What did Charlemagne's Sunday law of 800 require?
Answer
"We decree . . . that servile works should not be done on the Lord's day, . . . that is, that neither should men
do field work, either in cultivating the vineyards or by ploughing in the fields, by cutting or drying hay, or
by placing a fence, or by making clearings in the woods or felling trees or working on stones or
constructing houses or working in the garden; neither should they come together to decide public matters
nor be engaged in the hunt. . . . Women may not do any textile work nor cut out clothes nor sew nor make
garments. . . . But let them come together from all sides to church to the solemnities of the mass, and let
them praise God for all things which He does for us on that day. "-"Historical Chronicles of Germany,"
Sec. 2, Vol. 1, 22 General Admonition, 789, M. Martio 23, page 61, par. 81.
How did Christ teach the people?
How will such a mother he regarded?
How complete is to be the fall of modern Babylon?
18. Does Christ anywhere in the Scriptures ever claim any other day of the week than the seventh as His?
What means will be employed to lead the people back into this false worship?
Why did Christ, in the parable, reprove the man who hid his talent?
What encouragement is held out concerning the branches which have been broken off?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle