Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: firth@sei.cmu.edu Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: sunday vs. saturday -- the reckoning of days Message-ID: Date: 15 Nov 89 08:11:19 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 26 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article mls@dasys1.UUCP (Michael Siemon) writes: >[concerning the basis in judaism of the beginning of the 'day' occurring at >dusk of the previous 'day', with which i agree] > In article ejh@sei.cmu.edu writes: >uh, i don't think so: you're talking about apples and oranges. all you did >was show that there is a basis in judaism for celebrating the sabbath the >night before. Before this thread goes too far, let me just say that the original claim is flat wrong. In the Anglican Catholic church, the liturgical day runs from midnight to midnight. In particular, the mass of a particular day must, in almost all circumstances, be said after midnight, even if the service as a whole begins on the eve. This is true, for instance, of the Easter and Christmas masses; the current practice in some churches of holding the Easter vigil at dusk, AND celebrating the mass during it, is not sanctioned. However, some days have what is called the privilege of first evensong, ie the evening service of the eve is considered to belong to the day. This is true of most Sundays and major feasts; for example evensong on the Saturday before Advent Sunday is the first service in Advent. But this does not apply at the other end of the day: Advent Sunday runs until midnight, not until sunset.