<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 did the day of worship changed from saturday to sunday
when did the day of worship changed from saturday to sunday
By the 2nd century AD
By the 2nd century AD