Read what historian Paul Johnson wrote in his book, A History of Christianity, 1976, pp. Matt. They have no other reason . Hence the church in these countries would seem to have said, Keep that old pagan name. 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. 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? "Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles. Today most Christians keep Sunday because it has been revealed to us by the Church outside the Bible. Every place is the right place, and every time is the right time." .The observance of Sunday thus comes to be an ecclesiastical law entirely distinct from the divine law of Sabbath observance . From the time of Hebrew babies being killed in Egypt to the time of the Holocaust in World War II. Saint Catherine Catholic Church, . [1-minute video], The Plain Truth About Tithing [YouTube Shorts compilation], 3 types of heaven in the Bible [1-minute video]. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. Becoming Catholic Confession Confirmation Funeral Planning Marriage Mass & The Holy Eucharist Counseling Services Pregnancy Resources Request & Offer Help Here St. Catharine School St. Catharine Preschool Athletics SPICE Home About Mass Times Confession Times Bulletin Calendar & Events Live-Stream It is the height of pride and rebellion against the Great and Living God! Quick Q&A: Did the Sabbath change from the seventh day of the week to the first? 0000001069 00000 n The word Sunday does not come anywhere in the Bible, so, without knowing it they are obeying the authority of the Catholic Church. Search newspaper archives from 1607-2023 in 3.19 billion old newspaper articles about more than 8.5 billion people! 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. For the religious leaders, keeping the Sabbath on the right day is considered judaizing. It means that if you keep the Sabbath, you are trying to transform Christianity into Judaism. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. 0000001240 00000 n He is also called ordinary of ordinaries. An ancient proverb claimed: He who controls the calendar, controls the world. Who controls you? Meet new people from all over the world, make friends, change your status, upload photos, earn points, & so much more! Hence said law is not in the Bible. Constantine was a well-known worshipper of the sun god Sol Invictus. Mount Mary University is a private Roman Catholic women's university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.The university was founded in 1913 by the School Sisters of Notre Dame and was Wisconsin's first four-year, degree-granting Catholic college for women. Or will they keep the Sunday according to the tradition of the Catholic church. Ibid, page 31, We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty. (The Great Encyclical Letters of Leo XIII, p. 304), The belief in the Bible as the sole source of faith is unhistorical, illogical, fatal to the virtue of faith, and destructive of unity. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XIII, Protestantism, Section III A Sola Scriptura (Bible Alone), Nihil Obstat, February 1, 1912 by Remy Lafort, D.D., Censor, Imprimatur. [actually in happened in the fourth century]. . 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. Some theologians have held that God likewise directly determined the Sunday as the day of worship in the NEW LAW, that he himself has explicitly substituted Sunday for the Sabbath. Deadline to receive information is the Thursday 10 days before the Sunday you wish the information to appear. He is the true vicar, the head of the entire church, the father and teacher of all Christians. should logically become 7th Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy. And they wanted to show that Christianity was distinct from Judaism. trailer . --> The doctrine of infallibility, while not what many, The Creator is very specific about which times are appointed for worship. The observance of Sunday by the Protestants is homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] Church. They believe that they have the authority of God. Assoc., 1944, p. 141. Therefore the observance of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] church." . . revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century 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. 0000011056 00000 n Thus the observance of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Roman Catholic] church. Monsignor Louis Segur, Protestantsaccept Sunday rather than Saturday as the day for public worship after the Catholic Church made the changeBut the Protestant mind does not seem to realize thatin observing the Sunday, they are accepting the authority of the spokesman for the church, the Pope., 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. Did Christ change the day'? Orem, UT 84057 Phone: 801-221-0750 Fax: 801-221-0759. Right click and Save Link As to download file. 0000003002 00000 n observance of Sunday as a national day of rest. . The Bible says, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. The Catholic Church says: No. 