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. In this post, discover how man has turned Sabbath Day into Sunday worship. 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. An excellent example of Saturday being knowingly or unknowingly substituted for Sabbath is found in the cannons of the Council of Laodicea. The Catholic Church answers this question below with two of their quotes. keep Saturday holy (emphasis added). xref . Why did Satan do this? 0000004222 00000 n The church is above the Bible, It is not even surprising to see, when Constantine adopted Christianity, that it was difficult for him to completely abandon Mithraism. . 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. "Is Saturday the seventh day according to the Bible and the Ten Commandments? The day of resurrection, the day of Pentecost, fifty If Protestants would follow the Bible, they would worship God on the Sabbath Day. did, happened in the first century. "The Day of the Lord" (dies Dominica) was If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday." callback: cb There are a lot of people who rose and started to attack various fundamental doctrines of Gods true Church. 0000002474 00000 n Answer: The history of the change and the admissions are stunning. By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week. event : evt, 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. Every place is the right place, and every time is the right time." 2, b. Get to know staff and parishioners at Saint Sebastian and Saint Catherine. 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. 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. The word Sunday does not come anywhere in the Bible, so, without knowing it they are obeying the authority of the Catholic Church. CALENDAR BULLETIN ONLINE-GIVING Saint Catherine Parish is a member of the Milwaukee West-side Catholic Parishes along with Saint Sebastian. This church doctrine demanded all Christians to break Commandment #4 by working on Sabbath. They presumptuously claim that they are making decisions on behalf of the Almighty! 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. . And the Jewish calendar that was observed in the time of Christ . 0000012338 00000 n After reading all the information above, we can now answer some fundamental questions. In the beginning, He created a time-keep, A little late, but still important! If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday. Romes Challenge www.immaculateheart.com/maryonline Dec 2003. Heres why . Leo Broderick), The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify. James Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of Our Fathers (1917 edition), p. 72-73 (16th Edition, p 111; 88th Edition, p. 89), For example, nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. Her mother was 40 when she was born. The Sun was a foremost god with heathen-domThe sun has worshippers at this hour in Persia and other lands. Thank you for your patience and continued support! But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. 5101 West Center Street, Milwaukee, WI 53210 / (414) 445-5115 The Pope has the authority and often exercised it, to dispense with the command of Christ. Decretal, de Tranlatic Episcop. On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. legislate? (function() { The day of the Lord was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the (Catholic) Churchs sense of its own powerPeople who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become 7th Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy. St. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. Of course, the day that he } What does it mean to dwell in the secret place of the Most High (Psalms 91:1)? 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 . . Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change (Saturday Sabbath to Sunday) was her actAnd the act is a mark of her ecclesiastical authority in religious things. H. F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons. But this theory is now entirely abandoned. And thus the pagan Sunday, dedicated to Balder, became the Christian Sunday, sacred to Jesus. I am passionate about inspiring people to find their God-given purpose in life. So this would be the new Sabbath. When Emperor Hadrian reigned beginning in 117 A.D., he began to persecute the Jewish people. Church abolished not only the Sabbath, but all the other Jewish festivals. By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week. And lo! St. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. 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. Not to mention the almost successful extermination of the Jews mentioned in the book of Esther. 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. efforts are being made to gain influence in the executive and legislative circles of the Saturday, dies Saturni, the original first day of the planetary week is a counterfeit of the true seventh-day Sabbath day of the Bible. After the death of the original apostles and their contemporaries, the job of getting rid of Gods laws has become easier. The church made this law long after the Bible was written. %PDF-1.4 % "And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men (Matthew 15:9). 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. 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. B. Suggestions? [Home] [TheControversy] [OnlineBooks] [StudytheWord!] 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. Eusebius of Caesarea, a church historian contemporary with Constantine and his frequent flatterer, is often quoted regarding the Sunday legislation of the time. 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. . And they wanted to show that Christianity was distinct from Judaism. He made Sunday into a day of rest, closing the law courts and forbidding all work except agricultural labour.. Did Christ change the day'? From beginning to end of Catherine herself was a twin, but her sister did not survive infancy. For instance, the institution of Sunday. If we obey God and keep His Sabbath day Holy, we give our allegiance to God. . 