Bernard, there is no progression here. This entire etymological enterprise is static. The English term "dominical" does not, at root, mean Sunday. When applied to a day of the week, it means (at best) "pertaining to the Lord's day" (since dominus means "Lord"). The Lord's day happens to be Sunday in Christian tradition, but there is no etymological connection between Sunday (= day of the Sun) and "dominical" (= "pertaining to a Lord").Bernard Muller wrote:to Ben,I can see the progression here, but κυριακός means "of the Lord" in the times of Paul and not yet "Sunday". If for you κυριακός means "dominical" as "of the Lord" I would agree, but not if you think it meant "Sunday". That will come much later.Latin dominus = Greek κύριος.
Latin dominicus = Greek κυριακός (1 Corinthians 11.20).
Latin dominicus > English "dominical".
"Dominical" is simply a straight, literalistic rendering of κυριακός here. It is based on exactly the same Latin word that the Vulgate uses for κυριακός in this verse. There is nothing confusing, weird, or off kilter about it. I went with a Latin root because there is no corresponding English word derived from the Greek word κυριακός. spin used a word derived from an Old English root ("lordly"), presumably for the same reason. But "lordly" and "dominical" mean exactly the same thing. Both spin and I were simply preserving the fact that the Greek word in question is an adjective.
The last thing I said on the topic was that, if the Didache's cup and bread are clear because the Eucharist has already been mentioned, then surely Paul's bread and cup are clear because the dominical (Lord's) supper has already been mentioned. You did not respond to this argument of mine. Instead, you introduced a new line of reasoning. I am still waiting for your response to this before moving on to that.NO, for reasons already explained.Do you acknowledge that the Corinthian readers could easily grasp what the bread and the cup were based on the mention of the dominical supper in 1 Corinthians 11.20, just like the readers of the Didache could easily grasp what the cup and the bread were based on the mention of the Eucharist?