An ancient proverb claimed: He who controls the calendar, controls the world. Who controls you? 6. (function() { Over the centuries, as the facts of history have been forgotten, Saturday has been assumed to be the Biblical seventh-day Sabbath. A Catholic who believes that Christ was resurrected on Sunday is far more consistent than a Sunday-keeping Protestant who claims to base all of his belief on the Bible and the Bible only. Letter, Dies Domini, was quoted as saying that a violator should be
48. IX p. 416. Assoc., 1944, p. 141. Furthermore, for Jews and Saturday sabbatarians to insist that The Precise, Correct Day does matter to Yahuwah, and then keep the seventh-day by the pagan, planetary calendar is even more inconsistent! Von Hefele is a very credible authority on the original word choice used at the Council of Laodicea. Thus, they chose another day of worship and rest. Catholic Record, London, Ontario, September 1, 1923. Today, great
Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. . The Catholic church says No! Therefore the observance of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] church. Monsignor Louis Segur, Plain Talk About The Protestantism of Today, p. 213. For Constantine, the first Christian Roman Emperor, it is considered unworthy to have anything to do with the Jews. 2023 The Bible Says That All rights reserved. (29) This was in order to draw the faithful away from the seduction of cults which worshipped the sun, and to direct the celebration of the day to Christ, humanity's true 'sun'. The Protestant claiming the Bible to be the only guide of faith, has no warrant for observing Sunday..
Anti-semitism played a role, as can be seen in the previously quoted statement by Constantine: Let us have nothing in common with this odious people [the Jews] . wants kept is Sunday, regardless of your persuasion. Answer - We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 364), transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday. Peter Geiermann, C.S.S.R., The Converts Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, p. 50, 3rd edition, 1957. Who Do We Reverence by Keeping Sunday Holy? Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21, 1995 "It is evident that the popes can neither be bound nor unbound by any earthly power, nor even by that of the apostle [Peter], if he should return upon the earth; since Constantine the Great has recognized that the pontiffs held the place of God upon earth, divinity not being able to be . After reading all the information above, we can now answer some fundamental questions. Hence the Pope is crowned with a triple crown, as king of heaven and of earth and of the lower regions. When a man or a woman is honestly mist, Come Out of Her, My People! 33-34, The priest does not have to ask God to forgive your sins. churches at different times in history. intel director salary. 0000003994 00000 n
It bears repeating: Christians at the time of the calendar change were not confused over Saturday being the Sabbath. II, pp. - Time will soon be no more! And it not only compelled all to keep Sunday, but at the Council of Laodicea, AD 364, anathematized those who kept the Sabbath and urged all persons to labor on the 7th day under penalty of anathema. Catholic Priest T. Enright, CSSR, Kansas City, MO, Protestantism, in discarding the authority of the church, has no good reason for its Sunday theory, and ought, logically, to keep Saturday with the Jews. American Catholic Quarterly Review, Jan 1883, How do you prove that the church has power to institute festivals? Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionist agree with her; -she could have substituted the observance of Sunday the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday the seventh day, a change for which there is no Scriptural authority. A Doctrinal Catechism, Steve Kennan, p. 174, You might read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. we should follow the practice of the Jews, who have impiously defiled their hands with enormous sin, and are, therefore, deservedly afflicted with blindness of soul . The thrust is not
Is not every Christian obliged to sanctify Sunday and to abstain on that day from unnecessary servile work? 26-27, Thus the priest may, in a certain manner, be called the creator of his Creator, since by saying the words of consecration, he creates, as it were, Jesus in the sacrament, by giving him a sacramental existence, and produces him as a victim to be offered to the eternal Father. An excellent example of Saturday being knowingly or unknowingly substituted for Sabbath is found in the cannons of the Council of Laodicea. 0000005915 00000 n
Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all the workshops be closed. Constatine, 321 A.D. The popular complaint against the Christians was- they despise our sun-god, they have divine services on Saturday, they desecrate the sacred earth by burying their dead in it. Truth Triumphant, p. 170, Persia 335-375 AD (40 years persecution under Shapur 11th). The Bible says, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. The Catholic Church says: No. In the Bible, we have seen a lot of times when the Hebrews were nearly exterminated. [1-minute video], The Plain Truth About Tithing [YouTube Shorts compilation], 3 types of heaven in the Bible [1-minute video]. After the death of the original apostles and their contemporaries, the job of getting rid of Gods laws has become easier. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York, To such extent did Mary suffer and almost die with her suffering and dying Son; to such extent did she surrender her maternal rights over her Son for : mans salvation . worship of God, and to support with their own authority the regulations
