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. The Catholic church says No! 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, 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 judged by any living man. 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, . ); Compromise is impossible. . How to Say Happy Sabbath in Different Languages. callback: cb 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. (7). It was the Catholic church whichhas transferred this rest to Sunday in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. The Protestant claiming the Bible to be the only guide of faith, has no warrant for observing Sunday. 12, 3). Most importantly, is the change authorized in the Bible? : (931) 388-3803 Fax: (931) 381-8837 www.stcatherinecc.org After Hours Emergency Contact (931) 215-5980 Rev. "It was the Catholic church which.has transferred this rest to Sunday in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. Most Christians assume that Sunday is the biblically approved day of worship. days later, came on the first day of the week. . When a man or a woman is honestly mist, Come Out of Her, My People! Throughout the history of man, among the most hated ethnic groups are the Hebrews. forms: { on: function(evt, cb) { 23, column 1172, authors translation, as quoted in R. L. Odom, Sunday Sacredness in Roman Paganism, Review & Herald Publ. What does it mean to dwell in the secret place of the Most High (Psalms 91:1)? St Peters Parish. If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday. Romes Challenge www.immaculateheart.com/maryonline Dec 2003. And this is the victory that has over, "Papal Infallibility: Its not what most Protestants think!" listeners: [], - Yahuwah's, The True Shape of the Earth: The leader of the Catholic church is defined by the faith as the Vicar of Jesus Christ (and is accepted as such by believers). Among these men were Justin Martyr, Ignatius, and Clement of Alexandria. Quick Q&A: Did the Sabbath change from the seventh day of the week to the first? 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. Subscribe now! Join our growing Christian Community Today and receive your Free Gift! Catholic scholars have always known the truth, though. Question: Is Sunday worship supported by the Bible? or disregard for that day? is the Catholic Church.. Can the dead c. of the Redemptoral College, Kansas City, in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas, February 18, 1884, printed in History of the Sabbath, p. 802. [2] These reasons are more than satisfactory for the Catholic. 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. We need to learn how to help our Trinitarian friends understand John's words as he intended for them to be understood. Now that you know the origin of Sunday worship and how it replaced the God-ordained Sabbath, you should have a better understanding of what you should do as a true follower of the Messiah. God's Law. As a bishop and theologian, he certainly had access to original documents in the Vatican archives! Hence the Pope is crowned with a triple crown, as king of heaven and of earth and of the lower regions. The Catholic Church changed the Ten Commandments by removing the 3rd Commandment concerning graven images and moved the 4th Commandment up to the 3rd, then dividing the 10th Commandment into two, still counting Ten Commandments. Every place is the right place, and every time is the right time." And, as being Christians, shall, if possible, do no work on that day. Hefeles Councils, Vol. 67-68: Constantine was almost certainly a Mithraic, and his triumphal arch, built after his conversion, testifies to the Sun-god, or unconquered sun. whenever the pope thinks, it is God Himself, who is thinking in him. (Fritz Leist, Der Gefangene des Vatikanus, p. 344. There is no such law in the Bible. 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. 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. Since then, syncretism has become a tool for the Roman Catholic Church to conquer pagans and gentiles and put them under control with the use of religious deception. Is not the observance of this law among the most prominent of our sacred duties? But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. 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. The church is above the Bible, 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. Protestants must be rather puzzled by the keeping of Sunday when God distinctly said, 'Keep holy the Sabbath Day.' <<970BC2F837BAC04AA6DCFB4AF7B35AE5>]>> . Constantine NEVER abandoned sun-worship and kept the sun on his coins. " 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 . It was Satan's plan to have this Church change the Sabbath to Sunday. wants kept is Sunday, regardless of your persuasion. In fact, instead of being ashamed of it, they are proud of changing the Sabbath day and changing other laws of God. . 0000000816 00000 n it helps to pay the bills and keeps this website running. 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. Sentinel, Pastor's page, Saint Catherine Catholic Church, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995 . 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. The priest himself has the power to do so in Christs name. Or will they still hold the indefensible, self contradictory, and suicidal doctrine and practice of following the authority of the Catholic church and wear the SIGN of her authority? . 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. . He made Sunday into a day of rest, closing the law courts and forbidding all work except agricultural labour.. "The Day of the Lord" (dies Dominica) was Whose Day of Worship is Sunday? 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 . 0000011291 00000 n Mithraism is the official religion of the Roman Empire before Constantine declared Christianity to be so. 31-33, Vol 17 (1869 ed. Quick Q&A: Will the day of worship change when Christ returns. Instead, you post secondary sources and hearsay as your "evidence". } [1-minute video], Which day should Christians go to Church? Hefeles A History of the Councils of the Church, Vol. View All Collections English Bulletins. But shall work on that day; but the Lords day they shall especially honor. from the Churchs sense of its own power. 2 Thess 2:15. 