A Church Father, Eusebius, who became the bishop of Caesarea Maritima about AD 314, stated that for Christians, "the sabbath had been transferred to Sunday".
Wikipedia : Sabbath in Christianity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbath_in_Christianity#:~:text=A%20Church%20Father%2C%20Eusebius%2C%20who,had%20been%20transferred%20to%20Sunday%22.
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Sunday was another work day in the Roman Empire. On March 7, 321, however, Roman Emperor Constantine I issued a civil decree making Sunday a day of rest from labor, stating:
All judges and city people and the craftsmen shall rest upon the venerable day of the sun. Country people, however, may freely attend to the cultivation of the fields, because it frequently happens that no other days are better adapted for planting the grain in the furrows or the vines in trenches. So that the advantage given by heavenly providence may not for the occasion of a short time perish.
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What is the Third Commandment?
The Third Commandment is: Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day.
Which is the Sabbath day?
Saturday is the Sabbath day.
Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 336), transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday.
Why did the Catholic Church substitute Sunday for Saturday?
The Church substituted Sunday for Saturday, because Christ rose from the dead on a Sunday, and the Holy Ghost descended upon the Apostles on a Sunday.
By what authority did the Church substitute Sunday for Saturday?
The Church substituted Sunday for Saturday by the plenitude of that divine power which Jesus Christ bestowed upon her.
What does the Third Commandment command?
The Third Commandment commands us to sanctify Sunday as the Lord's Day.
The Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, Page 49-50.
by Father Peter Geiermann, C.Ss.R.
Publication date 1937.
https://assa.web.id/denominasi-kristen/336ad.html
https://archive.org/details/converts-catechism/page/n64/mode/1up
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Council of Laodicea 363-364, canon 29.
Outlawing the keeping of the Sabbath (Saturday), and encouraging rest on Sunday (canon 29).
Wikipedia : Council of Laodicea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Laodicea#:~:text=Outlawing%20the%20keeping%20of%20the%20Sabbath%20(Saturday),%20and%20encouraging%20rest%20on%20Sunday%20(canon%2029)
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Catholic Encyclopedia 1913, Volume 4, Page 153.
The Church, on the other hand, after changing the day of rest from the Jewish Sabbath, or seventhday of the week, to the first, made the Third Commandment refer to Sunday as the day to be kept holy a.s the Lord's Day.
The Council of Trent (Sess. VI, can. xix) condems those who deny that the Ten Commandments are binding on Christians.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Catholic_Encyclopedia,_volume_4.djvu/195#:~:text=The%20Church
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