July-September 1991): 7-9.

Golstein, Clifford. "Roman Anti-Judaism, or Why Christians Go to Church on Sunday." The New Israelite n.v. (October-December 1985): 2-5.

Grant, Charles E. "From Sabbath to Sunday." Signs of the Times 65 (September 13,1938): 6-7,15.

Grant, Charles E. "From Sabbath to Sunday - 2: Warnings of Apostasy." Signs of the Times 65 (September 20,1938): 6-7.

Grant, Charles E. "From Sabbath to Sunday - 3: Evidence of Church Historians." Signs of the Times 65 (September 27,1938): 6-7,14.

Grant, Charles E. "From Sabbath to Sunday - 4: 'Early Father' Fictions." Signs of the Times 65 (October 4,1938): 12-13.

Grant, Charles E. "From Sabbath to Sunday - 5: The First Sunday Law." Signs of the Times 65 (October 18,1938): 13.

Grant, Charles E. "From Sabbath to Sunday - 6: Uncovering the Foundations of Sunday Observance." Signs of the Times 65 (October 25,1938): 13-14.

Guy, Fritz. "'The Lord's Day' in the Letter of Ignatius to the Magnesians." Andrews University Seminary Studies 2 (1964): 1-17.

Haddock, Robert. "The Sabbath and Sunday." These Times 82 (March 1973): 36-34.

Haddock, Robert. "The Sabbath in the Early Church." These Times 82 (March 1973): 34-35. Sidebar: "What the New Testament Says About Sunday," p.35.

Hilgert, Earle. "The Jubilees Calendar and the Origin of Sunday Observance." Andrews University Seminary Studies 1 (1963): 44-51.

Holland, Kenneth J. "How Sunday-Keeping Came Into the Church." These Times 778 (August 1969): 17-20.

Holland, Kenneth J. "How Sunday-Keeping Came Into the Church." Message Magazine 36 (August 1970): 18-20.

Horn, Siegfried H. "Archeology and the Sabbath-3: The Sabbath in the Early Church." RH 138 (May 18, 1961): 2-3.

Howell, W. E. "'The Lord's Day'." RH 117 (May 9, 1940): 6,16.

Johnston, Robert M. "Patriarchs, Rabbis, and Sabbath." Andrews University Seminary Studies 12 (July 1974): 94-102. Early Christian writers and Jews contending that the Sabbath was for Jews only.

Johnston, Robert M. "The Sabbath in Late Judism and Early Christianity." Shabbat Shalom 43 (August 1996): 24-26.

Kraft, Robert A. "Some Notes on Sabbath Observance in Early Christianity." Andrews University Seminary Studies 3 (January 1965): 18-33. Response to Bishai in AUSS 1 (1963): 25-31.

Lee, James M. "Sunday - Christian or Pagan?" Signs of the Times 61 (September 18, 1934): 8-9.

Lewis, Richard. "Ignatius and the Sabbath." Signs of the Times 86 (June 1959): 22-23.

Lewis, Richard. "The Sabbath in the First Century." Signs of the Times 85 (September 1958): 20-21,31.

Lewis, Richard. "What Did the Fathers Say?" Signs of the Times 85 (October 1958): 22-23. "Does Their Testimony Support Sunday or Sabbath Observance?".

Lewis, Richard. "When Did Sunday Become Sacred?" Signs of the Times 85 (November 1958): 22-23.

Lewis, Richard B. "Ignatius and the 'Lord's Day'." Andrews University Seminary Studies 6 (January 1968): 46-59.

Mackintosh, D. "Sabbath Laws and the Early Church." Liberty 98 (January/February 2003): 6-9.

Maxwell, C. Mervyn. "Justin's Inadequate Reason." Signs of the Times 104 (May 1977): 6-9. Concerns Sunday observance.

Maxwell, C. Mervyn. "Sabbath and Sunday Observance in the Early Church-1: They Loved Jesus." Ministry 50 (January 1977): 9-11.

McCasland, Selby Vernon. "The Origin of the Lord's Day." Journal of Biblical Literature 49 (1930): 65-82.