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. { For a full list of interviewees, Click Here. We have already mentioned earlier that it was Constantine who made it official to make Christianity the religion of the Roman Empire. Your sins are forgiven by the priest the same as if you knelt before Jesus Christ and told them to Christ Himself. Quoted in Lorraine Boettner, Roman Catholicism, p. 197. Can the dead see us? 0000002474 00000 n Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. ), in J. P. Migne, Patrologia Graeca, Vol. Catherine herself was a twin, but her sister did not survive infancy. View joshua.infantado.1s profile on Facebook, View joshuainfantados profile on Twitter, View joshuainfantados profile on LinkedIn, View +JoshuaInfantados profile on Google+, Follow Becoming Christians on WordPress.com, What Does it Mean to Put your Hand on the Plow and Look Back? })(); 'The Christian Life' is a non-profit organisation registered in Norway. , . Question: Is Sunday worship supported by the Bible? overtly religious but is couched in a concern for the welfare of the American family. window.mc4wp.listeners.push( People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, In even stronger In fact, instead of being ashamed of it, they are proud of changing the Sabbath day and changing other laws of God. Before the battle, it was said that he saw a vision of a fiery cross in the sky, which encouraged him and became victorious. The same message is being made in an 1895 Catholic newspaper called The Catholic National: "The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, but he is Jesus Christ himself hidden under the veil of flesh." If that is not enough, read what the Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel (May 21, 1995) said: Cap. . Lastly, I get commissions for purchases made through my Amazon affiliate links in this website. If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday." This same Church, by the same divine authority, taught the doctrine of Purgatory long before the Bible was made. . ); window.mc4wp.listeners.push( They presumptuously claim that they are making decisions on behalf of the Almighty! Even in the New Testament, we have seen deeply-rooted strife among the Jewish and Gentile Christians. } We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath Day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. With this proclamation, Constantine became a master of syncretism the practice of combining pagan worship with true Christian worship. of the Redemptoral College, Kansas City, in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas, February 18, 1884, printed in History of the Sabbath, p. 802. 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. 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. Hence the church in these countries would seem to have said, to 'Keep that old pagan name [Sunday]. MANY CHURCH LEADERS and politicians are unified on the He is likewise bishop of the universal church. "The Day of the Lord" (dies Dominica) was Catholic scholars have always known the truth, though. 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. "Pastor's Page," The Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel Volume 50, Number 22 (May 21,1995). If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday. 0000003994 00000 n Catholic Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. 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. The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic sources have throughout the years made a whole list of interesting statements. The power of the priest, says St. Bernardine of Sienna, is the power of the divine person; for the transubstantiation of the bread requires as much power as the creation of the world. St. Alphonsus de Liguori, Dignity and Duties of the Priest or Selva, pp. If we obey God and keep His Sabbath day Holy, we give our allegiance to God. Compromise is impossible. The Catholic Mirror, December 23, 1893, She took the pagan Sunday and made it the Christian Sunday and thus the pagan Sunday, dedicated to Balder, became the Christian Sunday sacred to Jesus. Catholic World, March 1894, p. 809, Of course the Catholic church claims that the change was her act, and the act is a mark of her ecclesiastical power. Faith of our Fathers, Cardinal Gibbons, Sunday is a Catholic institution, and its claims to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles From the beginning to the end of Scripture there is not a single passage which warrants the transfer of weekly public worship from the last day of the week to the first. Catholic Press (Sydney) August 25, 1900, If Protestants would follow the Bible, they should worship God on the Sabbath Day. legislate? Why? Moreover the superiority and the power of the Roman Pontiff by no means pertain only to the heavenly things, to the earthly things, and to the things under the earth, but are even over angels, than whom he is greater. As in creating the world it was sufficient for God to have said, Let it be made, and it was created -He spoke, and they were made- so it is sufficient for the priest to say, Hoc est corpus meum, and behold the bread is no longer bread, but the body of Jesus Christ. . Transhumanism is Satans ultimate goal: men created in his own image. She was the 25th child born to her mother, although half of her brothers and sisters did not survive childhood. As a bishop and theologian, he certainly had access to original documents in the Vatican archives! 