One of his greatest works was History of the Councils of the Church from the Original Documents. It was the Catholic church whichhas transferred this rest to Sunday in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. The Catholic Church has always been very open about her role in changing the calendar. 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. Welcome to Church Finder - the best way to find Christian churches in Provo UT. Currently, the Vatican is asking the civil closing laws" (Church & State, May, 1992). 0000005915 00000 n Hover here for a document clip or select for full original image. now keep holy (Roman Catechism, 1985, emphasis supplied). If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday. Romes Challenge www.immaculateheart.com/maryonline Dec 2003. trailer With this proclamation, Constantine became a master of syncretism the practice of combining pagan worship with true Christian worship. 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. ST. CATHERINE CATHOLIC CHURCH 3019 Cayce Lane, Columbia, Tennessee 38401 Ph. Thus, they chose another day of worship and rest. He chose Sunday, not because he wants to follow God, but because it was the day Sol Invictus was being worshipped! The church chose Sunday, the first day of the week, and in the course of time added other days as holy days. 3, tit. 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. } "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. With this, we are now beginning to see the history of the Sabbath controversy. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. Publishing, Inc., n.d.), p. 321, emphasis supplied. 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? 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. The day of resurrection, the day of Pentecost, fifty 111 0 obj <>stream - NASA's entire space program is built on a lie. 0000003758 00000 n The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. The Catholic church says No! Quoted in Symposium on Revelation, pp. Catholic Doctrine, by Peter Geiermann, 50. (3) Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons, (New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1959), p.105, emphasis supplied. Yes, of course, it is inconsistency but this change was made about fifteen centuries before Protestantism was born, and by that time the custom was universally observed. 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. Will they keep the Sabbath of the Lord, the seventh day, according to Scripture? 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. from Saturday to Sunday. It is ironic to see this kind of legislation being promoted when you People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically . 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. Answer: The history of the change and the admissions are stunning. The Bible says, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. The Catholic Church says: No. . Constantine was a well-known worshipper of the sun god Sol Invictus. Let us then have nothing in common with the detestable Jewish crowd.. As a result, as much as possible, the Christianity that Constantine upheld didnt want to have anything that is considered Jewish. { In the country, however, persons engaged in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits; because it often happens that another day is not so suitable for grain-sowing or for vine-planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the bounty of heaven should be lost. "The Day of the Lord" (dies Dominica) was For example, nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. (9) Eusebius, Commentary on the Psalms, Psalm 91 (Psalm 92 in the A.V. 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. "punished as a heretic" (Detroit News, July 7, 1998). . Question: Is Sunday worship supported by the Bible? Born in Siena [Italy] in 1347, into a very large family, she died in Rome in 1380. . legislate? (5). The leader of the Catholic church is defined by the faith as the Vicar of Jesus Christ (and is accepted as such by believers). For Constantine, the first Christian Roman Emperor, it is considered unworthy to have anything to do with the Jews. I answer yes. DANGER! 'The Day of the Lord' [ dies domini] was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the Church's sense of its own power" ( Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995). If Protestants would follow the Bible, they would worship God on the Sabbath Day. So, it is not difficult to see how we got the word Sunday as it is the day of the sun. Preferentes autem in veneratione Dominicum diem si vacre voluerint, ut Christiani hoc faciat; quod si reperti fuerint Judaizere Anathema sint a Christo. . (1). 65 East 500 North. Is there consciousness after death? . 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. [GOD'sHealthLaws] [ReligiousLiberty] [Links]. .The observance of Sunday thus comes to be an ecclesiastical law entirely distinct from the divine law of Sabbath observance . . , . 0000004222 00000 n of the Redemptoral College, Kansas City, in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas, February 18, 1884, printed in History of the Sabbath, p. 802. strident measures be taken to insure a day of rest is observed, and to inflict punishment on those who would transgress. - It's not a Globe! Read what historian Paul Johnson wrote in his book, A History of Christianity, 1976, pp. Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles From beginning to end of Scripture there is not a single passage that warrants the transfer of weekly public worship from the last day of the week to the first. Catholic Press, Sydney, Australia, August 1900. (Given the 7th day of March, Crispus and Constantine being consuls each of them for the second time [A.D. 321] (Codex Justinianus, lib. 