<P> In the first centuries , Sunday , being made a festival in honor of Christ 's resurrection , received attention as a day of religious services and recreation , but seventh - day Sabbath rest ( based on the Jewish Shabbat , because the earliest Christians were all Jews ) was still observed by `` almost all churches '' . Often first - day worship ( Sunday morning or Saturday night ) was practiced alongside observance of seventh - day Sabbath rest and was a widespread Christian tradition by the 2nd century , attested in patristic writings of the 2nd century ; over time , Sunday thus came to be known as Lord 's Day . These early Christians believed that the resurrection and ascension of Christ signals the renewal of creation , making the day on which God accomplished it a day analogous to the first day of creation when God made the light . Some of these writers referred to Sunday as the `` eighth day '' . </P>
<P> In the first centuries , Sunday , being made a festival in honor of Christ 's resurrection , received attention as a day of religious services and recreation , but seventh - day Sabbath rest ( based on the Jewish Shabbat , because the earliest Christians were all Jews ) was still observed by `` almost all churches '' . Often first - day worship ( Sunday morning or Saturday night ) was practiced alongside observance of seventh - day Sabbath rest and was a widespread Christian tradition by the 2nd century , attested in patristic writings of the 2nd century ; over time , Sunday thus came to be known as Lord 's Day . These early Christians believed that the resurrection and ascension of Christ signals the renewal of creation , making the day on which God accomplished it a day analogous to the first day of creation when God made the light . Some of these writers referred to Sunday as the `` eighth day '' . </P>
when did the early church celebrate the lord 's day
when did the early church celebrate the lord 's day
Sunday
Sunday