Moffitt, L. L. "Christ, Antichrist, and the Sabbath." RH 110 (November 23,1933): 9-10. Documentation on corruption of early church.

Moffitt, L. L. "Christ, the Remnant, and the Sabbath." RH 110 (November 30,1933): 5-6. Various church historians on early church's observance of seventh-day sabbath.

Moore, Marvin. "Dialogue." Signs of the Times 123 (May 1996): 13. A response to a reader's questions about early Sunday-keeping.

Odom, R. L. "Pagan Week, Day of the Sun, and Calendar" - No. 1. Ministry 8 (December 1935): 15-17.

Odom, R. L. "Pagan Week, Day of the Sun, and Calendar" - No. 2. Ministry 9 (February 1936): 15-17,22.

Odom, R. L. "Pagan Week, Day of the Sun, and Calendar" - No. 3. Ministry 9 (March 1936): 15-17.

Odom, Robert L. "The Lord's Day and the Lord of the Sabbath," Part 1. Ministry 43 (March 1970): 11-13,28. Discussion of Revelation 1:10. Brief discussion on the early church and this text.

Odom, Robert L. "Pagan Sunday Observance." Ministry 23 (May 1950): 18-19.

Odom, Robert Leo. "The First Sunday Blue Laws," (Conclusion). Liberty 56 (July-August 1961): 24-27. The six Sunday laws of Constantine.

Odom, Robert Leo. "The Historical Background of Sunday Blue Laws," Part 1. Liberty 56 (May-June 1961): 17-20,34. The first Sunday blue law under Constantine.

Odom, Robert Leo. "Sunday Observance and Christians, Part I: Was the First Day of the Week the Established Time of Christian Worship in Apostolic Times?" Liberty 56 (January-February 1961): 13-16.

Odom, Robert Leo. "Sunday Observance and Christians, Part II: Is First-Century Sunday Observance Supported by 'The Didache,' Pliny the Youngers 'Letters,' and 'the Epistle of Barnabas'?" Liberty 56 (March-April 1961): 22-25.

Olsen, V. Norskov. "Did the Early Church Keep Sunday?: An Examination of the Testimony of the Ante-Nicene Fathers." Signs of the Times 91 (October 1964): 12-15.

Olsen, V. Norskov. "From Sabbath to Sunday." RH 139 (February 8,1962): 4-6.

Olsen, V. Norskov. "How Long Did the Early Church Keep Sabbath?" Signs of the Times 91 (November 1964): 21-23.

Olsen, V. Norskov. "The Lord's Day in the Second Century." RH 139 (January 25,1962): 1,4-5.

Olsen, V. Norskov. "Why Sunday Replaced the Sabbath." RH 139 (February 1,1962): 2-4.

Richards, C. T. "The Lord's Day is the Seventh Day." Message Magazine 37 (November-December 1971): 6-7,19. Contains a reference from "The Acts of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John" in ANF 8:561.

Shea, William H. "Justin Martyr's Sunday Worship Statement: A Forged Appendix." Journal of the Adventist Theological Society 12 (Autumn 2001): 1-15.

Shea, William H. "The Sabbath in the Epistle of Barnabas." Andrews University Seminary Studies 4 (July 1966): 149-175.

Smisor, George T. "The Pagan-Christian Festival of Sunday." Signs of the Times 61 (October 16,1934): 4-5.

Smisor, George T. "The Roman Church Adopts Sunday." Signs of the Times 61 (October 23,1934): 4-5.

Smisor, George T. "Sunday and the Early Christian Apostasy." Signs of the Times 61 (October 9,1934): 6-7,12.

Strand, Kenneth A. "Another Look at 'Lord's Day' in the Early Church and in Rev. 1:10." New Testament Studies 13 (January 1967): 174-181.

Strand, Kenneth A. "From Sabbath to Sunday in the Early Christian Church: A Review of Some Recent Literature, Part 1: Willy Rordorf's Reconstruction." Andrews University Seminary Studies 16 (Spring 1978): 333-342.