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. . that we may rightly say she redeemed the human race together with Christ. Benedict XV, Inter Sodalicia, 1918, The priest is the man of God, the minister of God. Someone Admits to Changing It is generally believed that he was the priest that finally baptized Constantine shortly before his death. 0000009601 00000 n The civil authorities should be urged to Catholic Church. 0000000016 00000 n It shall remain consecrated, sanctified The Catholic World, March 1994, p. 809, Constantine published the Edict of Milan, granting freedom of religion in the empire and establishing Sunday as a day of worship. Colliers Encyclopedia vol 7, p. 212, It appeared an unworthy thing that . Therefore the observance of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] church." intel director salary. contentious as Pope John Paul II continues to press for mandatory Sunday But since Saturday, not Sunday, is specified in the Bible, isn't it curious that non-Catholics who profess to take their religion directly from the Bible and not the Church, observe Sunday instead of Saturday? While it is true that Constantines religious edicts have lessened Christian persecution, he made sun worship even more popular not just among the pagans, but in the Christians as well. The thrust is not whenever the pope thinks, it is God Himself, who is thinking in him. (Fritz Leist, Der Gefangene des Vatikanus, p. 344. 366-367, The Pope is of great authority and power that he can modify, explain, or interpret even divine laws The Pope can modify divine law, since his power is not of man, but of God, and he acts as vicegerent of God upon earth. Lucius Ferraris, Prompta Ribliotheca, Papa, art. 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. It is also likely that many of the Catholic writers themselves were unaware of the full history behind the modern week. The Mark of the Beast PURPOSE: The loyalty of every person in the world will be tested in the end-time crisis by whose commandments they choose to obey - hrist's or Antichrist's. FOCUS: Jesus is alone worthy of worship and the one who can make something holy. B. "The day of the Lord" was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the Church's sense of its own power .. People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become Seventh-day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy." (Saint Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995.) Catholics, knowing full well that there is no Biblical reason to worship on Sunday, have seen how inconsistent Protestants are. 0000012338 00000 n 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. Now - as to the quote from the St. Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21, 1995 - this is an OPINION, not a Church teaching. He is likewise the divine monarch and supreme emperor, and king of kings. For a detailed account on who changed the Sabbath to Sunday, read the Sabbath to Sunday change or who changed the Sabbath to Sunday. At the opening ceremonies of the Council of Nicaea, Eusebius sat to the right of Constantine and gave the opening address. He is the viceregent of Christ, who is not only a Priest forever, but also King of kings and Lord of lords. (La Civilta Cattolica, March 18, 1871, quoted in Leonard Woolsey Bacon, An Inside View of the Vatican Council (American Tract Society ed. The church is above the Bible, 17 (1628 ed., Vol. 0000000816 00000 n } T. Enright, Bishop of St. Alphonsus Church, clearly states: It was the Catholic Church which made the law obliging us to keep Sunday holy. For he is of so great dignity and power that he forms one and the same tribunal with Christ. The Catholic Church designated Sunday as the day for corporate worship and gets full credit or blame for the change. . 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. 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 Lords Day. This church doctrine demanded all Christians to break Commandment #4 by working on Sabbath. Can the dead c. By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week. And lo! Source: Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21, 1995 ( A Catholic Journal ) "Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did happened in the first century. Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because (6). listeners: [], When the historical facts of the Julian calendar are understood, it is clearly established that Sunday is not the only worship day founded upon pagan calendation. ), p. 229, n, The Pope by reason of the excellence of his supreme dignity is called bishop of bishops. 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.'. The Bible says, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. The Catholic Church says: No. [1-minute video], The Plain Truth About Tithing [YouTube Shorts compilation], 3 types of heaven in the Bible [1-minute video]. All knew that they were two different days bytwo distinct calendar systems. 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 this something the Federal government should There are just a few things to chew on. The primitive Christians did keep the Sabbath of the Jews; Therefore the Christians, for a long time together, did keep their convocations upon the Sabbath in which some portions of the law were read: and this continued till the time of the Laodicean council. The Whole Works Of Jeremy Taylor, Vol. Is not every Christian obliged to sanctify Sunday and to abstain on that day from unnecessary servile work? 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. After almost a decade, he made a proclamation that the day of worship should be done on Sunday and not Saturday. Domini] was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but Roman Catholic Church seventh day Sabbath. (2) Patrick Madrid, comments on Open Line, EWTN, Global Catholic Radio Network, January 5, 2006. 