Did the early church worship on Sabbath?

[HTacianas]

God's people have always been a remnant throughout the centuries. You keep wanting to go outside the bible to find your answers, but the answers are inside God's Word- the steps on how to become one of God's remnant people and what that looks like Rev 12:17 Rev 22:14 Rev 22:14. Follow God's Word- He will not lead us astray, but the teachings of man that leads us to break the commandments of God that leads us to sin will Mat 15:3-9 Romans 7:7

Still, you are not answering the question. If there has always been a remnant who are they? Where have they been? How did you meet them?

And by the way. You are mis-applying Rev 12:17 and 22:14. Those are polemics against the antinomians.

 

[HTacianas]

Do to you the fact that Jesus said He was the Lord of the Sabbath is meaningless?

Does the fact that Jesus left his Apostles in charge of the Church matter to you? Is there some Apostle somewhere that has you condemning God's Church? I know who gave the authority to the Apostles and their successors. Do you know who gave authority to whomever it is you've been listening to?

 

[Gary K]

Does the fact that Jesus left his Apostles in charge of the Church matter to you? Is there some Apostle somewhere that has you condemning God's Church? I know who gave the authority to the Apostles and their successors. Do you know who gave authority to whomever it is you've been listening to?

Yes it matters. Did Jesus leave His church ro be built upon a piece of rock?

Peter is translated as follows from the Greek.

[*StrongsGreek*]
04074
Πέτρος Pétros, pet'-ros
apparently a primary word;
a (piece of) rock (larger than 3037); as a name, Petrus, an apostle:--Peter, rock.
Compare 2786.

Or did He build it on the following?

[*StrongsGreek*]
04073
πέτρα pétra, pet'-ra
feminine of the same as 4074;
a (mass of) rock (literally or figuratively):--rock.

He was the chief corner stone.

Ephesians 2: 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

Matthew 21: 42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

As Jesus is the chief corner stone on which His church is built and He is the Lord of the Sabbath I'll stick with Jesus. You do as you please. I'll follow Him.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

Still, you are not answering the question. If there has always been a remnant who are they? Where have they been? How did you meet them?

And by the way. You are mis-applying Rev 12:17 and 22:14. Those are polemics against the antinomians.

I wasn’t alive 2000 years ago and either were you, we can only go by scripture as to what makes someone one of God’s faithful followers. Scriptures tell us their characteristics, they keep the faith in Jesus and keep the commandments of God. Rev 14:12 The same commandments Jesus kept, the apostles kept and His faithful followers. You can trust man over the Word of God, but if they are teaching you to break one of God’s commandments, its not coming from God Mat 15:3-9, Mat 19:17-19, Isa 8:20 Rev 22:14

There is no misapplication to the characteristics of God’s faithful people in Rev 12:17 it has always been righteousness though faith. Depending on God’s righteousness Psa 119:172, not mans version. Obeying through faith and love Romans 3:31 1 John 5:3 John 14:15 Exo 20:6

 

[HTacianas]

Yes it matters. Did Jesus leave His church ro be built upon a piece of rock?

Peter is translated as follows from the Greek.

[*StrongsGreek*]
04074
Πέτρος Pétros, pet'-ros
apparently a primary word;
a (piece of) rock (larger than 3037); as a name, Petrus, an apostle:--Peter, rock.
Compare 2786.

Or did He build it on the following?

[*StrongsGreek*]
04073
πέτρα pétra, pet'-ra
feminine of the same as 4074;
a (mass of) rock (literally or figuratively):--rock.

He was the chief corner stone.




As Jesus is the chief corner stone on which His church is built and He is the Lord of the Sabbath I'll stick with Jesus. You do as you please. I'll follow Him.

Rocks or no rocks, it doesn't concern me. But how are you going to be baptized?

 

[HTacianas]

I wasn’t alive 2000 years ago and either were you, we can only go by scripture as to what makes someone one of God’s faithful followers. Scriptures tell us their characteristics, they keep the faith in Jesus and keep the commandments of God. Rev 14:12 The same commandments Jesus kept, the apostles kept and His faithful followers. You can trust man over the Word of God, but if they are teaching you to break one of God’s commandments, its not coming from God Mat 15:3-9, Mat 19:17-19, Isa 8:20 Rev 22:14

There is no misapplication to the characteristics of God’s faithful people in Rev 12:17 it has always been righteousness though faith. Depending on God’s righteousness Psa 119:172, not mans version. Obeying through faith and love Romans 3:31 1 John 5:3 John 14:15 Exo 20:6

So what became of all those people who were Christians before there was a bible, or even more who couldn't read? And if you want to know what the bible means, who do you ask?

 

[SabbathBlessings]

So what became of all those people who were Christians before there was a bible, or even more who couldn't read? And if you want to know what the bible means, who do you ask?

History shows the Romans murdered millions of Christians just like it was predicted in scripture Acts 20:29. But God’s Word would prevail, again, its not the majority. Jesus testifies to this Mat 7:13-14 and through John Rev 12:17 KJV

God will judge everyone fairly according to their knowledge even when scripture was not given to the masses. We are fortunate to have God’s Word so easily accessible, yet people still cling to their traditions over obeying God’s written and spoken Word.

 

[HTacianas]

History shows the Romans murdered millions of Christians just like it was predicted in scripture Acts 20:29. But God’s Word would prevail, again, its not the majority. Jesus testifies to this Mat 7:13-14 and through John Rev 12:17 KJV

God will judge everyone fairly according to their knowledge even when scripture was not given to the masses. We are fortunate to have God’s Word so easily accessible, yet people still cling to their traditions over obeying God’s written and spoken Word.

Who were the millions the Romans killed and what does it have to do with this?

And if you'd like to know what standard we will be judged by you can read Matthew 25. It has nothing to do with knowledge but does in fact have a lot to do with what the Church has taught for two thousand years. But then someone decided to ignore all of that and do their own thing.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

Who were the millions the Romans killed and what does it have to do with this?

Giving you history of Christ church and what happened. You asked what happened to them…

And if you'd like to know what standard we will be judged by you can read Matthew 25. It has nothing to do with knowledge but does in fact have a lot to do with what the Church has taught for two thousand years. But then someone decided to ignore all of that and do their own thing.

Not sure if you have noticed, but you keep quoting “you” and thats not the same as God’s Word.

We are told in times of ignorance God winks at our sins Acts 17:30 but we have God’s Word now so we no excuse.

Jesus, the apostles and His faithful taught on keeping the commandments of God including the Sabbath commandment and kept it faithfully. Luke 4:16, Acts 18:4, Luke 23:56 John 15:10 we are told to follow the path and example of Jesus 1 John 2:6 and like I asked previously which you didn‘t answer- where is the scripture that says the first day is God’s holy day, the new Sabbath, the new day of worship or one of God’s commandments. It’s not there, so the only way you can make this case is going outside scripture - following traditions of man which is exactly what Jesus warned us of Mat 15:3-9 Mark 7:7-8

 

[SabbathBlessings]

Well for one I'm not Catholic. And just so you know, there are certain earmarks of people who talk about these things that give away the fact that they live in a bubble. I don't mean this by way of insult, but I can tell you are one of those who do live in a theological bubble. The Mormons, the SDAs, and several other groups that came out of the mass hysteria of upstate New York in the early 1800s are such groups. They see everything through the lens of Protestantism vs. Catholicism. They see things that way because that is the only thing they know. They were, and are, wholly ignorant of the Eastern Churches. For example, the Indian Orthodox Church. The Indian Church was never influenced by the Roman Church yet worships on Sunday. They worship on Sunday -the Lord's Day- because that is what they were taught by Saint Thomas when he founded the Church in the first century.

Now, what makes you so sure you are not the one being led astray by your religious leaders? When Jesus Christ founded the Orthodox Church he said "the gates of hell shall not prevail against it". And every decision made by the Church has been made with the full authority of Jesus Christ. He said to his Apostles:

Mat 18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

If the Roman Church wants to take credit for making Sunday the Sabbath over Saturday then so be it. I say it was done by the Church long before -if it ever actually was done at all. Regardless of all of that, the Christian day of worship is Sunday, the Lord's Day. It always has been.

