I AM JOSHUA and Im on a mission to help fellow Christians build a closer and more intimate relationship with God. it helps to pay the bills and keeps this website running. For all Trinitarians, Johnprovidesa 'solid' proof of Christ's divinity, especially in what he penned in the first chapter of his gospel. And they wanted to show that Christianity was distinct from Judaism. 0000001240 00000 n . 0000001069 00000 n If it were not enough for us that two of . The word Sunday does not come anywhere in the Bible, so, without knowing it they are obeying the authority of the Catholic Church. 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 . The Protestant claiming the Bible to be the only guide of faith, has no warrant for observing Sunday.. It is generally believed that he was the priest that finally baptized Constantine shortly before his death. 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. . After the edict of Nica, apostolic Christians continued to worship by the luni-solar calendar. 0000006164 00000 n [GOD'sHealthLaws] [ReligiousLiberty] [Links]. . Because the Catholic Church tells them to do so. authorities to cooperate with the Church in legislation of Sunday as Is not the observance of this law among the most prominent of our sacred duties? The Sun was a foremost god with heathen-domThe sun has worshippers at this hour in Persia and other lands. 86 26 When Catherine was 16 years old, motivated by a vision of St. Dominic, she entered the Third Order of the . overtly religious but is couched in a concern for the welfare of the American family. Or will you follow Yahweh, the supreme Ruler of this vast universe and the only Authority we should obey? Christ resumed these Commandments in the double precept of charity love of God and of neighbor; He proclaimed them as binding under the New Law in Matt., xix and in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt., v). Saint Catherine Parish is located in Milwaukee County the traditional territory of the Menominee, Fox, Mascouten, Sauk, Potawatomi, Ojibwe and Ho-Chunk tribes. 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! The pope can modify divine law, since his power is not of man, but of God, and he acts a vicegerent of God upon earth. Catholic Churches Churches & Places of Worship. Question: Is Sunday worship supported by the Bible? 0000011056 00000 n ); consider what has been said by the leaders of the Christian 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. 2, translated, The Pope has the power to change times, to abrogate laws, and to dispense with all things, even the precepts of Christ. ), pp. St. Francis of Assisi. 0000009601 00000 n He is likewise bishop of the universal church. 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., Most Christians assume that Sunday is the biblically approved day of worship. . 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.. wants kept is Sunday, regardless of your persuasion. In keeping the Sunday they are following a law of the Catholic Church. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify. James Cardinal Gibbons, 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. Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. 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. [2] These reasons are more than satisfactory for the Catholic. 67-68: Constantine was almost certainly a Mithraic, and his triumphal arch, built after his conversion, testifies to the Sun-god, or unconquered sun. 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 the Sunday for the Sabbath. When St. Paul repudiated the works of the law, he was not thinking of the Ten Commandments, which are as unchangeable as God Himself is, which God could not change and still remain the infinitely holy God. It was Satan's plan to have this Church change the Sabbath to Sunday. 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. . The Catholic Church designated Sunday as the day for corporate worship and gets full credit or blame for the change. Hence the Pope is crowned with a triple crown, as king of heaven and of earth and of the lower regions. For them, truth is whatever tradition and their pope decree it to be. He is the infallible ruler, the founder of dogmas, the author of and the judge of councils; the universal ruler of truth, the arbiter of the world, the supreme judge of heaven and earth, the judge of all, being judged by no one, God himself on earth. Quoted in the New York Catechism, The infallibility of the pope is the infallibility of Jesus Christ Himself. Stephan Keenan, A Doctrinal Catechism, On the Obedience Due to the Church, chap. Canon 29- Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday. [Seventh-day] Adventists, and keep Saturday holy. Saint Catherine Thus, one of the reasons that the Sabbath was abolished was to get rid of any trace of the Jews in the religion of Christianity. They [the Protestants] deem it their duty to keep the Sunday holy. Take a look at history and see how the Sabbath was gradually replaced by Sunday worship. The information is easy to find. Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever the Catholic Church in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 336) transferred the It is not even surprising to see, when Constantine adopted Christianity, that it was difficult for him to completely abandon Mithraism. 0000002474 00000 n (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'. Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become - The Earth is no, Daily surrender is the secret to a strong and lasting, joyous and intimate relationship with Yahuwah. . 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. By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week. And lo! Notice this admission from the Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21, 1995: "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 not from any directions noted in the Scriptures, but from the Churchs sense of its own power People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become 7thDay Adventists, and keep the Saturday holy. Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21, 1995, The authority of the Church could, therefore, not be bound to the authority of the Scriptures, because the Church had changed the Sabbath into Sunday, not by the command of Christ, but by its own authority. Canon on Tradition, p. 263, Sunday is our mark of authority The church s above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact. Catholic Record, Sept 1, 1923, Nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. 