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Re: Naming days of the week and months of the year????

From:Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>
Date:Saturday, April 28, 2001, 2:11
We worshiped on Saturday in the Jewish synagogues and quickly evolved the
practice of continuing our meetings into the evening (which the Jews counted
as Sunday) at the homes of fellow Christians.  So early on it was both.

Adam

>From: Roger Mills <romilly@...> >Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> >To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU >Subject: Re: Naming days of the week and months of the year???? >Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 19:30:05 -0400 > >Tom Little wrote: > >The rest day was moved from Saturday to Sunday in the Christian >tradition. > >Biblically speaking, it is the Jewish sabbath (Saturday) that would > >correspond to the "Seventh day" in Genesis.> > >Thank you. That was my point. I wonder, did the earliest Christians >celebrate on Saturday, or Sunday? > > >BTW welcome to you. And our first New Mexican, I believe. I look forward >to Iltârer. > >We are not always so grumpy and argumentative. Perhaps there's a full moon? >Andreas' :-) is very apt.
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