EXPANDED REFERENCE EDITION
SATURDAY REST:
EMBRACING THE CHRISTIAN SABBATH IN ORTHODOX FAITH
By Rev. Dr. Stephen M.K. Brunswick, ThD, PhD
Now substantially expanded with hundreds of historical sources and references throughout.
This new Expanded Reference Edition restores important documentation and references from earlier editions while greatly expanding the historical sourcing of the work. Many chapters contain approximately thirty references, providing readers with extensive documentation for further study.
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THE CHRISTIAN SABBATH WAS NOT FORGOTTEN
Demonstrating the continuity of the Christian Seventh Day Sabbath as known, honored, and kept by the faithful within the historic Orthodox Church of both East and West.
More than 40 Early Church Fathers and historic Christian witnesses are examined concerning Saturday, the Sabbath, Christian worship, liturgy, and Sabbath festivals.
The book draws upon Scripture, Early Church Fathers, ancient councils, apostolic constitutions, historic liturgies, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the ancient British and Celtic Church, the Culdees, Anglican and Western traditions, and later Sabbath-keeping Christian communities.
The evidence challenges the common assumption that Christianity simply abandoned the Seventh Day Sabbath and that its observance disappeared for nearly two thousand years.
Instead, Saturday Rest documents a continuing witness showing that the Christian nations and faithful remnant continued to know God’s appointed day and retained the opportunity to observe it.
EXPANDED AND EXTENSIVELY DOCUMENTED
This edition is designed not merely to present historical claims, but to allow readers to follow the evidence for themselves. It now contains hundreds of historical sources and references, including restored documentation from earlier editions and extensive additional references throughout the chapters.
For those seeking to share and advance the message of the Sabbath, the historic Celtic and Orthodox Church, and the broader Kingdom heritage of the Christian nations, this book provides an especially useful documented starting point.
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God’s people have known His day—and a faithful remnant has always had the opportunity to keep it.
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