Strand, Kenneth A. "From Sabbath to Sunday in the Early Christian Church: A Review of Some Recent Literature, Part 2: Samuele Bacchiocchi's Reconstruction." Andrews University Seminary Studies 17 (Spring 1979): 85-104.

Strand, Kenneth A. "A Further Note on the Sabbath in Coptic Sources." Andrews University Seminary Studies 6 (July 1968): 150-157.

Strand, Kenneth A. "How Sunday Became the Popular Day of Worship." These Times 87 (November 1978): 20-24.

Strand, Kenneth A. "How Sunday Became the Popular Day of Worship." Signs of the Times 113 (June 1986): 17-23,30.

Strand, Kenneth A. "How Sunday Became the Popular Day of Worship," Part 2. These Times 87 (December 1978): 18-21.

Strand, Kenneth A. "How Sunday Became the Popular Day of Worship," Part 3. These Times 88 (January 1979): 12-15.

Strand, Kenneth A. "How Sunday Displaced the Sabbath," Part 1. These Times 77 (April 1968): 24-28.

Strand, Kenneth A. "How Sunday Displaced the Sabbath," Part 2. These Times 77 (May 1968): 26-29. See also "Statement of Correction" on pp.31-32 of the September 1968 issue of this magazine.

Strand, Kenneth A. Review of book, "From Sabbath to Lord's Day," edited by D.A. Carson. Andrews University Seminary Studies 21 (Summer 1983): 177-182.

Strand, Kenneth A. Review of book, "Sabbath and Sunday in Early Christianity," by Robert L. Odom. Andrews University Seminary Studies 17 (Spring 1979): 127-129.

Strand, Kenneth A. "Sabbath and Sunday Observance in the Early Church - 2: Sunday in the Early Church." Ministry 50 (January 1977): 11-15.

Strand, Kenneth A. "Some Notes on the Sabbath Fast in Early Christianity." Andrews University Seminary Studies 3 (July 1965): 167-174.

Strand, Kenneth A. "Tertullian and the Sabbath." Andrews University Seminary Studies 9 (July 1971): 129-146.

Straw, W. E. "How Sunday Observance Entered the Church." Ministry 14 (March 1941): 21-26.

Walker, Allen. "'The Lord's Day': Is it the First or the Seventh Day of the Week?" Signs of the Times 56 (November 19, 1929): 2. Rev 1:10.

Wilcox, M. C. "What the New Testament Says About Sunday." These Times 82 (March 1973): 35.

Yost, F. H. "The Earliest 'Blue' Laws." Signs of the Times 72 (May 8,1945): 12-13.

Yost, F. H. "Earliest Sources for Sunday Observance Examined." RH 129 (June 5,1952): 7-9.

Yost, F. H. "Early Christian Sabbathkeepers." Signs of the Times 72 (June 5,1945): 12-13,14.

Yost, F. H. "The Faith of the Early Church - 10: No Lost Sabbath." Signs of the Times 75 (October 5,1948): 7,14-15.

Yost, F. H. "The Faith of the Early Church - 11: How People Began to Keep Sunday." Signs of the Times 75 (October 12,1948): 8-9,14.

Yost, F. H. "The Faith of the Early Church - 12:Rome and Sunday." Signs of the Times 75 (October 19,1948): 10-11.

Yost, F. H. "The Faith of the Early Church - 9: Early Christian Sabbathkeeping." Signs of the Times 75 (September 28,1948): 12-14.

Yost, F. H. "The First Blue Laws." Signs of the Times 72 (May 15,1945): 6-7.

Yost, F. H. "How 'Blue Laws' Began." Signs of the Times 78 (April 3,1951): 10-11,14-15. "Council of Laodicea Legislates on the Observance of Saturday and Sunday".

Yost, F. H. "The Survival of the Sabbath." Signs of the Times 72 (May 29,1945): 6-7.

Yost, Frank H. "How Sunday Observance Began." RH 129 (May 22,1952): 3-5.

Yost, Frank H. "How Sunday Was Named." RH 129 (May 29,1952): 6-7.

