Church Document
Dies Domini
Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II (1998)
An apostolic letter on keeping the Lord's Day holy, given on Pentecost 1998 in preparation for the Great Jubilee. It gathers five names for Sunday and gives a chapter to each: Dies Domini, the day of the Lord as the day of creation; Dies Christi, the day of the risen Lord and of the gift of the Spirit; Dies Ecclesiae, the day of the eucharistic assembly, where the Sunday obligation is explained as the response of a people gathered by the Lord; Dies Hominis, the day of rest, joy, solidarity and works of mercy; and Dies Dierum, Sunday as the primordial feast that reveals the meaning of time.
Key themes
The Lord's Day
Sunday as the weekly Easter
The Sunday eucharistic assembly
Rest, joy and works of mercy
Sunday and the sanctification of time
Document type
Apostolic letter
Issuing authority
Pope John Paul II
Issued date
Related documents
- sacrosanctum-concilium
- ecclesia-de-eucharistia
Content subtype
apostolic_letter
