In 274 CE the Roman Emperor Aurelian begins new Sun cult.
"In 274 Aurelian … created a new cult of the " Invincible Sun." Worshiped in a splendid temple, served by pontiffs who were raised to the level of ancient pontiffs of Rome, celebrated every fourth year by magnificent games, Sol Invictus was definitely promoted to the highest rank in the divine hierarchy and became official protector of the Sovereigns and of the Empire...He[Aurelian] placed in his new sanctuary the images of Bel and Helios, which he captured at Palmyra. In establishing this new State cult, Aurelian, in reality, proclaimed the dethronement of the old Roman
idolatry the accession of Semitic Sun-worship... [p.56] This sidereal theology, founded on ancient beliefs of Chaldean astrologers, transformed in the
Hellenistic age under the twofold influence of astronomic discoveries and Stoic thought, [was] promoted, after becoming a pantheistic Sun-worship, to
the rank of official religion of the Roman Empire.
First Sunday Law enacted by Emperor Constantine - March, 321 A.D. This Emperor is the true legislator of Sunday worship, not Amen as some suppose.
On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the country, however, persons
engaged in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits; because it often happens that another day is not so suitable grain-sowing or for vine planting;
lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the bounty of heaven should be lost. (Given the 7th day of March, Crispus and Constantine being consuls each of
them for the second time [A.D. 321].)
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