Yost, Frank H. "How Sunday Was Observed in the Early Christian Era." RH 129 (June 12,1952): 5-6.

Yost, Frank H. "The 'Lord's Day' - No. 1: Sabbath in the Early Centuries." RH 126 (August 11,1949): 8-9.

Yost, Frank H. "The 'Lord's Day' - No. 2: Fourth and Fifth Century Sabbathkeeping." RH 126 (August 18,1949): 9-10.

Yost, Frank H. "The 'Lord's Day' - No. 3: The Beginning of Sunday Observance." RH 126 (August 25,1949): 8-10.

Yost, Frank H. "The 'Lord's Day' - No. 4: Beginning of Sunday Observance." RH 126 (September 1,1949): 11-12.

Yost, Frank H. "The 'Lord's Day' - No. 5: What Did John Mean?" RH 126 (September 8,1949): 9-10. Revelation 1:10.

Yost, Frank H. "The 'Lord's Day' - No. 6: The Sabbath of the Lord." RH 126 (September 15,1949): 11-12.

Yost, Frank H. "The 'Lord's Day' - No. 7: A Child of Papal Presumption." RH 126 (September 22,1949): 9-10.

Yost, Frank H. "Sabbath and Sunday in the Early Centuries - Part 1: The Permanency of the Sabbath." RH 123 (October 24,1946): 7-8.

Yost, Frank H. "Sabbath and Sunday in the Early Centuries - Part 2: The First Day of the Week in the Bible." RH 123 (October 31,1946): 8-10.

Yost, Frank H. "Sabbath and Sunday in the Early Centuries - Part 3: First-Day Texts of the Fathers Examined." RH 123 (November 7,1946): 11-12.

Yost, Frank H. "Sabbath and Sunday in the Early Centuries - Part 4: Anti-Judaism and the Decline of the Sabbath." RH 123 (November14,1946): 7-9.

Yost, Frank H. "Sabbath and Sunday in the Early Centuries - Part 5: The Papacy and Sunday." RH 123 (November 21,1946): 9-10.

Yost, Frank H. "Sabbath and Sunday in the Early Centuries - Part 6: The Legal Sunday." RH 123 (December 12,1946): 8-9.

Yost, Frank H. "The Sabbath in the Early Christian Church: Did the Apostles Keep the Sabath?" Signs of the Times 72 (March 6,1945): 6-7.

Yost, Frank H. "The Sabbath in the Early Christian Church: Early Christian Sabbathkeepers." Signs of the Times 72 (June 5,1945): 12-14.

Yost, Frank H. "The Sabbath in the Early Christian Church: God Comes First." Signs of the Times 72 (February 27,1945): 10-11,14.

Yost, Frank H. "The Sabbath in the Early Christian Church: Jesus and the Sabbath." Signs of the Times 72 (April 24,1945): 12-13,14.

Yost, Frank H. "The Sabbath in the Early Christian Church: Paganism Enters the Church." Signs of the Times 72 (April 17,1945): 6-7.

Yost, Frank H. "The Sabbath in the Early Christian Church: Sun Worship and Sunday." Signs of the Times 72 (April 10,1945): 12-13.

Yost, Frank H. "The Sabbath in the Early Christian Church: Sunday in the New Testament, A Strange Omission." Signs of the Times 72 (March 13,1945): 12-13.

Yost, Frank H. "The Sabbath in the Early Christian Church: Sunday Supported by Superstition." Signs of the Times 72 (May 22,1945): 12-13.

Yost, Frank H. "The Sabbath in the Early Christian Church: The Earliest 'Blue' Laws." Signs of the Times 72 (May 8,1945): 12-13.

Yost, Frank H. "The Sabbath in the Early Christian Church: The First Blue Laws." Signs of the Times 72 (May 15,1945): 6-7.

Yost, Frank H. "The Sabbath in the Early Christian Church: The Shift From Sabbath to Sunday." Signs of the Times 72 (April 3,1945): 6-7.

Yost, Frank H. "The Sabbath in the Early Christian Church: The Survival of the Sabbath." Signs of the Times 72 (May 29,1945): 6-7.

