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The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed Since Constantine has already been worshiping on Sunday, then it was only natural for him to choose Sunday as the new Sabbath day. . 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 . or disregard for that day? " 0000002079 00000 n - Yahuwah's, The True Shape of the Earth: 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. Is not the observance of this law among the most prominent of our sacred duties? It was the Catholic church whichhas transferred this rest to Sunday in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. Email: parish@oremstfrancis.org Email: Send bulletin information to parish@oremstfrancis.org. "punished as a heretic" (Detroit News, July 7, 1998). With this, we are now beginning to see the history of the Sabbath controversy. You answer by virtue of the third commandment (the papacy did away with the 2nd regarding the worship of graven images, and called the 4th the 3rd), which says 'Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day.'. 0000001738 00000 n But if any shall be found to be judaizers, let them be anathema from Christ (Canon XXIX). So that whatever the Pope does, seems to proceed from the mouth of God, as according to most doctors, etc. (a recognized Roman Catholic encyclopedia, Lucius Ferraris, Prompta Bibliotheca Canonica, Juridica, Moralis, Theologica nec non Ascetica, Polemica, Rubricistica, Historica, article, Papa. By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week. II, pp. Answer: The history of the change and the admissions are stunning. the nations day of rest. He made Sunday into a day of rest, closing the law courts and forbidding all work except agricultural labour.. For it is only in this way that the Patrick Madrid, in a radio interview on January 5, 2006, made a point of this: There was a distinct break between the Old Testament requirements: the rituals and Mosaic covenant demands dealing with the Sabbath worship and animal sacrifices, and that sort of thing. } It is now commonly held that God simply gave His church the power to set aside whatever day or days she would deem suitable as holy days. However, for a Protestant to denounce the Catholics for following tradition rather than the Bible, and yet still worship on Sunday, is inconsistent in the extreme. 3, p. 380. . - Also in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1899 Edition, Vol. [actually in happened in the fourth century]. (5). It shall remain consecrated, sanctified.' Can the dead c. The Bible says, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. The Catholic Church says: No. Now that you know the origin of Sunday worship and how it replaced the God-ordained Sabbath, you should have a better understanding of what you should do as a true follower of the Messiah. . Why You Should Never Try To Contact The Dead, Powerful Answers To 13 Popular Sabbath Questions. . Right click and Save Link As to download file. Considering this, it is also There are just a few things to chew on. Von Hefele is a very credible authority on the original word choice used at the Council of Laodicea. Of course these two old quotations are exactly correct. The great divide even intensified once all the original Apostles passed away. . Is not the observance of this law among the most prominent of our sacred duties? The Pope has the authority and often exercised it, to dispense with the command of Christ. Decretal, de Tranlatic Episcop. For all Trinitarians, Johnprovidesa 'solid' proof of Christ's divinity, especially in what he penned in the first chapter of his gospel. 543,544, In fact, by being assumed into heaven she has not laid aside the office of salvation but by the manifold intercession she continues to obtain for us the grace of eternal salvation. John Paul II, Dives in Misericordia, 1980, quoting Lumen Gentium, The Pope represents Jesus Christ Himself, and therefore is a loving Father Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto (who became Pope Pius X in 1903, Publications of the Catholic Truth Society Volume 29 (Catholic Truth Society: 1896): 11, Protestantism has not, and never can have, any right where Catholicity has triumphed. Catholic Review, June 1875, But the supreme teacher in the Church is the Roman Pontiff. Comments? We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath Day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. And lo the entire civilized world bows down in reverent obedience to the command of the holy Catholic church. American Sentinel, Father Enright, June 1893, Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did happened in the first century. ), in J. P. Migne, Patrologia Graeca, Vol. } There is so much to do and Learn here at World's Last Chance! 