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. And the Jewish calendar that was observed in the time of Christ . Who Made Sunday Holy? duplicated in other parts of the world as well under the same pretense. Currently, the Vatican is asking the civil This same Church, by the same divine authority, taught the doctrine of Purgatory long before the Bible was made. Sunday is an institution of the Roman Catholic Church, and those who observe the day observe a commandment of the Catholic Church. And, as being Christians, shall, if possible, do no work on that day. Hefeles Councils, Vol. The Bible says, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. The Catholic Church says: No. He is likewise the divine monarch and supreme emperor, and king of kings. 2023 The Bible Says That All rights reserved. Churches in Utah County Utah and zip code 84601 are included with reviews of Baptist churches, Methodist churches, Catholic churches, Pentecostal and Assembly of God churches, Lutheran churches and other Protestant and Can the dead c. 563-564. 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. 1, pp. strident measures be taken to insure a day of rest is observed, and to inflict A Biblically-based community focused on prophetic truths revealing the imminent return of the Saviour. of the Redemptoral College, Kansas City, in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas, February 18, 1884, printed in History of the Sabbath, p. 802. Nowhere in the Bible is it stated that worship should be changed from Saturday to SundayNow the Churchinstituted, by Gods authority, Sunday as the day of worship. 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. "Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles. DANGER! . and hear us? As recently as July, 1998, the Pope, in his Apostolic Search newspaper archives from 1607-2023 in 3.19 billion old newspaper articles about more than 8.5 billion people! 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. event : evt, I answer no! . . . 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. 33-34, The priest does not have to ask God to forgive your sins. [1-minute video], The Plain Truth About Tithing [YouTube Shorts compilation], 3 types of heaven in the Bible [1-minute video]. [Home] [TheControversy] [OnlineBooks] [StudytheWord!] For a full list of interviewees, Click Here. Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change was her act. The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic sources have throughout the years made a whole list of interesting statements. (function() { 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. 0000012382 00000 n Preparing for Yahuwah's Earthly Kingdom, Established at Yahushua's Imminent Return! Tradition, not Scripture, is the rock on which the church of Jesus Christ is built. observance of Sunday as a national day of rest. . 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. Meet new people from all over the world, make friends, change your status, upload photos, earn points, & so much more! Revelation 13 also tells us that Satan gave his power and authority to the Catholic Church. The church chose Sunday, the first day of the week, and in the course of time added other days as holy days. La Iglesia de Santa Catalina de Siena es una . ironic to see We have also shown from scripture that the little horn of Daniel 7, which is synonymous with the beast of Revelation 13 would think to change Gods law and it did. IX p. 416. startxref The Sabbath is about who we give our allegiance to. It is not really fair to accuse Roman Catholics of dishonesty when all along they have said that their church changed the day of worship to Sunday. forms: { In order, therefore, to the accomplishment of her original purpose, it now became necessary for the church to secure legislation extinguishing all exemption, and prohibiting the observance of the Sabbath so as to quench that powerful protest [against worship on Sunday]. Eusebius of Caesarea, a church historian contemporary with Constantine and his frequent flatterer, is often quoted regarding the Sunday legislation of the time. Is Mary, Mother of Jesus, a Perpetual Virgin? Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because 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. Over the centuries, as the facts of history have been forgotten, Saturday has been assumed to be the Biblical seventh-day Sabbath. It is ironic to see this kind of legislation being promoted when you 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. - Privacy Policy. But I pray and hope you make the right decision! Aside from that, you will NEVER read in the Bible that the sanctity of the Sabbath has been transferred to Sunday! If we obey the Commandment of the Catholic Church and keep their day Holy, who do we give our allegiance to then? The Day of the Lord (dies domini) was chosen, NOT from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the Churchs sense of its own power . words, Pope John Paul II has asked for more - It's not a Globe! Saint Catherine Catholic Church, From beginning to end of The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. 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. But the Scripture does not in particular mention this change of the Sabbath. View All Collections English Bulletins. Here are just a few below. Deadline to receive information is the Thursday 10 days before the Sunday you wish the information to appear. Can the dead see us? (2). All things whatsoever it was duty to do on the Sabbath, these we have transferred to the Lords day, as being more appropriate, and chief, and first, and more honorable than the Jewish Sabbath. Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. So this would be the new Sabbath. } Today, great . Daniel Reehil, Pastor Email: fatherreehil@stcatherinecc.org "To the servant of God. . The Pope can modify divine law. Ferraris Ecclesiastical Dictionary, Have no fear when people call me the Vicar of Christ, when they say to me Holy Father, or Your Holiness, or use titles similar to these, which seem even inimical to the Gospel. Pope John Paul II, Crossing the Threshold of Hope (New York: Alfred A. Knoff. Heres why . 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. Question: in whose authority do the religious leaders change the Sabbath to Sunday? . Quick Q&A: Will the day of worship change when Christ returns. (3). For these reasons the Church changed the Lord's day from Saturday to Sunday. . Question: who changed the seventh-day Sabbath to Sunday? One of his greatest works was History of the Councils of the Church from the Original Documents. Quick Q&A: Why or how important is it to keep the Sabbath? For example, an announcement . should logically become 7th Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy. If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday. Scripture reveals, This shocking compilation of facts about the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, is a must read for any Bible Prophecy St, Revelation 17 & the 7 Kings: WLC has long taught that the seven mountains/kings are seven popes, with the late Bene, RT @LTCUnderground: Saturday Morning Underground #3 - Ordinals and Principles. })(); 'The Christian Life' is a non-profit organisation registered in Norway. . 