Yost, Frank H. "The Sabbath in the Early Christian Church: The Tide of Worldliness Enters the Early Church." Signs of the Times 72 (March 20,1945): 5-6.

Yost, Frank H. "The Sabbath in the Early Christian Church: Why Easter Is Always on Sunday." Signs of the Times 72 (March 27,1945): 12-15.

Yost, Frank H. "The Sabbath in the Early Christian Church: Why the Sabbath Was Branded 'Jewish'." Signs of the Times 72 (May 1,1945): 6-7.

Yost, Frank H. "Sabbathkeeping in the Early Christian Church." RH 129 (June 19,1952): 7-8.

Yost, Frank H. "The Shift From Sabbath to Sunday." Signs of the Times 72 (April 10,1945): 6-7. Claims made by Papacy.

Yost, Frank H. "Sun Worship and Sunday." Signs of the Times 72 (April 10,1945): 12-13.

Yost, Frank H. "Sunday in the New Testament: A Straange Omission." Signs of the Times 72 (March 13, 1945): 12-13. No Christian writer before 300AD used John 20:19, 26; Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2 or Revelation 1:10 as authority for Sundaykeeping.

Yost, Frank H. "Sunday Supported by Superstition." Signs of the Times 72 (May 22,1945): 12-13.

Yost, Frank H. "Whence Came Easter?" Message Magazine 19 (April 1953): 18-19.

Yost, Frank H. "Why the Sabbath Was Branded 'Jewish'." Signs of the Times 72 (May 1,1945): 6-7.

Web URLs

Analysis of Common Quotations From the Church "Fathers" Concerning the Lord's Day, by Bob Pickle
http://www.pickle-publishing.com/papers/sunday-fraud.htm

Catholic Encyclopedia: Sunday
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14335a.htm

Council of Laodicea: The Complete Canons of the Synod of Laodicea in Phrygia Pacatiana
http://reluctant-messenger.com/council-of-laodicea.htm

Did the Early Christians Observe a "Saturday" Sabbath Until Constantine?, by Dan Corner
http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/saturdaysabbath.htm

Early Christians Always Met on the First Day (Sunday) and Never Kept the Sabbath! (Documented quotations)
http://www.bible.ca/H-sunday.htm

From Sabbath to Sunday
http://www2.andrews.edu/~samuele/books/sabbath_to_sunday/

A History of the Sabbath and Sunday
http://members.ozmail.com.au/~bsags/histsabk.htm

The History of the Sabbath (Covers 1st-6th centuries)
http://www.tagnet.org/llt/sabcen.htm

History Proves Christians Always Met on 1st Day and Not the Sabbath, Right Back to the Apostolic Age
http://www.bible.ca/7-history-sabbath.htm

Sabbath and Sunday in Early Christianity, Part 1: The First Century (Argues that the Sabbath was abandoned and was replaced by Sunday in the Christian Church.)
http://www.wcg.org/lit/law/sabbath/history1.htm

Sabbath and Sunday in Early Christianity, Part 2: Early Second Century and Justin Martyr
http://www.wcg.org/lit/law/sabbath/history2.htm

Sabbath and Sunday in Early Christianity, Part 3: Irenaeus and "the Lord's Day"
http://www.wcg.org/lit/law/sabbath/history3.htm

Sabbath and Sunday in Early Christianity, Part 4: Adventist Theories
http://www.wcg.org/lit/law/sabbath/history4.htm

Sabbath and Sunday in Early Christianity, Part 5: A Hypothesis
http://www.wcg.org/lit/law/sabbath/history5.htm

Sabbath Observance Through the Centuries
http://www.tagnet.org/llt/studies_sabbath.shtml

Sabbath to Sunday: Sunday-keepers Testimony
http://207.158.224.31/nh/sabsun.htm

Should the Sabbath be on Saturday?
http://www.new-life.net/faq201.htm

Sunday & the Early Church
http://www.pfrs.org/jewish/hr04.html

What Early Christians Believed About Worship on Sunday
http://www.new-life.net/Sunday.htm