This is exactly what scripture warns us about. God has people in all churches, but tells us to come out of our false teachings. Rev 18:4 If we partake in the wine of Babylon (false teachings) we will also receive the plagues in God’s Word. We are called to worship in Truth and Spirit John 4:23-24 and Jesus says false worship is keeping mans traditions over the commandments of God. The SDA church can’t take credit for God’s Ten Commandments, that is all God’s work Exo 32:16 Exo 31:18 we are just here to help remind everyone to worship God, the way He asked, not the way we want. This same scenario has played out over and over in scripture and it’s not wise to think we can follow the same path of disobedience and expect a different result. Heb 4:11 Eze 20:13 Eze 20:21

The Ten Commandments is like a mirror so we can ”see” our sins. It shows God’s righteousness (right doing) Psa 119:172, so we don’t depend on our own self-righteousness. We cannot sanctify ourselves, only God can Eze 20:12 We should obey God even if its not the popular choice like Daniel and his friends, we need to follow God the way He asks through faith and love Romans 3:31 1 John 5:3 John 14:15 Exo 20:6 if we bury our sins, we cannot confess or forsake them, therefore we can’t receive God’s mercy and grace Pro 28:13. The devil wants nothing more for us to bury and stay in our sins and not confess or forsake them, but that will lead us down the wrong path Romans 6:16 our salvation is from sin Mat 1:21 not in sin.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

Due to much recent interaction with SDA's on this board I have been looking into the writings and teachings of Ellen G. White. One of the first things I found was that she took the phrase evening morning from Daniel 8:14 and converted that phrase it into days, (to put it nicely), while admitting that the text reads evening morning and says nothing about days, or yom, or yamim, and then used the year for a day principle to turn the two-thousand three hundred evening morning into two-thousand three hundred years ending in 1844, (curiously, a date in her own lifetime when she would have been about the age of seventeen).

Seventh-day Adventist Doctrines, Part 3: The 2,300 Days of Daniel 8:14

The doctrine of the investigative judgment is anchored upon the 2,300 year prophecy found in Daniel 8:14. Myths are dispelled and the clear chain of truth is presented.

www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org

(The image files and the section titled "When The 2,300 Days Begin And End" are from a 1937 Tract which may be found linked at the bottom of the above webpage link).

In this one thing alone she took a specific phrase that specifically references the opening creation account, and does not mention the word yom or any form thereof, and she turned it into days and then into years. Moreover, apparently, she either had a visitation or visitations from an angel because I have seen another SDA here post an account from her writings making that claim.



Daniel 8:14 points directly back to the opening creation account by the phrase evening morning and therefore speaks of the sacred calendar day which is seven yamim-hours in a yom day. This is the foundational level understanding while every greater increment of time expands from the foundational understanding of a yom as an hour. The weekly Shabbat is based on the daily Shabbat: for the daily Shabbat hour is the primary meaning from the foundation of the world.

Luke 5:17a T/R
17 και εγενετο εν μια των ημερων

Luke 6:1a T/R
1 εγενετο δε εν σαββατω δευτεροπρωτω

Luke 6:6a T/R
6 εγενετο δε και εν ετερω σαββατω

There is Shabbat hour in every day of every year, uninterrupted from the foundation of the world, and even if the length of the solar tropical year was to change, (and it has, at least a little), the Shabbat hour of the sacred calendar day would still be the seventh yom-hour of the sacred calendar day for as long as the earth and world exist.

Ellen G. White changed that and also did not see that the cleansing of the temple is fulfilled in the Gospel accounts by the Meshiah, and the time is 329 days counting only the seven hours in a day according to the sacred calendar day. The hours of the crucifixion are also the six hours of the opening creation account without the Shabbat hour, (for in it he rested, after the saying, "It is finished").

Here is part of, (but not all of), what is meant by "It is finished" ~

Genesis 2:3 LXX (Brenton Translation)
3 And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it he ceased from all his works which God began to do.

The underlined portion in the above statement is actually a more correct way to understand the Hebrew text but not many translators render it that way. Here are several translations from the Hebrew that are close enough to get the point across:

Genesis 2:3 YLT (Young's Literal)
3 And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.