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. IX p. 416. 0000006164 00000 n The holy day, the Sabbath, (3). 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.'. - Also in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1899 Edition, Vol. It was the Catholic church whichhas transferred this rest to Sunday in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. 1, p. 266), translated, And God himself is obliged to abide by the judgment of his priest and either not to pardon or to pardon, according as they refuse to give absolution, provided the penitent is capable of it. Liguori, Duties and Dignities of the Priest, p.27, This is our last lesson to you: receive it, engrave it in your minds, all of you: by Gods commandment salvation is to be found nowhere but in the Church; the strong and effective instrument of salvation is none other than the Roman Pontificate. Pope Leo XIII, Allocution for the 25th anniversary of his election, February 20, 1903; Papal Teachings: The Church, Benedictine Monks of Solesmes, St. Paul Editions, Boston, 1962, par. A Biblically-based community focused on prophetic truths revealing the imminent return of the Saviour. 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. (function() { God has committed to her the treasury of all good things, in order that everyone may know that through her are obtained every hope, every grace, and all salvation. Letter, Dies Domini, was quoted as saying that a violator should be 17 (1628 ed., Vol. forms: { Hover here for a document clip or select for full original image. With this, we are now beginning to see the history of the Sabbath controversy. } Quick Q&A: Does the Bible say we should go to church on Sunday? Sunday is founded, not of scripture, but on tradition, and is distinctly a Catholic institution. 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.. . 0000003758 00000 n Compromise is impossible. Catholic Churches Churches & Places of Worship. It is also likely that many of the Catholic writers themselves were unaware of the full history behind the modern week. So, it is not a great surprise to see how anti-semitism also played a role in erasing the history of the Sabbath in the true Church. I AM JOSHUA and Im on a mission to help fellow Christians build a closer and more intimate relationship with God. The church made this law long after the Bible was written. . I am passionate about inspiring people to find their God-given purpose in life. (9) Eusebius, Commentary on the Psalms, Psalm 91 (Psalm 92 in the A.V. I have repeatedly offered $1,000 to anyone who can prove to me from the Bible alone that I am bound to keep Sunday holy. . St. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. People who think that the Introduction There are many theories about the Mark of the Beast: Chip, tattoo, barcode As a result, faithful Christians were forced to keep the Sabbath in secret and gather together in catacombs and hidden places. We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. Quoted in Symposium on Revelation, pp. Throughout the history of man, among the most hated ethnic groups are the Hebrews. The word think is used because the Roman Catholic Church think they have changed the day and that their authority stands above scripture and that God will just go along with their change, but in reality, as far as God is concerned it remains eternally unchanged. ST. CATHERINE CATHOLIC CHURCH 3019 Cayce Lane, Columbia, Tennessee 38401 Ph. The Sunday-worship had further become stronger during the time of Constantine the Great. ironic to see 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. In this matter, the Seventh-day Adventist is the only consistent Protestant. The Catholic Universe Bulletin, August 14, 1942, But since Saturday, not Sunday, is specified in the Bible, isnt it curious that non-Catholics who profess to take their religion directly from the Bible and not from the Church, observe Sunday instead of Saturday? words, Pope John Paul II has asked for more See here for a statement by Dr. E. T. Hiscox, author of the Baptist Manual. T. Enright, Bishop of St. Alphonsus Church, clearly states: It was the Catholic Church which made the law obliging us to keep Sunday holy. (2) Patrick Madrid, comments on Open Line, EWTN, Global Catholic Radio Network, January 5, 2006. In this post, discover how man has turned Sabbath Day into Sunday worship. Even Constantine the Great has been reported to say these words at the Council of Nicaea: It appeared an unworthy thing that in the celebration of this most holy feast [Passover] we should follow the practice of the Jews . There is, in truth, something royal, kingly about the sun, making it a fit emblem of Jesus, the Sun of Justice. cooperate with the church in maintaining and strengthening this public The Catholic church says No! 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. For an expos of the powers behind the scenes, clickHERE. The 10 Powerful Lessons from Psalm 23 You Need to Learn Now! Subscribe now! But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. 33-34, The priest does not have to ask God to forgive your sins. 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.
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