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. Click here to listen to his lecture. - It's not a Globe! St. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. . If that is not enough, read what the Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel (May 21, 1995) said: Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. it helps to pay the bills and keeps this website running. The Catholic church says No! 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. - Time will soon be no more! 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 With this proclamation, Constantine became a master of syncretism the practice of combining pagan worship with true Christian worship. 0000002079 00000 n 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.. 0000005432 00000 n 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? Tradition, not Scripture, is the rock on which the church of Jesus Christ is built. Is this something the Federal government should follows a lunar calendar, which is several days short of the solar year. - Privacy Policy. The Scripture commands us to hear the church (St.Matt.18:17; St. Luke 10:16), and to hold fast the traditions of the apostles. I answer no! })(); 'The Christian Life' is a non-profit organisation registered in Norway. Protestants must be rather puzzled by the keeping of Sunday when God distinctly said, 'Keep holy the Sabbath Day.' 26-27, Thus the priest may, in a certain manner, be called the creator of his Creator, since by saying the words of consecration, he creates, as it were, Jesus in the sacrament, by giving him a sacramental existence, and produces him as a victim to be offered to the eternal Father. In this matter the Seventh-day Adventist is the only consistent Protestant. 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. Search newspaper archives from 1607-2023 in 3.19 billion old newspaper articles about more than 8.5 billion people! - Also in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1899 Edition, Vol. 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. defended only on Catholic principles. Question - Which is the Sabbath day? 2, p. 174. This list of quotes reveals the true colors of this church system as predicted in Bible prophecy. As recently as July, 1998, the Pope, in his Apostolic If, however, they are found Judaizing, they shall be shut out [anathema excommunicated] from Christ. Council of Laodicea, c. A.D. 337, Canon 29, quoted in C.J. Sadly, even after the Great Reformation, Christians who left the Roman Catholic Church were never able to revert back to the Biblical Sabbath. . whenever the pope thinks, it is God Himself, who is thinking in him. (Fritz Leist, Der Gefangene des Vatikanus, p. 344. She was the 25th child born to her mother, although half of her brothers and sisters did not survive childhood. All of this was foreseen many years ago by the men who 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. 31-33, Vol 17 (1869 ed. 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. Quoted in Symposium on Revelation, pp. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. The Council of Trent (Sess. 12, 3; translated in Phillip Schaffs History of the Christian Church, Vol. "Pastor's Page," The Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel Volume 50, Number 22 (May 21,1995). Is not every Christian obliged to sanctify Sunday and to abstain on that day from unnecessary servile work? For all Trinitarians, Johnprovidesa 'solid' proof of Christ's divinity, especially in what he penned in the first chapter of his gospel. All knew that they were two different days bytwo distinct calendar systems. window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { 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. The decision of the Council of Nicaea to set aside Biblical calendation was merely confirmed by Constantine in royal edict. St. Catherine Catholic Church - Sentinel May 21, 1995 - Volume 50, Number 22, Algonac Michigan Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. Here are just a few below. 5101 West Center Street, Milwaukee, WI 53210 / (414) 445-5115, FORMED: The Catholic Faith On Demand Subscribe HERE, The Catholic Ecology Center click here. Additionally, the Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel from May 21, 1995, had the following to say: "Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. 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 observance of Sunday by the Protestants is homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] Church. 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. Deadline to receive information is the Thursday 10 days before the Sunday you wish the information to appear. How to Say Happy Sabbath in Different Languages. At the opening ceremonies of the Council of Nicaea, Eusebius sat to the right of Constantine and gave the opening address. 67-68: Constantine was almost certainly a Mithraic, and his triumphal arch, built after his conversion, testifies to the Sun-god, or unconquered sun. According to stories, he converted to Christianity after winning his battle against the Roman Emperor Maxentius in A.D. 312. Is Sunday the first day of the week and did the Church change the seventh day - Saturday - for Sunday, the first day? 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. Compromise is impossible. Addiction is sin! For an expos of the powers behind the scenes, clickHERE. 524-525. There is but one church on the face of the earth which has the power, or claims power, to make laws binding on the conscience, binding before God, binding under penalty of hell-fire. He had prohibited any practice related to Judaism and that includes the seventh-day 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. "Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles. from Saturday to Sunday. (7) A. T. Jones, The Two Republics, (Ithaca, Michigan: A. 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.
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