{"id":28581,"date":"2011-08-21T20:37:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T01:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=28581"},"modified":"2020-12-14T20:41:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T02:41:40","slug":"did-the-early-church-meet-on-any-other-days-than-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/did-the-early-church-meet-on-any-other-days-than-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Did the early church meet on any other days than Sunday?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>According to Hebrew 10:25, is there any example from the early churches meeting on any other days for Bible study or the like other than Sunday worship service?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart<\/em>&#8221; (Acts 2:46).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ<\/em>&#8221; (Acts 5:42).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The early church gathered regularly at the temple for the purpose of learning God&#8217;s word.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Response:<\/h2>\n<p>Thanks a lot for your answer. God bless.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: According to Hebrew 10:25, is there any example from the early churches meeting on any other days for Bible study or the like other than Sunday worship service? Answer: &#8220;So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-28581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-worship"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35677,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-church-started-meeting-in-the-temple-and-the-temple-had-instrumental-music\/","url_meta":{"origin":28581,"position":0},"title":"The church started meeting in the Temple and the Temple had instrumental music","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 14, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Ephesians 5:19 and Colossians 3:16 are used out of context. Neither verse is dealing with worship services. The context of Ephesians 5:19 goes back to Ephesians 4:1. It's about your life as a believer. The same with Colossians 3. When the Israelites were baptized in Acts 2, they went\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13410,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-sunday-the-only-day-of-worship-or-can-we-worship-god-any-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":28581,"position":1},"title":"Is Sunday the only day of worship or can we worship God any day?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 20, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Is Sunday the only day of worship or can we worship God any day? I have read in the second chapter of the book of Acts, verse 46, that the Christians worshiped daily in the temple. 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