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Quotation from The First Apology by Justin Martyr
“And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits”
The First Apology, Chapter LXVII.--Weekly worship of the Christians., trans. Marcus Dods and George Reith (1867)
Chapter 67, the earliest surviving description of Christian Sunday worship.
Citation: "And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits" — Justin Martyr, The First Apology, Chapter LXVII.--Weekly worship of the Christians., trans. Marcus Dods and George Reith (1867). (id justin-martyr-first-apology-q3)
