<P> Early Christians continued to pray and rest on the seventh day . By the 2nd century AD some Christians also observed Sunday , the day of the week on which Jesus had risen from the dead and on which the Holy Spirit had come to the apostles . Paul and the Christians of Troas , for example , gathered on Sunday `` to break bread , '' Soon Christians were observing only Sunday and not the Sabbath . Patristic writings attest that by the second century , it had become commonplace to celebrate the Eucharist in a corporate day of worship on the first day . A Church Father , Eusebius , stated that for Christians , `` the sabbath had been transferred to Sunday '' . </P>
<P> Early Christians continued to pray and rest on the seventh day . By the 2nd century AD some Christians also observed Sunday , the day of the week on which Jesus had risen from the dead and on which the Holy Spirit had come to the apostles . Paul and the Christians of Troas , for example , gathered on Sunday `` to break bread , '' Soon Christians were observing only Sunday and not the Sabbath . Patristic writings attest that by the second century , it had become commonplace to celebrate the Eucharist in a corporate day of worship on the first day . A Church Father , Eusebius , stated that for Christians , `` the sabbath had been transferred to Sunday '' . </P>
when was the sabbath day changed from saturday to sunday
when was the sabbath day changed from saturday to sunday
2nd century AD
2nd century AD