Acts 20:7 (WEB)
On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day; and continued his speech until midnight.
Catechism · 2
“It is by this action that his disciples will recognize him after his Resurrection, and it is this expression that the first Christians will use to designate their Eucharistic assemblies;” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 2:42, 46; 20:7, 11.
“It was above all on "the first day of the week," Sunday, the day of Jesus' resurrection, that the Christians met "to break bread."” — Catechism footnote: Acts 20:7.
Fathers and councils · 1
“…the brethren were assembled to break bread, such was his earnestness, and so necessary the disputation, that his discourse was prolonged even until midnight, as though it had slipped from their minds that on that day it was not a fast: but when he was making longer stay in any place and disputing daily, who can…” — editor's note: Acts xx. 7
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 21.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 21.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 21.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 21.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 21.