2175. Sunday is expressly distinguished from the sabbath which it follows chronologically every week; for Christians its ceremonial observance replaces that of the sabbath. In Christ’s Passover, Sunday fulfills the spiritual truth of the Jewish sabbath and announces man’s eternal rest in God. For worship under the Law prepared for the mystery of Christ, and what was done there prefigured some aspects of Christ:107
Those who lived according to the old order of things have come to a new hope, no longer keeping the sabbath, but the Lord’s Day, in which our life is blessed by him and by his death.108
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
560. What is the way of our prayer?
489. What is involved in the virtue of chastity?
205. What happens to our body and our soul after death?
91. How did the two wills of the incarnate Word cooperate?
277. How is the celebration of the Holy Eucharist carried out?
367. What are the sources of the morality of human acts?
20. What is the Canon of Scripture?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What is Jonah’s story and what lessons can we learn from it?
What do the horseman, angel, and Lord symbolize in Zechariah’s vision described in Zechariah 1:8-17?
Who are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and what is their significance?
What can we learn about divine wrath and protection of the righteous from the book of Nahum?