111 0 obj <>stream However, a deeper look at his life after his conversion tells you otherwise. Here are just a few below. The decision of the Council of Nicaea to set aside Biblical calendation was merely confirmed by Constantine in royal edict. 2, AControversia Prima, Book 2 (ADe Conciliorum Auctoritate [On the Authority of Councils]), chap. Quick Q&A: Will the day of worship change when Christ returns. However, this has gradually changed at the turn of the second century. Not long after Constantines first Sunday Law of A.D. 321, the Roman church made it official church doctrine by declaring it was a Jewish day. He is likewise the divine monarch and supreme emperor, and king of kings. After almost a decade, he made a proclamation that the day of worship should be done on Sunday and not Saturday. Yahuwah is the best friend you will ever have. . The origins of Saturday reveal the shocking identities of the hidden god and his representative. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. ), Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with her; she could not 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. Rev. 2, p. 174. 0000000016 00000 n window.mc4wp.listeners.push( . Hover here for a document clip or select for full original image. 563-564. What does it mean to dwell in the secret place of the Most High (Psalms 91:1)? callback: cb (9) Eusebius, Commentary on the Psalms, Psalm 91 (Psalm 92 in the A.V. . As a compromise, instead of keeping the correct day of worship, he chose Sunday as a relic of his past religion. This was the era of Constantine the Great, when the public position of the Church so greatly improved, a change which must certainly have been very noticeable at Rome. (10). chosen, not from any directions noted in the Scriptures, but from the Church's Even in the New Testament, we have seen deeply-rooted strife among the Jewish and Gentile Christians. 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. If it were not enough for us that two of . There is no such law in the Bible. Canon 29 of the Council of Laodicea demanded: Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday, but shall work on that day; but the Lords day they shall especially honor, and, as being Christians, shall, if possible, do no work on that day. Again, "They will seek to change times and laws." "Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles. Preparing for Yahuwah's Earthly Kingdom, Established at Yahushua's Imminent Return! Unquestionably the first law, either ecclesiastical or civil, by which the sabbatical observance of Sunday is known to have been ordained, is the sabbatical edict of Constantine, A.D. 321. Chambers Encyclopedia, Article: Sunday.. Mithraism is the official religion of the Roman Empire before Constantine declared Christianity to be so. (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'. 0000006164 00000 n Cap. ), pp. View Download. . Sentinel, Pastor's page, Saint Catherine Catholic Church, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995 If Protestants would follow the Bible, they would worship God on the Sabbath Day. Canon 29- Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday. 3, tit. We are struck with wonder when we hear that God obeyed the voice of Josue- The Lord obeying the voice of man- and made the sun stand when he said move not, O sun, towards Gabaon. pastoral intuition suggested to the Church the christianization of the notion of Sunday as "the day of the sun", which was the Roman name for the day and which is retained in some modern languages. When Emperor Hadrian reigned beginning in 117 A.D., he began to persecute the Jewish people. 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. In keeping the Sunday they are following a law of the Catholic Church. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. Modern sabbatarians have assumed that Saturday was the Bible Sabbath, but the Catholic Church herself has never denied the role she played in rejecting the luni-solar Sabbath of the Bible and promoting instead worship on dies Solis, the day of the Sun. Revelation 13 also tells us that Satan gave his power and authority to the Catholic Church. After the death of the original apostles and their contemporaries, the job of getting rid of Gods laws has become easier. Her father was a cloth dyer. Daniel Reehil, Pastor Email: fatherreehil@stcatherinecc.org "To the servant of God. 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. An excellent example of Saturday being knowingly or unknowingly substituted for Sabbath is found in the cannons of the Council of Laodicea. Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?. As recently as July, 1998, the Pope, in his Apostolic Following is a sampling of the numerous statements made by Catholics honestly stating that they are responsible for the calendar change that transferred worship to dies Solis: The facts of history having been forgotten by most people, many Catholic writers have used planetary week terminology (i.e., Saturday), which could be considered deceptive. Xix) condemns those who deny that the Ten Commandments are binding on Christians. The priest himself has the power to do so in Christs name. As there is no scripture for the transfer of the day of rest from the last to the first day of the week, Protestants ought to keep their Sabbath on Saturday and thus leave Catholics in full possession of Sunday.. Why? Statements made by the Roman Catholic Church about the Sabbath . keep Saturday holy (emphasis added). Subscribe now! Will they do it? will they indeed take the written word only, the Scripture alone, as their sole authority and their sole standard? authorities to cooperate with the Church in legislation of Sunday as callback: cb +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 . 2, translated, The Pope has the power to change times, to abrogate laws, and to dispense with all things, even the precepts of Christ. An ancient proverb claimed: He who controls the calendar, controls the world. Who controls you? Question: in whose authority do the religious leaders change the Sabbath to Sunday? This church doctrine demanded all Christians to break Commandment #4 by working on Sabbath. Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance 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. Catholic Press, Sydney, Australia, August 1900. The Sabbath is about who we give our allegiance to. Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever They throw at you John 1:1 to end the discussion whenever you attempt to present the biblical one-nature human Yahushua. Someone Admits to Changing window.mc4wp.listeners.push( 86 26 } Do you think that all of the other Sunday keeping churches realize they are practicing a major change or doctrine of the Catholic church by observing Sunday as the Sabbath? 0000012382 00000 n (function() { (function() { 2 Thess 2:15. 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. The day of resurrection, the day of Pentecost, fifty "In Europe, the Sunday Law issue is expected to be ST. CATHERINE CATHOLIC CHURCH 3019 Cayce Lane, Columbia, Tennessee 38401 Ph. forms: { According to von Hefele, the original word used in both the Greek and the Latin was actually Sabbath. The word anathema (accursed) was used in place of shut out. The Latin version clearly does not contain any reference to dies Saturni (Saturday) but instead usesSabbato, or Sabbath: Quod non oportet Christianos Judaizere et otiare in Sabbato, sed operari in eodem die. MUST READ: @TELANGANAPOKADA Hi Friend, these videos are no longer published, as our views have changed on these subjects. 0000001240 00000 n Were the Redeemer to descend into a church, and sit in a confessional to administer the sacrament of penance, and a priest to sit in another confessional, Jesus would say over each penitent, Ego te absolve, the priest would likewise say over each of his penitents, Ego te absolve, and the penitents of each would be equally absolved 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 let the priest, says St. Laurence Justinian, approach the altar as another Christ. St. Alphonsus Liguori, The Dignities and Duties of the Priest (1927), 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. (Robert Bellarmine, Disputationes de Controversiis, Tom. 2. ST. CATHERINE CATHOLIC CHURCH 3019 Cayce Lane, Columbia, Tennessee 38401 Ph. Order our comprehensive Bible guide to learn what else you havent been told. He chose Sunday, not because he wants to follow God, but because it was the day Sol Invictus was being worshipped! 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. . The Sabbath was changed by the Roman Catholic Church 300 years after Christs death and resurrection. Constantine was a well-known worshipper of the sun god Sol Invictus. . Therefore the observance of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] church." We need to learn how to help our Trinitarian friends understand John's words as he intended for them to be understood. Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be Let us then have nothing in common with the detestable Jewish crowd Eusebius, Life of Constantine 3, chapter 18, quoted in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, 1979, Vol. Written by the finger of God on two tables of stone, this Divine code was received from the Almighty by Moses amid the thunders of Mount Sinai . The Catholic Church designated Sunday as the day for corporate worship and gets full credit or blame for the change. It came from Judaism, but it was distinct from it. 2, b. What right has any other church to keep this day? . VI, can. If you are looking for a church JOIN FOR FREE to find the right church for you. 0000011056 00000 n B, 3, chapter S. Sabbath A Hebrew word signifying rest Sunday was a name given by the heathens to the first day of