The Celebration of Sunday as a Distinguishing Mark of Christians in the Perspective of Biblical Theology of the Sabbath Cover Image

Świętowanie niedzieli znakiem rozpoznawczym chrześcijan w perspektywie biblijnej teologii szabatu
The Celebration of Sunday as a Distinguishing Mark of Christians in the Perspective of Biblical Theology of the Sabbath

Author(s): Grzegorz Szamocki
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Biblical studies
Published by: Gdańskie Seminarium Duchowne, Kuria Metropolitalna Gdańska
Keywords: Shabbat; Decalogue; commandment; Sunday; resurrection; rest

Summary/Abstract: Sunday is the weekly feast of Christians, in which the resurrection of Jesus Christ is remembered and celebrated. As a holiday, it is an opportunity for rest, family gatherings and liturgical assemblies. The aim of Sunday is primarily to enliven and strengthen a relationship with God based on faith and to help that relationship to penetrate into everyday life. Christian celebration of Sunday is based on the Old Testament theology of the Sabbath as interpreted by Jesus. According to this teaching, Sunday fulils the Sabbath, expressing its fullness in the perspective of salvation history, crowned by Jesus Christ and His work. As such, Sunday is both God’s day and man’s, a day on which human beings open themselves to God and His work, and to other people and their needs. God completes and blesses human work. On Sunday, Christians have the opportunity torest and rejoice in the fruits of their work and to express their faith that all of who they are and what they have, they owe to God.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 38
  • Page Range: 51-63
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish
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