Sabbath

(meaning ‘ rest ’) was formerly instituted as a holy day when the Israeli tes gathered manna in the wilderne , but it was not rigidly kept till after the captivity. In the ‘Sabbatical year’ it was unlawful for the Jews to plough, sow, or prune vines, and it was the year when Jewish debtors were released. Sunday was instituted in order to distinguish between the Jewish and Christian observances of the holy day. At the Council of Laodicea (366) it was declared that no Christian need observe the Jewish Sabbath.