“Easter day was fixed on the Sunday immediately following the full moon which was nearest after the vernal equinox.”—Id., page 24.
16. In urging the observance of this decree on the churches, what reason did Constantine assign for it?
“Let us have nothing in common with the most hostile rabble of the Jews.”—Id., page 52.
17. What had Constantine already done, in 321 a.d., to help forward Sunday to a place of prominence?
He issued an edict requiring “the judges and town people, and the occupation of all trades” to rest on “the venerable day of the sun.” See Encyclopedia Britannica, article “Sunday;” and this work, page 443.
18. Who did Eusebius, bishop of Cæsarea, and one of Constantine's most ardent supporters, say had transferred the obligations of the Sabbath to Sunday?
“All things whatsoever that it was duty to do on the Sabbath, these we have transferred to the Lord's day.”—Eusebius's “Commentary on the Psalms,” quoted in Cox's “Sabbath Literature,” Vol. I, page 361.
19. What did Sylvester, bishop of Rome, 314 a.d. to 337 a.d., do for the Sunday institution by his “apostolic authority”?
He officially changed the title of the first day, calling it the Lord's day. See “Historia Ecclesiastica,” by M. Ludovicum Lucium, cent. 4, cap. 10, pages 739, 740, edition Basilea, 1624.
20. What did the Council of Laodicea decree in 364 a.d.?