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'''Sunday laws''' (also known as '''blue laws''') are a form of civilly enforced decree which usually restrict activities on the first day of the week, [[Sunday]]. Such laws traditionally were established for the accommodation of sun worship, which became "Christianized" during the fourth century when the Church of Rome fell under pagan influence and replaced Sabbath observance with Sunday observance.<ref name=veith>Veith, Walter J. (April 24, 2010). [https://amazingdiscoveries.org/S-deception-Sabbath_change_Constantine#! Constantine and the Sabbath Change]. ''Amazing Discoveries''. Retrieved January 22, 2023.</ref>
==Fourth century: antipathy towards the Sabbath==
In the first Sunday law enacted, Emperor [[Constantine]] dictated:<ref name=veith/>
{{cquote|On the venerable Day of the sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the country, however, persons engaged in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits: because it often happens that another Day is not so suitable for grain sowing or for vine planting: lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the bounty of heaven should be lost.|||Constantine I, 321 A.D.}}
The Council of Laodicea declared:<ref name=veith/>
{{cquote|Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday (Sabbath), but shall work on that Day: but the Lord’s Day, they shall especially honour; and as being Christians, shall, if possible, do no work on that day. If however, they are found Judaizing, they shall be shut out from Christ.|||Council of Laodicea, Canon XXIX, 364 A.D.}}
==References==
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[[Category:Eschatology]]
==Fourth century: antipathy towards the Sabbath==
In the first Sunday law enacted, Emperor [[Constantine]] dictated:<ref name=veith/>
{{cquote|On the venerable Day of the sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the country, however, persons engaged in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits: because it often happens that another Day is not so suitable for grain sowing or for vine planting: lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the bounty of heaven should be lost.|||Constantine I, 321 A.D.}}
The Council of Laodicea declared:<ref name=veith/>
{{cquote|Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday (Sabbath), but shall work on that Day: but the Lord’s Day, they shall especially honour; and as being Christians, shall, if possible, do no work on that day. If however, they are found Judaizing, they shall be shut out from Christ.|||Council of Laodicea, Canon XXIX, 364 A.D.}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Eschatology]]