Genesis 2:3 HRB2012
3 And Elohim blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because He rested from all His work on it, which Elohim had created to make.

.......which Elohim (cut-down) created to be done.......

Why is this important? because although the works were finished from the foundation of the world, (Hebrews 4:3), still yet the Master says the following:

John 4:34 KJV
34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

Hi Daq,

Thanks for the message.

Scripture tells us the Sabbath is from evening to evening Leviticus 23:32 Mark 15:24 which is a 24 hour period. Days start in the evening. You quoted a non-Adventist source and EGW has a lot of writings, which many take out of context , just like people do with scripture. I do not quote EGW in my posts I always make my case through scripture.

I skimmed through your post, but if I have more time I will try to read more closely and respond.

God bless.

 

[Gary K]

Rocks or no rocks, it doesn't concern me. But how are you going to be baptized?

Water and the Spirit.

 

[Bob S]

Acts 20:7

Even if you could somehow prove that "breaking of bread" means they took communion, it still lends no significance whatsoever to that first day signifying that Sunday is a day of rest, and flies in the face of the fact that the apostles were observing the Sabbath as has been shown many times over in the book of Acts.

I agree Freth. There is absolutely no command to "keep" Sunday holy. By the same token there is no command to observe the old covenant Israelite Sabbath. We new covenant Christians are free to gather when convenient. If you prefer to gather on Saturday go for it, just be careful not to tell others they won't get their eternal reward if they refuse to follow your example. Your prophet, whom I deem as a false prophet, wrote that those who do not adhere to the Sabbath requirements will lose their eternal reward. She had no bases to make such an accusation.

Colossians 2:16 - Context is Key

The surrounding verses bring context to verse 16.

Colossians 2:14-15 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; and having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.​

I believe if we continue to study the meaning of those verses we will know exactly that all of the Law was against the Israelites. 2Cor3:7 Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, transitory though it was, 8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 9 If the ministry that brought condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness! 10 For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory. 11 And if what was transitory (temporary) came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!

Eph 2:14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace,

Because of those two verses we can identify the meaning of Col2:16. No one is to judge me in what I eat or drink or for not keeping the special days given only to Israel. Those were shadows and Jesus Christ is or reality.

Where else do we find mention of meat, drink, new moons and sabbath days?​

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1 Chronicles 23:31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the Lord in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the Lord.​

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2 Chronicles 2:4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.​

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2 Chronicles 8:12-13 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the Lord on the altar of the Lord, which he had built before the porch, even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of wyou solemn feasts.​

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Also see Numbers 28:1–29:40, which is too long to post here.​

The verses above show the context of Colossians 2:16, pointing to sacrifices and offerings, to feast days, to handwriting of ordinances that were blotted out, nailed to the cross.

Every one of those verses were dealing with one nation, Israel.

Conclusion

Acts 20:7 is not evidence of Sunday sacredness.

I agree, but I do not agree to the verses you used to come to your conclusion.

Colossians 2:16 is not a blanket statement. It specifically refers to the handwriting of ordinances which were nailed to the cross. Paul is not giving me free license to eat and drink what I want, nor to break the Sabbath commandment.

Gentiles were never under the Sabbath command Freth. Where did you get the Idea we were?

Paul also warns against philosophy and vain deceit after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, after the commandments and doctrines of men, which just so happens to point to the very issue concerning Sabbath commandment.

Do you really believe all other Christians follow vain deceit any more than SDAs do. Example; your church teaches that everyone must tithe. God didn't require everyone of the Israelites to tithe. Jesus and the disciples would not have come under the tithing law. The New Testament doesn't teach tithing. That is a tradition of men teaching.

 

[HTacianas]

Water and the Spirit.

Read the story of Philip and the Samaritans at Acts 8 and then let us know how you were baptized in the Spirit.

 

[RileyG]

No one agrees that that is true. The verses you quoted above of the Sabbath are entirely Jewish. The Apostles preached in the synagogues on the Sabbath because that's when the Jews were there. If you read Acts 20:7 you'll see the Apostles gathering on the first day -the Lord's Day- for the Eucharist. Christians have always gathered on the Lord's Day, that day being the first day of the week, i.e., Sunday.