the week, because it was the day on which they worshipped the sun. Bible Encyclopedia, John Eadie, D.D, L.L.D, p. 561, The sun was a foremost god with heathendom There is, in truth, something royal, kingly about the sun, making it a fit emblem of Jesus, the Sun of Justice. observance of Sunday as a national day of rest. sense of its own power. Question: Can we see any command in the Bible that the sanctity of the Sabbath was transferred on Sunday? Tradition, not Scripture, is the rock on which the church of Jesus Christ is built. "Is Saturday the seventh day according to the Bible and the Ten Commandments? Catholics place tradition and the decrees of their popes ahead of the Bible, so there is no inconsistency for them in believing that Sunday is the day of the resurrection. 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.. 0000005915 00000 n Because of the deceitful thinking that the church can override the authority of God, a lot of religious leaders begin to mix Christianity with paganism. Below are statements from the Roman Catholic Church which give the simple and truthful answer as to why most Churches now keep Sunday as the Sabbath. The day of resurrection, the day of Pentecost, fifty days later, came on the first day of the week. When the Church through its supreme Magistrium proposes a doctrine for belief as being divinely revealed, and as the teaching of Christ, the definitions must be adhered to with the obedience of faith. This infallibility extends as far as the deposit of divine revelation itself. Catechism of the Catholic Church, #891, 1994 edition, O Mary, the guardian of our peace and the dispensatrix of heavenly graces. Leo XIII, Supremi Apostolatus, 1883, This judicial authority will even include the power to forgive sin. The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol xii, article Pope pg 265, No man has a right to choose his religion. New York Freeman, official journal of Bishop Hughes, Jan 26, 1852, It is error to believe that Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true. Pope Pius IX, The Syllabus (of Errors), Issued in 1864, Section III, Indifferentism, Latitudinarianism, #15, It is error to believe that hence it has been wisely decided by law, in some Catholic countries, that persons coming to reside therein shall enjoy the public exercise of their own peculiar worship. Pope Pius IX, The Syllabus (of Errors), Issued in 1864, Section X, Errors Having Reference to Modern Liberalism, #78, Not the Creator of Universe, in Genesis 2:1-3,-but the Catholic Church can claim the honor of having granted man a pause to his work every seven days. S. C. Mosna, Storia della Domenica, 1969, pp. Now - as to the quote from the St. Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21, 1995 - this is an OPINION, not a Church teaching. 0000000816 00000 n The official day of worship for Mithraism was Sunday. For these reasons the Church changed the Lord's day from Saturday to Sunday. WLC. : (931) 388-3803 Fax: (931) 381-8837 www.stcatherinecc.org After Hours Emergency Contact (931) 215-5980 Rev. . [1-minute video], Which day should Christians go to Church? Source: Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21, 1995 ( A Catholic Journal ) "Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did happened in the first century. (9), It was at this time that Sylvester I, Bishop of Rome during the Council of Nicaea, attempted to rename the days of the pagan week by the Biblical week-day names. Professor Bill Schlegel provides invaluable tips on this subject in this excellent presentation. Sentinel, Pastor's page, Saint Catherine Catholic Church, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995 . . 0000003994 00000 n Today most Christians keep Sunday because it has been revealed to us by the [Roman Catholic] church outside the Bible. Catholic Virginian, October 3, 1947, p. 9, article To Tell You the Truth.. . legislate? Born in Siena [Italy] in 1347, into a very large family, she died in Rome in 1380. The holy day, the Sabbath, Assoc., 1944, p. 141. Protestantism, in discarding the authority of the [Roman Catholic] Church, has no good reasons for its Sunday theory, and ought logically to keep Saturday as the Sabbath. John Gilmary Shea, Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week. And lo! wants kept is Sunday, regardless of your persuasion. It is the height of pride and rebellion against the Great and Living God! The Day of the Lord [Dies The Protestant claiming the Bible to be the only guide of faith, has no warrant for observing Sunday.. xref 67-68: Constantine was almost certainly a Mithraic, and his triumphal arch, built after his conversion, testifies to the Sun-god, or unconquered sun. 