Canon XXIX.
Christians
must not judaize by
resting on the Sabbath, but must work on that day, rather honouring the
Lord’s Day; and, if they can, resting then as Christians.
But if any shall be found to be judaizers, let them be anathema from
Christ.
Notes.
Ancient Epitome of Canon
XXIX.
A Christian shall not stop work on the Sabbath, but on
the Lord’s Day.
Balsamon.
Here the Fathers order that no one of the faithful shall
stop work on the Sabbath as do
the
Jews, but that they should honour the Lord’s Day, on account of
the Lord’s resurrection, and that on that day they should abstain
from manual labour and go to church. But thus abstaining from
work on Sunday they do not lay down as a necessity, but they add,
“if they can.” For if through need or any other
necessity any one worked on the Lord’s day this was not reckoned
against him.