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They definitely didn’t invent it, but I would say it’s fair to give Christianity itself credit for converting Rome to a 7 day week & then most of the rest of th
by jrsj 4y ago
They definitely didn’t invent it, but I would say it’s fair to give Christianity itself credit for converting Rome to a 7 day week & then most of the rest of the world after. It takes a religion with certain characteristics to accomplish that.
- robinsoh 4y ago> it’s fair to give Christianity itself credit for converting Rome to a 7 day week How so? Constantinus was the one who committed to the change and the day names were after the Roman Gods. Even today, we're using Viking names, like today happens to be Odin's Day, tomorrow's going to be Thor's Day and the day after is going to be Freya's Day. I'm not sure it is reasonable or rational to "credit Christianity itself".
- jrsj 4y agoConstantine adopted a 7 day calendar a few years after adopting Christianity. Christians had already adopted that calendar from Jews.