...sacrifice," according to Tertullian. During the ministry of the word, St. Justin wrote from Rome in 155, "the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read. . . . Then, when the reader has finished, the presider instructs and exhorts them to imitate these...

...describing briefly in his Apology the worship service held on Sunday: "And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together...and exhorts to the imitation of these good things." Next follows prayer, communion, and an offering for the poor. [13] The same writer in his Dialogue...

...describing briefly in his Apology the worship service held on Sunday: "And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together...and exhorts to the imitation of these good things." Next follows prayer, communion, and an offering for the poor. [13] The same writer in his Dialogue...

...[O]n the day called Sunday there is a meeting in one place of those who live in cities or the country, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read as long as time permits. When the reader has finished, the [presider] in a discourse urges and invites [us] to the imitation...