"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.) So this would be the new Sabbath. Someone Admits to Changing 0000003536 00000 n Someone Admits to Changing God's Law In a recent Catholic church newsletter, it stated, "Perhaps the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century [actually in happened in the fourth century]. Preparing for Yahuwah's Earthly Kingdom, Established at Yahushua's Imminent Return! Today, great When a man or a woman is honestly mist, Come Out of Her, My People! The church is above the Bible, 0000012382 00000 n Question: who changed the seventh-day Sabbath to Sunday? However, when the Julian calendar was being enforced upon Christians for ecclesiastical use, no one at the time confused dies Saturni with Sabbato. Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be contentious as Pope John Paul II continues to press for mandatory Sunday The Pope is of so great authority and power that he can modify, explain, or interpret even divine law". Catholic Church Quotes On The Sabbath To Sunday Change sense of its own power. 0000003758 00000 n What right has any other church to keep this day? Church abolished not only the Sabbath, but all the other Jewish festivals. [Home] [TheControversy] [OnlineBooks] [StudytheWord!] Not to mention the almost successful extermination of the Jews mentioned in the book of Esther. . is the Catholic Church.. The origins of Saturday reveal the shocking identities of the hidden god and his representative. Order our comprehensive Bible guide to learn what else you havent been told. Adventism and the Final Conflict - Amazing Discoveries By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week. And lo! . window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { Just another site. But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. So the great irony is that even the Seventh-day Adventists themselves are not worshipping on exactly the same Sabbath day as the Jews of the time of Christ. "And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men (Matthew 15:9). On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. 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 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.. Domini] was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but 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 Thus, they chose another day of worship and rest. . CALENDAR BULLETIN ONLINE-GIVING Saint Catherine Parish is a member of the Milwaukee West-side Catholic Parishes along with Saint Sebastian. wants kept is Sunday, regardless of your persuasion. Did Christ change the day'? - It's not a Globe! Question: Is Sunday worship supported by the Bible? "Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles. Thank you for your patience and continued support! St. Catherine of Siena - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online 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. 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. 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. As conservative Catholic scholar and apologist Patrick Madrid stated: [The] calendar that we follow, including Seventh-day Adventists, is not only a calendar that was devised by the Catholic Church, but also it is a calendar thats based upon the solar year, not the lunar year. did, happened in the first century. In this post, discover how man has turned Sabbath Day into Sunday worship. St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Vallejo, CA - Facebook ), pp. Tradition, not Scripture, is the rock on which the church of Jesus Christ is built. (7) A. T. Jones, The Two Republics, (Ithaca, Michigan: A. (9) Eusebius, Commentary on the Psalms, Psalm 91 (Psalm 92 in the A.V. . 0000003002 00000 n 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? Instead, they followed in the footsteps of their mother church. St. Francis of Assisi. 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. 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. An ancient proverb claimed: He who controls the calendar, controls the world. Who controls you? . 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. 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. 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. "The Day of the Lord" (dies Dominica) was The Catholic Church designated Sunday as the day for corporate worship and gets full credit or blame for the change. 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. 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? Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever Was the Saturday Sabbath Changed to Sunday - United Church of God Why? . He chose Sunday, not because he wants to follow God, but because it was the day Sol Invictus was being worshipped! . It is clear that their function is such that none greater can be conceived. 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. Among these men were Justin Martyr, Ignatius, and Clement of Alexandria. How the Sabbath Day became Sunday? | Becoming Christians Roman Catholic Church seventh day Sabbath. })(); 'The Christian Life' is a non-profit organisation registered in Norway. 86 26 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. Discuss with a minister? 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? View Download. ); View All Collections English Bulletins. This was the era of Constantine the Great, when the public position of the Church so greatly improved, a change which must certainly have been very noticeable at Rome. (10). wrote the Bible. The word Sunday does not come anywhere in the Bible, so, without knowing it they are obeying the authority of the Catholic Church. 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. IX p. 416. (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'. 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.. Again, these were two different days on two distinct calendar systems. We have already mentioned earlier that it was Constantine who made it official to make Christianity the religion of the Roman Empire. Catholics, knowing full well that there is no Biblical reason to worship on Sunday, have seen how inconsistent Protestants are. - Yahuwah's, The True Shape of the Earth: Sunday Bulletin - St. Catharine Let us then have nothing in common with the detestable Jewish crowd.. 3, tit. 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. Father Saenz and Father Gilbert lead their Catholic-based community members in prayer and charity, offering both Latin and Novus Ordo masses for all to attend. 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. trailer (7). Get to know staff and parishioners at Saint Sebastian and Saint Catherine. 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. Why You Should Never Try To Contact The Dead, Powerful Answers To 13 Popular Sabbath Questions. After the edict of Nica, apostolic Christians continued to worship by the luni-solar calendar. St. Catherine of Siena was born during the outbreak of the plague in Siena, Italy on March 25, 1347. 31-33, vol 17 (1869 ed. 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. keep Saturday holy (emphasis added). - The last message of mercy ever to be given. VI, can. (5). 