From my education, this is correct. The apostles were Jewish Christians and would have identified as both. (with the exception of those who were Gentile converts).

 

[Gary K]

I agree Freth. There is absolutely no command to "keep" Sunday holy. By the same token there is no command to observe the old covenant Israelite Sabbath. We new covenant Christians are free to gather when convenient. If you prefer to gather on Saturday go for it, just be careful not to tell others they won't get their eternal reward if they refuse to follow your example. Your prophet, whom I deem as a false prophet, wrote that those who do not adhere to the Sabbath requirements will lose their eternal reward. She had no bases to make such an accusation.

I believe if we continue to study the meaning of those verses we will know exactly that all of the Law was against the Israelites. 2Cor3:7 Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, transitory though it was, 8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 9 If the ministry that brought condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness! 10 For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory. 11 And if what was transitory (temporary) came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!

Eph 2:14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace,

Because of those two verses we can identify the meaning of Col2:16. No one is to judge me in what I eat or drink or for not keeping the special days given only to Israel. Those were shadows and Jesus Christ is or reality.


Every one of those verses were dealing with one nation, Israel.

I agree, but I do not agree to the verses you used to come to your conclusion.

Gentiles were never under the Sabbath command Freth. Where did you get the Idea we were?


Do you really believe all other Christians follow vain deceit any more than SDAs do. Example; your church teaches that everyone must tithe. God didn't require everyone of the Israelites to tithe. Jesus and the disciples would not have come under the tithing law. The New Testament doesn't teach tithing. That is a tradition of men teaching.

You did start reading early enough in 2Corinthians.

2Corinthians 3: 3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

So the law of God is now written in our hearts rather than on the tables of stone. This means the 4th commandment is also written in our hearts.

 

[reddogs]

Still, you are not answering the question. If there has always been a remnant who are they? Where have they been? How did you meet them?

And by the way. You are mis-applying Rev 12:17 and 22:14. Those are polemics against the antinomians.

Read your Bible, look at Romans 11:4-5

 

[reddogs]

This is exactly what scripture warns us about. God has people in all churches, but tells us to come out of our false teachings. Rev 18:4 If we partake in the wine of Babylon (false teachings) we will also receive the plagues in God’s Word. We are called to worship in Truth and Spirit John 4:23-24 and Jesus says false worship is keeping mans traditions over the commandments of God. The SDA church can’t take credit for God’s Ten Commandments, that is all God’s work Exo 32:16 Exo 31:18 we are just here to remind everyone to worship God, the way He asked, not the way we want. This same scenario has played out over and over in scripture and its not wise to think we can follow the same path of disobedience and expect a different result. Heb 4:11 Eze 20:13 Eze 20:21

The Ten Commandments is like a mirror so we can ”see” our sins. It shows God’s righteousness (right doing) Psa 119:172, so we don’t depend on our own self-righteousness. We cannot sanctify ourselves, only God can Eze 20:12 We should obey God even if its not the popular choice like Daniel and his friends, we need to follow God the way He asks through faith and love Romans 3:31 1 John 5:3 John 14:15 Exo 20:6 if we bury our sins, we cannot confess or forsake them, therefore we can’t receive God’s mercy and grace Pro 28:13. The devil wants nothing more for us to bury and stay in our sins and not confess or forsake them, but that will lead us down the wrong path Romans 6:16

I think if they look up the Inquisition, it shows what the Papacy did to say nothing of the wholesale destruction of believers like the Waldenses and others.

 

[reddogs]

Well for one I'm not Catholic. And just so you know, there are certain earmarks of people who talk about these things that give away the fact that they live in a bubble. I don't mean this by way of insult, but I can tell you are one of those who do live in a theological bubble. The Mormons, the SDAs, and several other groups that came out of the mass hysteria of upstate New York in the early 1800s are such groups. They see everything through the lens of Protestantism vs. Catholicism. They see things that way because that is the only thing they know. They were, and are, wholly ignorant of the Eastern Churches. For example, the Indian Orthodox Church. The Indian Church was never influenced by the Roman Church yet worships on Sunday. They worship on Sunday -the Lord's Day- because that is what they were taught by Saint Thomas when he founded the Church in the first century.

