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.
 


What does God design that His Word shall be to us in this world of darkness, sin, and death?
In whose name should everything be done?
Instead of consenting to His release, what did Christ's accusers now demand?
Because of this, what is Christ able to do?
After creating man, what did God say?
Through what is the knowledge of sin obtained?
Whom does God comfort?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle