Men arguing over man-made traditions ...
As for the New Testament, participate in the “breaking of bread”.
On Sunday.
Yep, that’s it.
The rest is just stuff.
Acts 20:7, “On the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread ...
2nd post on this. Mighty quiet from the evans...
Actually, it comes from the Bible. The liturgical use of ashes originates in Old Testament times. Ashes symbolized mourning, mortality and penance. For instance, in the Book of Esther, Mordecai put on sackcloth and ashes when he heard of the decree of King Ahasuerus (or Xerxes, 485-464 B.C.) of Persia to kill all of the Jewish people in the Persian Empire (Est 4:1). Job (whose story was written between the 7th and 5th centuries B.C.) repented in sackcloth and ashes (Job 42:6). Prophesying the Babylonian captivity of Jerusalem, Daniel (c. 550 B.C.) wrote, "I turned to the Lord God, pleading in earnest prayer, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes" (Dn 9:3).
Jesus Himself also made reference to ashes. Referring to towns that refused to repent of sin although they had witnessed the miracles and heard the good news, our Lord said, "If the miracles worked in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they would have reformed in sackcloth and ashes long ago" (Mt 11:21).
Not Sunday...study what the greek translated "first day of the week" really means.
“Acts 20:7, “On the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread ...”
The first day of every week! With the breaking of bread AND with the cup of wine (fermented fruit of the vine). ALL partook of both!
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That was at sundown, the beginning of the “first day of the week,” obviously Saturday evening by the pagan calendar.
God’s days run from sundown to sundown.
The apostles broke bread at an evening meal, as they regathered right after the end of the Sabbath.