Now, what makes you so sure you are not the one being led astray by your religious leaders? When Jesus Christ founded the Orthodox Church he said "the gates of hell shall not prevail against it". And every decision made by the Church has been made with the full authority of Jesus Christ. He said to his Apostles:

Mat 18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

If the Roman Church wants to take credit for making Sunday the Sabbath over Saturday then so be it. I say it was done by the Church long before -if it ever actually was done at all. Regardless of all of that, the Christian day of worship is Sunday, the Lord's Day. It always has been.

Its not just take credit, they revel and trumpet it over Protestants..

"Protestants ... accept Sunday rather than Saturday as the day for public worship after the Catholic Church made the change... But the Protestant mind does not seem to realize that ... in observing Sunday, they are accepting the authority of the spokesman for the Church, the pope." Our Sunday Visitor, February 5th, 1950. This Rock


Question: Which is the Sabbath day?
Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath day.

Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday. -Rev. Peter Geiermann C.SS.R., The Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, p. 50


Q. Should not the Protestant doubt when he finds that he himself holds tradition as a guide?
A. Yes, if he would but reflect that he has nothing but Catholic Tradition for keeping the Sunday holy; ... Controversial Catechism by Stephen Keenan, New Edition, revised by Rev. George Cormack, published in London by Burns & Oates, Limited - New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benzinger Brothers, 1896, pages 6, 7.

"The Church, on the other hand, after changing the day of rest from the Jewish Sabbath, or seventh day of the week, to the first, made the Third Commandment refer to Sunday as the day to be kept holy as the Lord's Day. The Council of Trent (Sess. VI, can. xix) condemns those who deny that the Ten Commandments are binding on Christians." The Catholic Encyclopedia, Commandments of God, Volume IV, © 1908 by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition © 1999 by Kevin Knight, Nihil Obstat - Remy Lafort, Censor Imprimatur - +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York, page 153.

''The [Roman Catholic] Church changed the observance of the Sabbath to Sunday by right of the divine, infallible authority given to her by her founder, Jesus Christ. The Protestant claiming the Bible to be the only guide of faith, has no warrant for observing Sunday. In this matter the Seventh-day Adventist is the only consistent Protestant.'' The Catholic Universe Bulletin, August 14, 1942, p. 4.

"All of us believe many things in regard to religion that we do not find in the Bible. For example, nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to 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. Today most Christians keep Sunday because it has been revealed to us by the Church outside the Bible." The Catholic Virginian, "To Tell You The Truth,” Vol. 22, No. 49 (Oct. 3, 1947).

"... you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify." The Faith of Our Fathers, by James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, 88th edition, page 89. Originally published in 1876, republished and Copyright 1980 by TAN Books and Publishers, Inc., pages 72-73.

'Deny the authority of the Church and you have no adequate or reasonable explanation or justification for the substitution of Sunday for Saturday in the Third - Protestant Fourth - Commandment of God... The Church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact.'' Catholic Record, September 1, 1923.

"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? Yes, of course, it is inconsistent; but this change was made about fifteen centuries before Protestantism was born, and by that time the custom was universally observed. They have continued the custom, even though it rests upon the authority of the Catholic Church and not upon an explicit text in the Bible. That observance remains as a reminder of the Mother Church from which the non-Catholic sects broke away - like a boy running away from home but still carrying in his pocket a picture of his mother or a lock of her hair." The Faith of Millions


"Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. "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 day of resurrection, the day of Pentecost, fifty days later, came on the first day of the week. So this would be the new Sabbath. People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become 7th Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy." 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. In keeping the Sunday they are following a law of the Catholic Church.' Albert Smith, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, replying for the Cardinal, in a letter dated February 10, 1920.

'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. 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 the Elizabeth, NJ on March 18, 1903. This Rock


'Of course these .. quotations are exactly correct. The Catholic Church designated Sunday as the day for corporate worship and gets full credit or blame ' This Rock,The Magazine of Catholic Apologetics and Evangelization, p.8, June 1997


'The observance of Sunday by the Protestants is 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.

 

[Lukaris]

I satisfied that the women worshipped the risen Lord on His resurrection (Matthew 28:9),