Editing Sabbath in Christianity (section)

===Western Christianity===
Much of [[Western Christianity]] came to view Sunday as a transference of Sabbath observance to the first day, identifying Sunday with a first-day "Christian Sabbath". While first-day Sabbatarian practice declined during the 18th century, leaving few modern followers, its concern for stricter Sunday observances did have influence in the West, shaping the origin of the Christian Sabbath. The term no longer applies to a specific set of practices, but tends to be used to describe the general establishment of Sunday worship and rest observances within Christianity. It does not necessarily imply the displacement of the Sabbath itself, which is often recognized as remaining on Saturday. As such, the Christian Sabbath generally represents a reinterpretation of the meaning of the Sabbath in the light of Christian law, emphases of practice, and values.

====Roman Catholicism====
In the [[Latin Church]], Sunday is kept in commemoration of the [[resurrection of Jesus]] and celebrated with the [[Eucharist]].<ref>Catholic Catechism 2177</ref><ref name=ccc/> The Lord's Day is considered both the first day and the "eighth day" of the [[week]], symbolizing both first creation and new creation (2174).<ref name=ccc>U.S. Catholic Conference 1997, pp. 580–6.</ref> Roman Catholics view the first day as a day for assembly for worship.<ref>(2178, {{bibleverse|Heb.|10:25}}</ref><ref name=ccc/> In the spirit of the Sabbath, Catholics ought to observe a day of rest from servile work, which also becomes "a day of protest against the servitude of work and the worship of money."<ref>Catholic Catechism 2172</ref> This day is traditionally observed on Sunday in conjunction with the Lord's Day.<ref>Catholic Catechism 2176</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Celebrating the Lord's Day |publisher=U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops |url=http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/the-mass/upload/celebrating-the-lords-day.pdf |access-date=8 July 2015 |ref=none }}</ref>

A summation of Catholic teaching is "Do what we can to observe the sabbatical rest on Sundays and Holy Days, hear Holy Mass, and take the time to rest your minds and bodies."<ref name="Plese2022"/> The [[1917 Code of Canon Law]] ¶1248 stipulated that "On feast days of precept, Mass is to be heard; there is an abstinence from servile work, legal acts, and likewise, unless there is a special indult or legitimate customs provide otherwise, from public trade, shopping, and other public buying and selling."<ref name="Plese2022">{{cite web |last1=Plese |first1=Matthew |title=Sunday Activities for Catholics: What Is Sinful and What Is Not? |url=https://fatima.org/news-views/catholic-aplogetics-157/ |publisher=The Fatima Center |access-date=19 April 2023 |language=English |date=22 February 2022}}</ref> Examples of servile works forbidden under this injunction include "plowing, sowing, harvesting, sewing, cobbling, tailoring, printing, masonry works" and "all works in mines and factories"; commercial activity, such as "marketing, fairs, buying and selling, public auctions, shopping in stores" is prohibited as well.<ref name="Plese2022"/>

Seeking to uphold the ''[[Lord's Day Act (Canada)|Lord's Day Act]]'' in [[French Quebec]], the Catholic Sunday League was formed in 1923 to promote First-day Sabbatarian restrictions in the province, especially against movie theaters.<ref name="Roy2005">{{cite book|last=Roy|first=Christian|title=Traditional Festivals: A Multicultural Encyclopedia|url=https://archive.org/details/traditionalfesti0000royc/page/457|url-access=registration|year=2005|publisher=ABC-CLIO|language=en|isbn=978-1-57607-089-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/traditionalfesti0000royc/page/457 457]|quote=However, an amendment was made that left is enforcement to the discretion of the provinces, so that it remained a dead letter in mostly French Quebec. A Catholic Sunday League was formed in 1923 to combat this laxity and promote sabbatarian restrictions in that province--especially against movie theaters.}}</ref>

In 1998 [[Pope John Paul II]] wrote an [[Ecclesiastical letter#Letters of the popes in modern times|apostolic letter]] ''Dies Domini'', "on keeping the Lord's day holy". He encouraged Catholics to remember the importance of keeping Sunday holy, urging that it not lose its meaning by being blended with a frivolous "[[Workweek and weekend|weekend]]" mentality.<ref>{{cite web |author1=[[John Paul II]] |title=Dies Domini (May 31, 1998) |url=http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1998/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_05071998_dies-domini.html |publisher=[[Holy See]] |access-date=28 February 2021 |language=la |date=1998}}</ref>

====Lutheranism====
[[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] founder [[Martin Luther]] stated "I wonder exceedingly how it came to be imputed to me that I should reject the law of Ten Commandments. ...Whosoever abrogates the law must of necessity abrogate sin also."<ref>{{cite book|title=Martin Luther, Spiritual Antichrist|pages=71–2}}</ref> The Lutheran [[Augsburg Confession]], speaking of changes made by Roman Catholic pontiffs, states: "They refer to the Sabbath-day as having been changed into the Lord's Day, contrary to the Decalogue, as it seems. Neither is there any example whereof they make more than concerning the changing of the Sabbath-day. Great, say they, is the power of the Church, since it has dispensed with one of the Ten Commandments!"<ref>The [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/275/275-h/275-h.htm Augsburg Confession], 1530 AD. (Lutheran), part 2, art 7, in Philip Schaff, the Creeds of Christiandom, 4th Edition, vol 3, p64</ref> Lutheran church historian Augustus Neander<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccel.org/ccel/neander_a|title=Augustus Neander - Christian Classics Ethereal Library - Christian Classics Ethereal Library|website=www.ccel.org}}</ref> states "The festival of Sunday, like all other festivals, was always only a human ordinance".<ref>Augustus Neander, "History of the Christian Religion and Church," Vol. 1, page 186</ref>

Lutheran writer [[Marva Dawn]] keeps a whole day as Sabbath, advocating for rest during any weekly complete 24-hour period<ref>Dawn 2006, pp. 55–6.</ref> and favoring rest from Saturday sunset to Sunday sunset,<ref>Dawn 1989, Appendix. In {{cite book|last=Bacchiocchi|first=Samuele|author-link=Samuele Bacchiocchi|title=The Sabbath Under Crossfire: A Biblical Analysis Of Recent Sabbath/Sunday Developments|publisher=Biblical Perspectives|url=http://sdanet.org/atissue/sabbath/bacchiocchi.htm|year=1998|chapter=7}}</ref> but regarding corporate worship as "an essential part of God's Sabbath reclamation."<ref>Dawn 2006, pp. 69–71.</ref>