[How We Ought to Assemble Together, and to Celebrate the Festival Day of Our Saviour’s Resurrection.]
XXX. On the day of the resurrection of the Lord, 124 Matt. xxviii. 19. Matt. xxviii. 19. that is, the Lord’s day, assemble yourselves together, without fail, giving thanks to God, and praising Him for those mercies God has bestowed upon you through Christ, and has delivered you from ignorance, error, and bondage, that your sacrifice may be unspotted, and acceptable to God, who has said concerning His universal Church: “In every place shall incense and a pure sacrifice be offered unto me; for I am a great King, saith the Lord Almighty, and my name is wonderful among the heathen.” 125 Hos. iv. 6. [Compare vol. v. p. 565, this series.] Hos. iv. 6. [Compare vol. v. p. 565, this series.]
[30] Τὴν ἀναστάσιμον τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμέραν, τὴν κυριακήν φαμεν, συνέρχεσθε ἀδιαλείπτως, εὐχαριστοῦντες Θεῷ καὶ ἐξομολογούμενοι ἐφ' οἷς εὐηργέτησεν ἡμᾶς Θεὸς διὰ Χριστοῦ ῥυσάμενος ἀγνοίας, πλάνης, δεσμῶν, ὅπως ἄμεμπτος ᾖ ἡ θυσία ὑμῶν καὶ εὐανάφορος Θεῷ, τῷ εἰπόντι περὶ τῆς οἰκουμενικῆς αὐτοῦ Ἐκκλησίας, ὅτι: »Ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ μοι προσενεχθήσεται θυμίαμα καὶ θυσία καθαρά, ὅτι βασιλεὺς μέγας ἐγώ εἰμι, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα μου θαυμαστὸν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν.«