C. S. Mosna, for instance, states categorically: Therefore we can conclude with certainty that the event of the resurrection has determined the choice of Sunday as the day of worship of the first Christian community. We can conclude without doubt that Sunday was born in the primitive community of Jerusalem before that in the Pauline communities (Storia della domenica, 44, 53; cf., 15, 20, 25, 27, 51, 77, 88); cf. Pacifico Massi, La Domenica, 43; J. Danielou, Bible and Liturgy, 242, 243, 222; W. Rordorf, Sunday, 215237; Paul K. Jewett, Lords Day, 57, 6467; J. Nedbal, Sabbat und Sonntag im Neuen Testament (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Vienna, 1956) 170f.; Francis A. Regan, Dies Dominica, 191; H. Dumaine, Dimanche, DACL IV, col. 892f.
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