The "first day of the week" is the "first of sabbaths" in the Greek. It is the first of the 7 sabbaths counted until Pentecost. Lev 23:15. In Luke 6:1 it shows that they counted these as weeks leading up to Pentecost. That is why this term as used in Acts 20:7 and 1 Cor 16:2 is prior to Pentecost. Here is where Pentecost follows the "first of sabbaths". Acts 20:16, 1 Cor 16:8. It was a yearly day, not a weekly day.Soloist wrote: ↑Fri Aug 25, 2023 9:15 amThe accepted text was recorded earlier then this and it did include Paul’s letters.
I know this is a big deal to you, but in the sections I recall the phrase “first day of the week” often in Greek looked more like the SabbathPaul's writings validated Constantine's success at eliminating the Sabbath and creating Sunday worship, with his edict of 321 AD. That is why Paul's writings are in the New Testament Canon.Here is Latin, might make it easier to catchκατὰ μίαν σαββάτων ἕκαστος ὑμῶν παρ᾿ ἑαυτῷ τιθέτω θησαυρίζων ὅ τι ἐὰν εὐοδῶται, ἵνα μὴ ὅταν ἔλθω τότε λογεῖαι γίνωνται.per unam sabbati unusquisque vestrum apud se ponat recondens quod ei beneplacuerit ut non cum venero tunc collectae fiant1Co 16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.We don’t know this, it’s speculation. The second part is factually wrong. I can show you lists of text the earlier church accepted and Paul’s writings are among them.We know that the Hebrew Gospel of Matthew was written around 37AD, and was later translated into Greek. John's Gospel was written around 80 AD. The early church accepted these Gospels, but not the writings of Paul.
[Conjecture. You have no basis for this.b]The Gospel of Matthew - that was the Canon for the Early Church. They did not need any other writings. We do not need anything but what Christ said, either. [/b]
Please do show some evidence for this claim. As far as I’m aware the Dead Sea scrolls were Old Testament writings.The Dead Sea Scrolls were the actual records of the early church, prior to 70 AD. In them, James is called "The Teacher of Righteousness", while Paul is called "The Spouter of Lies".
Again, conjecture without historical evidence.It wasn't until after the Gnostic Marcion of 140 AD, who invented a New Testament Canon of an abbreviated Luke, Acts, and the writings of Paul, that the shift away from Christ with the emphasis to the writings of these other men began.
These men of old you seem remarkably opinionated on although most of what you have said about them is wrong. Have you actually read the early church writings or has someone else told you these lies?So "the men who determined what to keep for Scripture reading basically all endorsed Paul?" - these men who made the NT Canon regarded themselves and their "church" as superior to Christ and YHVH, These men, and their writings, and their supposed "church", should be ignored.
They made many innovations to the Teachings of Christ, "just one" of which is changing the Sabbath to Sunday.
You have not read the Dead Sea Scrolls, or studied Marcion, or the canon of the Ebionites. Having a discussion where any statement I make is followed by "no it isn't" - will not be productive. So I really cannot discuss this with you.
"How" we got here is not as important as "where" were are now. Christ gave us specific instructions to not have a church hierarchy, church titles, or a paid clergy, yet we do not obey Him. Why?
Why do we see the writings of later men as superior to Christ? Because they tell us what we want to hear.