Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Acts 27:33

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 1, page 269, footnote 2 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 1588 (In-Text, Margin)

... the apostle experienced, I verily think that what he then did should not now be done, lest the harm done by the offence given should be greater than the good received from the words spoken. Whatever necessity may arise, or good reason, compelling a Christian to fast on the Lord’s day,—as we find, e.g., in the Acts of the Apostles, that in peril of shipwreck they fasted on board of the ship in which the apostle was for fourteen days successively, within which the Lord’s day came round twice,[Acts 27:33] —we ought to have no hesitation in believing that the Lord’s day is not to be placed among the days of voluntary fasting, except in the case of one vowing to fast continuously for a period longer than a week.