12, 3). The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify. When a man or a woman is honestly mist, Come Out of Her, My People! We have now clearly shown that the reasons given by many to justify why they keep Sunday as the Sabbath are un-Biblical and incorrect. Question: who changed the seventh-day Sabbath to Sunday? ---> A Non-WLC Article: "14 Reasons Why I Wont Watch The Chosen", Faith is the victory! - The last message of mercy ever to be given. A lot of Catholics would claim that Constantine was the first Christian Roman Emperor. 0000001550 00000 n 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. St. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. 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 . It shall remain consecrated, sanctified.' . United States federal government in order to enact laws for the 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. - Yahuwah's, The True Shape of the Earth: Of course these two old quotations are exactly correct. (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'. . . 5101 West Center Street, Milwaukee, WI 53210 / (414) 445-5115, FORMED: The Catholic Faith On Demand Subscribe HERE, The Catholic Ecology Center click here. For an expos of the powers behind the scenes, clickHERE. The Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel had this to say on the issue: People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become 7th Day Adventists, . . 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 observance of Sunday by the Protestants is homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] Church. Whose Day of Worship is Sunday? startxref Instead, they followed in the footsteps of their mother church. Protestants must be rather puzzled by the keeping of Sunday when God distinctly said, 'Keep holy the Sabbath Day.' 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 entire civilized world bows down in a reverent obedience to the command of the holy Catholic Church. father T. Enright, C.S.S.R. st catherine catholic church sentinel may 21, 1995 For it is only in this way that the Why? St. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. However, this has gradually changed at the turn of the second century. View All Collections English Bulletins. See for yourself how many of these statements are unbiblical or even outright blasphemous. days later, came on the first day of the week. } A Biblically-based community focused on prophetic truths revealing the imminent return of the Saviour. The day of the Lord was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the (Catholic) Churchs sense of its own power People 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. But the Scripture does not in particular mention this change of the Sabbath. Church abolished not only the Sabbath, but all the other Jewish festivals. 524-525. He is the true vicar, the head of the entire church, the father and teacher of all Christians. Or will you follow Yahweh, the supreme Ruler of this vast universe and the only Authority we should obey? "For whatever is born of Yahuwah overcomes the world. Of course, the day that he Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become Is Sunday the first day of the week and did the Church change the seventh day - Saturday - for Sunday, the first day? Roman Catholic Church located at 3450 Tennessee Street, Vallejo, CA - phone: (707) 553-1355 The decision of the Council of Nicaea to set aside Biblical calendation was merely confirmed by Constantine in royal edict. B, 3, chapter S. Sabbath A Hebrew word signifying rest Sunday was a name given by the heathens to the first day of the week, because it was the day on which they worshipped the sun. Bible Encyclopedia, John Eadie, D.D, L.L.D, p. 561, The sun was a foremost god with heathendom There is, in truth, something royal, kingly about the sun, making it a fit emblem of Jesus, the Sun of Justice. Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?. Quick Q&A: Will the day of worship change when Christ returns. ); If it were not enough for us that two of . 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 Sun was a foremost god with heathen-domThe sun has worshippers at this hour in Persia and other lands. But this theory is entirely abandoned. what was the practice of Christians throughout history. 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. Patrick Madrid, in a radio interview on January 5, 2006, made a point of this: There was a distinct break between the Old Testament requirements: the rituals and Mosaic covenant demands dealing with the Sabbath worship and animal sacrifices, and that sort of thing. And they wanted to show that Christianity was distinct from Judaism. It was the Catholic church whichhas transferred this rest to Sunday in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. The Council of Laodicea was convened approximately 40 years later to enforce the acceptance of the Lords Day in place of the lunar Sabbath. 18:15-18, Luke 10:16, John 16:12-15, John 20:21-23). Saturday, dies Saturni, the original first day of the planetary week is a counterfeit of the true seventh-day Sabbath day of the Bible. } of the Redemptoral College, Kansas City, in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas, February 18, 1884, printed in History of the Sabbath, p. 802. 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. XXIII, page 654. consider what has been said by the leaders of the Christian The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to 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. Saint Catherine Catholic Church, . 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. Search newspaper archives from 1607-2023 in 3.19 billion old newspaper articles about more than 8.5 billion people!