Pope Sylvester first among the Romans ordered that the
names of the days [of the week], which they previously called after the
name of their gods, that is, [the day] of the Sun, [the day] of the
Moon, [the day] of Mars, [the day] of Mercury, [the day] of Jupiter,
[the day] of Venus, [the day] of Saturn, they should call feriae
thereafter, that is the first feria, the second feria, the
third feria, the fourth feria, the fifth feria, the
sixth feria, because that in the beginning of Genesis it is
written that God said concerning each day: on the first, "Let there be
light:; on the second, "Let there be a firmament"; on the third, "Let
the earth bring forth verdure"; etc. But he [Sylvester] ordered [them]
to call the Sabbath by the ancient term of the law, [to call] the first
feria the "Lord's day," because on it the Lord rose
[from the dead], Moreover, the same pope decreed that the rest of the
Sabbath should be transferred rather to the Lord's day [Sunday], in
order that on that day we should rest from worldly works for the praise
of God.
Odom, Robert L., Sabbath and Sunday in Early Christianity, Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1977, pp. 247-248.
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