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. Suggestions? Sabbath. Every place is the right place, and every time is the right time." In keeping the Sunday they are following a law of the Catholic Church. It was Satan's plan to have this Church change the Sabbath to Sunday. After the death of the original apostles and their contemporaries, the job of getting rid of Gods laws has become easier. Will you follow the commandments and traditions of men? II, pp. (function() { Deadline to receive information is the Thursday 10 days before the Sunday you wish the information to appear. 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 . Mithraism is the official religion of the Roman Empire before Constantine declared Christianity to be so. Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21, 1995 "It is evident that the popes can neither be bound nor unbound by any earthly power, nor even by that of the apostle [Peter], if he should return upon the earth; since Constantine the Great has recognized that the pontiffs held the place of God upon earth, divinity not being able to be . Saint Catherine Parish is located in Milwaukee County the traditional territory of the Menominee, Fox, Mascouten, Sauk, Potawatomi, Ojibwe and Ho-Chunk tribes. Catholic Church. People who think that the 0000012338 00000 n (Given the 7th day of March, Crispus and Constantine being consuls each of them for the second time [A.D. 321] (Codex Justinianus, lib. 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. Quoted in Symposium on Revelation, pp. 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. 0000001240 00000 n DANGER! 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. Instead, you post secondary sources and hearsay as your "evidence". At the opening ceremonies of the Council of Nicaea, Eusebius sat to the right of Constantine and gave the opening address. (3). Wherefore they are justly called not only angels, but also God, holding as they do among us the power and authority of the immortal God. A. Nampon, Catholic Doctrine as Defined by the Council of Trent, pp. 405, 406, translated), The Saviour Himself is the door of the sheepfold: I am the door of the sheep. Into this fold of Jesus Christ, no man may enter unless he be led by the Sovereign Pontiff; and only if they be united to him can men be saved, for the Roman Pontiff is the Vicar of Christ and His personal representative on earth. Pope John XXIII in his homily to the Bishops and faithful assisting at his coronation on November 4, 1958, It was not necessary for the Redeemer to die in order to save the world; a drop of his blood, a single tear, or prayer, was sufficient to procure salvation for all; for such a prayer, being of infinite value, should be sufficient to save not one but a thousand worlds. 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. 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. The Sun was a foremost god with heathen-domThe sun has worshippers at this hour in Persia and other lands. was changed from Saturday to Sunday. But I pray and hope you make the right decision! For this is His will: That we obtain everything through Mary. Pope Pius IX, But the supreme teacher in the Church is the Roman Pontiff. The holy day, the Sabbath, In even stronger Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because For Constantine, the first Christian Roman Emperor, it is considered unworthy to have anything to do with the Jews. you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. Her father was a cloth dyer. it helps to pay the bills and keeps this website running. 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. 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. (6) Patrick Madrid on Open Line, EWTN, Global Catholic Radio Network, January 5, 2006. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday. Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of our Father, p. 89, The Bible says remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. 31-33, Vol 17 (1869 ed. words, Pope John Paul II has asked for more })(); 'The Christian Life' is a non-profit organisation registered in Norway. For a full list of interviewees, Click Here. Reason and 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. . Answer: The history of the change and the admissions are stunning. (10) Pope Sylvester I (d. December 31, 335), Catholic Encyclopedia, www.newadvent.org. 5101 West Center Street, Milwaukee, WI 53210 / (414) 445-5115 Quick Q&A: Why or how important is it to keep the Sabbath? PDF The Mark of the Beast - Roparna If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday. Historians would agree that Christians in the first century kept Saturday as the Sabbath. In this same letter, Enright offers $1000 to any one who can prove to me from the Bible alone that I am bound, under grievous sin, to keep Sunday holy. There is no denying that the Catholic Church is responsible for the change: The Commandments, or Decalogue . 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. 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. It shall remain consecrated, sanctified.' 2, p. 316. From the time of Hebrew babies being killed in Egypt to the time of the Holocaust in World War II. Throughout the history of man, among the most hated ethnic groups are the Hebrews. "Pastor's Page," The Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel Volume 50, Number 22 (May 21,1995). 2023 The Bible Says That All rights reserved. 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. Catholic Churches Churches & Places 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 Ten Commandments - Roman Catholic Church Version 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. Sunday is our mark of authority. For example, nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church - ABOUT US After reading all the information above, we can now answer some fundamental questions. And this is the victory that has over, "Papal Infallibility: Its not what most Protestants think!" The Catholic church says No! 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. Must Wa, Talking to the Dead: 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. ), pp. 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. Can the dead see us? 12, 3; translated in Phillip Schaffs History of the Christian Church, Vol. . They have continued the custom even though it rests upon the authority of the Catholic Church and not upon an explicit text from the Bible. (5) Charles George Herbermann, Knights of Columbus Catholic Truth Committee, The Catholic Encyclopedia, (Harvard University: Encyclopedia Press, 1908), p. 153, emphasis supplied. He also amplified or interpreted them, . 340-341), The Roman Pontiff, head of the college of bishops, enjoys this infallibility in virtue of his office, when, as Supreme Pastor and teacher of all the faithfulwho confirms his brethren in the faithhe proclaims by a definitive act a doctrine pertaining to faith or morals.The infallibility promised to the Church is also present in the body of bishops when, together with Peters successor, they exercise the supreme Magisterium, above all in an Ecumenical Council. The official day of worship for Mithraism was Sunday. 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. 6 Proven Facts Why Church On Sunday Is Unbiblical, Identify The Antichrist Now With These 13 Shocking Characteristics. St. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. . ST. CATHERINE CATHOLIC CHURCH 3019 Cayce Lane, Columbia, Tennessee 38401 Ph. Now, more than ever before, it is imperative to guard every avenue to, "Once Saved, Always Saved?"
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