Scripture: John 20:28; Philippians 2:5–11; Acts 20:7
Early Christians gather on a set day and worship Jesus as Lord and God.
As governor of Bithynia-Pontus in modern Turkey, Pliny the Younger wrote to Emperor Trajan (Letters 10.96) asking how to deal with Christians. His interrogations found that they met before dawn on a fixed day, 'sang a hymn to Christ as to a god', and bound themselves by oath not to steal, commit adultery or break their word. Trajan's reply (10.97) survives too.