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. 6 Proven Facts Why Church On Sunday Is Unbiblical, Identify The Antichrist Now With These 13 Shocking Characteristics. xix) condemns those who deny that the Ten Commandments are binding on Christians. SABBATH DAY QUOTES: You cant find the Sabbath being changed in scriptures so how did the change to Sunday happen? 17 (1628 ed., Vol. 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? st catherine catholic church sentinel may 21, 1995 to what you believe? 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. Dr. John OBrien, Faith of Millions, pp. As a result, as much as possible, the Christianity that Constantine upheld didnt want to have anything that is considered Jewish. Today most Christians keep Sunday because it has been revealed to us by the [Roman Catholic] church outside the Bible To Tell You the Truth, The Catholic Virginian, Oct. 3, 1947, p. 9, Sunday fulfillment of the Sabbath. We have, therefore, the same authority for Purgatory as we have for Sunday. Martin J. Scott, Things Catholics Are Asked About, 1927 edition, p. 136. 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.. . Posted on June 1, 2022 by . 1995): 6, The authority of the church could therefore not be bound to the authority of the Scriptures, because the Church had changedthe Sabbath into Sunday, not by command of Christ, but by its own authority. Canon and Tradition, p. 263, Is not yet too late for Protestants to redeem themselves. from the Churchs sense of its own power. . Roman Catholic Church seventh day Sabbath. The retention of the old pagan name of Dies Solis, for Sunday is, in a great measure, owing to the union of pagan and Christian sentiment with which the first day of the week was recommended by Constantine to his subjects - pagan and Christian alike - as the 'venerable' day of the sun. United States federal government in order to enact laws for the The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. window.mc4wp.listeners.push( 0000004299 00000 n Her father was a cloth dyer. If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday. Romes Challenge www.immaculateheart.com/maryonline Dec 2003. By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week. 0000007281 00000 n VI, can. (1) Heinrich Graetz, History of the Jews, (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1893), Vol. . The church made this law long after the Bible was written. Publishing, Inc., n.d.), p. 321, emphasis supplied. This list of quotes reveals the true colors of this church system as predicted in Bible prophecy. During the reign of Emperor Hadrian, worshipping on the first day of the week became the norm. Compromise is impossible. Mithraism is the official religion of the Roman Empire before Constantine declared Christianity to be so. . Assoc., 1944, p. 141. The observance of Sunday by the Protestants is homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] Church. 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 . Most Christians have no idea that this even happened or how. MANY CHURCH LEADERS and politicians are unified on the Transhumanism is Satans ultimate goal: men created in his own image. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. Want to receive our free, digital Christian magazine? Read what historian Paul Johnson wrote in his book, A History of Christianity, 1976, pp. Quoted in Symposium on Revelation, pp. Everyone knew that dies Saturni had recently been moved from the first day of the pagan week to the last day of the pagan week, while Sabbato was the seventh day of the Jewish luni-solar calendar with which no one in power wished to be associated. listeners: [], The Council of Laodicea was convened approximately 40 years later to enforce the acceptance of the Lords Day in place of the lunar Sabbath. trailer Sunday is expressly distinguished from the Sabbath which it follows chronologically every week; for Christians its ceremonial observance replaces that of the Sabbath The Sabbath, which represented the completion of the first creation, has been replaced by Sunday which recalls the new creation, has been replaced by Sunday which recalls the new creation inaugurated by the Resurrection of Christ In respecting religious liberty and the common good of all, Christians should seek recognition of Sundays and the Churchs holy days as legal holidays. The Catechism of the Catholic Church Section 2 Article 3 (1994), The (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. window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { 2 Thess 2:15. Any honest and thinking Bible scholars will tell you that the official Sabbath Day in the Bible is Saturday and not Sunday. For Constantine, the first Christian Roman Emperor, it is considered unworthy to have anything to do with the Jews. ), p. 229, n, The Pope by reason of the excellence of his supreme dignity is called bishop of bishops. window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { . The entire civilized world bows down in a reverent obedience to the command of the holy Catholic Church. Father T. Enright, C.S.S.R. The Pope is of so great authority and power that he can modify, explain, or interpret even divine law". Comments? Before the battle, it was said that he saw a vision of a fiery cross in the sky, which encouraged him and became victorious. Domini] was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but 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. ________________________________________________________________________. For example, nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. Catholic Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. The Pope is considered the man on earth who "takes the place" of the Second Person of the omnipotent God of the Trinity. Read Roman Catholic Church seventh day Sabbath for more quotes. 0000003002 00000 n 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. Saturday, dies Saturni, the original first day of the planetary week is a counterfeit of the true seventh-day Sabbath day of the Bible. Quick Q&A: Does the Bible say we should go to church on Sunday? 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 . At the opening ceremonies of the Council of Nicaea, Eusebius sat to the right of Constantine and gave the opening address. . (1). 543-544, Reason and common sense demand the acceptance of One or the other of these alternatives: either Protestantism and the keeping holy of Saturday, or Catholicity and the keeping holy of Sunday.

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