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. They presumptuously claim that they are making decisions on behalf of the Almighty! H. J. Schroeder (trans. But is this really what he, Sadly, many who take the name "Christian," often condemn others whose sins differ from their own, supposedly lesser, Time is drawing to a close. [GOD'sHealthLaws] [ReligiousLiberty] [Links]. . Daniel Reehil, Pastor Email: fatherreehil@stcatherinecc.org "To the servant of God . from Saturday to Sunday. But since Saturday, not Sunday, is specified in the Bible, isn't it curious that non-Catholics who profess to take their religion directly from the Bible and not the Church, observe Sunday instead of Saturday? - Time will soon be no more! Historians would agree that Christians in the first century kept Saturday as the Sabbath. For a detailed account on who changed the Sabbath to Sunday, read the Sabbath to Sunday change or who changed the Sabbath to Sunday. I answer yes. . From the Old Testament to the New Testament, from Genesis to the Revelation, from Adam to the last person born today, you will NEVER read any direct command and even any indication that the Sabbath has already been done away with. It is clear that their function is such that none greater can be conceived. Is there consciousness after death? "The Day of the Lord" (dies Dominica) was chosen, not from any directions noted in the Scriptures, but from the Church's sense of its own power. the truly divine command of Constantine and the council of Nicaea that nothing should be held in common with the Jews, was made the basis and the authority for legislation, utterly to crush out the observance of the Sabbath of the Lord, and to establish the observance of Sunday only in its stead. } <<970BC2F837BAC04AA6DCFB4AF7B35AE5>]>> If it is important to worship on the true Sabbath day, then the original calendar, established by Yahuwah at creation, needs to be used to calculate when that Sabbath comes. We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. punishment on those who would transgress. overtly religious but is couched in a concern for the welfare of the American family. wrote the Bible. Compromise is impossible. "The day of the Lord" was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the Church's sense of its own power .. People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become Seventh-day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy." (Saint Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995.) Question - Which is the Sabbath day? . 17 (1628 ed., Vol. Pastor - St. Francis Xavier Parish (Sallisaw), St. Joseph Parish (Webbers Falls), St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish (Roland) and St. John the Evangelist Parish (Cookson) 918.775.6217 fr.lawrence.nwachukwu dioceseoftulsa.org Whose Day of Worship is Sunday? The primitive Christians did keep the Sabbath of the Jews; Therefore the Christians, for a long time together, did keep their convocations upon the Sabbath in which some portions of the law were read: and this continued till the time of the Laodicean council. The Whole Works Of Jeremy Taylor, Vol. 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? It is no secret that the Roman Catholic Church played a huge role in turning the Sabbath into Saturday. This same Church, by the same divine authority, taught the doctrine of Purgatory long before the Bible was made. 1, p. 51. The information is easy to find. How to Say Happy Sabbath in Different Languages. contentious as Pope John Paul II continues to press for mandatory Sunday This list of quotes reveals the true colors of this church system as predicted in Bible prophecy. .The observance of Sunday thus comes to be an ecclesiastical law entirely distinct from the divine law of Sabbath observance . 65 East 500 North. Bible Prophecy, Bible Studies, Videos, Articles, & Much Much More! 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. As a bishop and theologian, he certainly had access to original documents in the Vatican archives! 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. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. The Catholic church says No! But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. . The university enrolls nearly 1,500 . whenever the pope thinks, it is God Himself, who is thinking in him. (Fritz Leist, Der Gefangene des Vatikanus, p. 344. Union of minds, therefore, requires, together with a perfect accord in the one faith, complete submission and obedience of will to the Church and to the Roman Pontiff, as to God Himself. Pope Leo XIII, Sapientiae Christianae: On Christians as Citizens (January 10, 1890), When about to ascend from earth to heaven, left behind Him priests, His own vicars, as rulers and judges, to whom all the mortal sins into which the faithful of Christ may have fallen should be brought in order that they may, in virtue of the power of the keys, pronounce the sentence of remission or retention of sins. Rev. Sabbath.

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