Saint Catherine Parish is located in Milwaukee County the traditional territory of the Menominee, Fox, Mascouten, Sauk, Potawatomi, Ojibwe and Ho-Chunk tribes. Who Made Sunday Holy? . There are a lot of people who rose and started to attack various fundamental doctrines of Gods true Church. Sunday is an institution of the Roman Catholic Church, and those who observe the day observe a commandment of the Catholic Church. Priest Brady, in an address reported in. Email: parish@oremstfrancis.org Email: Send bulletin information to parish@oremstfrancis.org. . So this would be the new
In this post, discover how man has turned Sabbath Day into Sunday worship. The Mark of the Beast PURPOSE: The loyalty of every person in the world will be tested in the end-time crisis by whose commandments they choose to obey - hrist's or Antichrist's. FOCUS: Jesus is alone worthy of worship and the one who can make something holy. There is so much to do and Learn here at World's Last Chance! } If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday. Romes Challenge www.immaculateheart.com/maryonline Dec 2003. 1, pp. In the beginning, He created a time-keep, A little late, but still important! As a compromise, instead of keeping the correct day of worship, he chose Sunday as a relic of his past religion. . 0000005432 00000 n
Order our comprehensive Bible guide to learn what else you havent been told. What right has any other church to keep this day? Right click and Save Link As to download file. The bishops wanted to destroy any ties to Judaism. All of us believe many things in regard to religion that we do not find in the Bible. See here for a statement by Dr. E. T. Hiscox, author of the Baptist Manual. We need to learn how to help our Trinitarian friends understand John's words as he intended for them to be understood. . For this is His will: That we obtain everything through Mary. Pope Pius IX, But the supreme teacher in the Church is the Roman Pontiff. New Moon Day: Why the Dawn After Conjunction, The Sundayis purely a creation of the Catholic Church., Sundayis the law of the Catholic Church alone, Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principlesFrom beginning to end of Scripture there is not a single passage that warrants the transfer of weekly public worship from the last day of the week to the first., They [the Protestants] deem it their duty to keep the Sunday holy. MANY CHURCH LEADERS and politicians are unified on the
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. punishment on those who would transgress. . The Sabbath was changed by the Roman Catholic Church 300 years after Christs death and resurrection. Therefore the observance of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the (Catholic) church. Monsignor Louis Segur, Plain Talk About the Protestantism of Today, p. 213.
405, 406, translated), The Pope takes the place of Jesus Christ on earthby divine right the Pope has supreme and full power in faith, in morals over each and every pastor and his flock. Then the spiritual seed of Abraham fled to Pella, on the side of Jordan, where they found a safe place of refuge, and could serve their Master and keep his Sabbath. Euseblus Ecclesiastical History. The Church commands us to keep Sunday as the Lord's day because on Sunday Christ rose from the dead, and on Sunday the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles. How to Say Happy Sabbath in Different Languages. The Catholic Church protests that it transferred Christian worship from the biblical Sabbath (Saturday) to Sunday, and that to try to argue that the change was made in the Bible is both dishonest and a denial of Catholic authority. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. If we consulted the Bible only, we should still have to keep holy the Sabbath Day, that is, Saturday, with the Jews, instead of Sunday; Sunday is a Catholic institution, and can be defended only on Catholic principles. From beginning to end of Scripture there is not a single passage that warrants the transfer of weekly public worship from the last day of the week to the first. was changed from Saturday to Sunday. It is well to remind the Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, and all other Christians, that the Bible does not support them anywhere in their observance of Sunday. [GOD'sHealthLaws] [ReligiousLiberty] [Links]. Catholic Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. For all Trinitarians, Johnprovidesa 'solid' proof of Christ's divinity, especially in what he penned in the first chapter of his gospel. St. Francis of Assisi. The following is what Constantines law required of the people Let all the judges and town people, and the occupation of all trades rest on the venerable day of the sun; but let those who are situated in the country, freely and at full liberty attend to the business of agriculture; because it often happens that no other day is so fit for sowing corn and planting vines; lest the critical moment being let slip, men should lose the commodities granted by Heaven. Translated from the original edict in Latin, now in Harvard College U.S.A. - Also in Codex Justinianus, lib. From Business: Welcome to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church is a bilingual (English-Spanish) parish with ministry and outreach in both. When Emperor Hadrian reigned beginning in 117 A.D., he began to persecute the Jewish people. Roman Catholic Church seventh day Sabbath. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday. Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of our Father, p. 89, The Bible says remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. The Bible Says THAT?What you have been taught might not actually be in the Bible. Is Sunday the first day of the week and did the Church change the seventh day - Saturday - for Sunday, the first day? Not to mention the almost successful extermination of the Jews mentioned in the book of Esther. in The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII, p. 193, The Pope is of so great dignity, and so exalted that he is not a mere man, but as it were God and the vicar of God. Ferraris Ecclesiastical dictionary, All names which in the Scriptures are applied to Christ, by virtue of which it is established that He is over the church, all the same names are applied to the Pope. On the Authority of the Councils, book 2, chapter 17, That the Roman Church never erred, nor will it, according to the Scriptures, ever err. (Gregory VII, Cesare Baronius, Annales, year 1076, secs. The Sabbath was Saturday, not Sunday. He is the viceregent of Christ, who is not only a Priest forever, but also King of kings and Lord of lords. (La Civilta Cattolica, March 18, 1871, quoted in Leonard Woolsey Bacon, An Inside View of the Vatican Council (American Tract Society ed. Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday [in the original: sabbato, shall not be idle on the Sabbath], but shall work on that day; but the Lords day they shall especially honour, and as being Christians, shall, if possible, do no work on that day. The word Sunday does not come anywhere in the Bible, so, without knowing it they are obeying the authority of the Catholic Church. According to stories, he converted to Christianity after winning his battle against the Roman Emperor Maxentius in A.D. 312. The. The Day of the Lord [Dies
. Quoted in Symposium on Revelation, pp. . The priest remits sins as God and that which he calls his body at the altar is adored as God by himself and by the congregation. Sentinel, Pastor's page, Saint Catherine Catholic Church, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995 . I am passionate about inspiring people to find their God-given purpose in life. So that if it were possible that the angels might err in the faith, or might think contrary to the faith, they could be judged and excommunicated by the Pope. (function() { We have now clearly shown that the reasons given by many to justify why they keep Sunday as the Sabbath are un-Biblical and incorrect. In endeavoring to show this distinction, not only was the observance of the seventh-day Sabbath transferred to the Julian Sunday, but all of the annual feasts which, up until that time were still observed, were replaced with popular pagan festivals, giving them a Christian slant and incorporating Christian names. But I pray and hope you make the right decision! 31-33, vol 17 (1869 ed. Constantine NEVER abandoned sun-worship and kept the sun on his coins. Preparing for Yahuwah's Earthly Kingdom, Established at Yahushua's Imminent Return! To make things even clearer, the Bible explicitly says that Yahshua (Jesus Christ), His Disciples, and the early Christian churches kept the seventh-day Sabbath. Eusebius of Caesarea, a church historian contemporary with Constantine and his frequent flatterer, is often quoted regarding the Sunday legislation of the time. of the Redemptoral College, Kansas City, in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas, February 18, 1884, printed in History of the Sabbath, p. 802. So the great irony is that even the Seventh-day Adventists themselves are not worshipping on exactly the same Sabbath day as the Jews of the time of Christ. . defended only on Catholic principles. Catholic Doctrine, by Peter Geiermann, 50. As a result, faithful Christians were forced to keep the Sabbath in secret and gather together in catacombs and hidden places. SABBATH DAY QUOTES: You cant find the Sabbath being changed in scriptures so how did the change to Sunday happen? } Instead, you post secondary sources and hearsay as your "evidence". 0000002474 00000 n
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View Download. But shall work on that day; but the Lords day they shall especially honor. Notice what Pope Leo XIII wrote in a letter in 1894: We [referring to the popes] hold upon this Earth the place of God Almighty.. sense of its own power. There are just a few things to chew on. . Heres why . Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Council Laodicia- 365 A.D. It was the holy Catholic Church that changed the day of rest from Saturday to Sunday, the 1st day of the week. Again, "They will seek to change times and laws." Press, Sydney, Australia, 1900.