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. Sunday is founded, not of scripture, but on tradition, and is distinctly a Catholic institution. Again, "They will seek to change times and laws." 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. For the religious leaders, this is evil and should be stopped. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. After almost a decade, he made a proclamation that the day of worship should be done on Sunday and not Saturday. One of his greatest works was History of the Councils of the Church from the Original Documents. Arthur P. Stanley, History of the Eastern Church, p. 184 "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 . . 2023 The Bible Says That All rights reserved. Publishing, Inc., n.d.), p. 321, emphasis supplied. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. 0000003536 00000 n 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. Is this something the Federal government should He that despiseth the priest despiseth God; he that hears him hears God. When Emperor Hadrian reigned beginning in 117 A.D., he began to persecute the Jewish people. 0000001550 00000 n (6) Patrick Madrid on Open Line, EWTN, Global Catholic Radio Network, January 5, 2006. It came from Judaism, but it was distinct from it. 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. The Catholic Church has always been very open about her role in changing the calendar. If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday." Letter, Dies Domini, was quoted as saying that a violator should be Of course these two old quotations are exactly correct. xb```b``d`e`de@ ^(= w7dD2YW. Click here to listen to his lecture. } At the opening ceremonies of the Council of Nicaea, Eusebius sat to the right of Constantine and gave the opening address. In this matter the Seventh-day Adventist is the only consistent Protestant. Daniel Reehil, Pastor Email: fatherreehil@stcatherinecc.org "To the servant of God. The observance of Sunday by the Protestants is homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] Church. There is, in truth, something royal, kingly about the sun, making it a fit emblem of Jesus, the Sun of Justice. In even stronger But is this really what he, Sadly, many who take the name "Christian," often condemn others whose sins differ from their own, supposedly lesser, Time is drawing to a close. However, a deeper look at his life after his conversion tells you otherwise. 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. . hotly debated issue of legislating Sunday as a day of rest. Welcome to Church Finder - the best way to find Christian churches in Provo UT. St. Catherine of Siena Church is a community parish which walks the line between the traditional Catholicism and the modern day world. B. On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. Catholic Doctrine, by Peter Geiermann, 50. . If we obey God and keep His Sabbath day Holy, we give our allegiance to God. Saint Catherine Catholic Church, So this would be the new The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. In keeping the Sunday they are following a law of the Catholic Church. Albert Smith, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, replying for the Cardinal in a letter dated February 10, 1920. And thus the pagan Sunday, dedicated to Balder, became the Christian Sunday, sacred to Jesus. Suggestions? (5). The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth. Pope Pius V, quoted in Barclay, Chapter XXVII, p. 218, Cities Petrus Bertanous, The foundation of all our confidence is found in the Blessed Virgin Mary. If however, they are found Judaizing, they shall be shut out from Christ. 6. 0000011056 00000 n was changed from Saturday to Sunday. 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. We are, then, infallible, and whatever may be our acts, we are not accountable for them but to ourselves. (Cormenin, History of the Popes, p. 243, as cited in R. W. Thompson, The Papacy and the Civil Power, p. 248), The pope is the supreme judge of the law of the land. 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? It was at the Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325 that Emperor Constantine made Sunday the official day of worship for the entirety of the Roman Empire. Since Constantine has already been worshiping on Sunday, then it was only natural for him to choose Sunday as the new Sabbath day. 0000005432 00000 n 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 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. As a result, as much as possible, the Christianity that Constantine upheld didnt want to have anything that is considered Jewish. event : evt, 0000012338 00000 n . (1). 0000001240 00000 n People who think that the Catholic Churches Churches & Places of Worship. Why? { St. Francis of Assisi. And God Himself is obliged to abide by the judgment of His priests, and either not to pardon or to pardon. 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. --> The doctrine of infallibility, while not what many, The Creator is very specific about which times are appointed for worship. 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. ), Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with her; she could not have substituted the observance of Sunday the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday the seventh day, a change for which there is no Scriptural authority. Rev. Question - Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday? WLC. window.mc4wp.listeners.push( 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. 0000012382 00000 n Were the Redeemer to descend into a church, and sit in a confessional to administer the sacrament of penance, and a priest to sit in another confessional, Jesus would say over each penitent, Ego te absolve, the priest would likewise say over each of his penitents, Ego te absolve, and the penitents of each would be equally absolved Thus the priest may, in a certain manner, be called the creator of his Creator, since by saying the words of consecration, he creates, as it were, Jesus in the sacrament, by giving him a sacramental existence, and produces him as a victim to be offered to the eternal Father let the priest, says St. Laurence Justinian, approach the altar as another Christ. St. Alphonsus Liguori, The Dignities and Duties of the Priest (1927), All names which in the Scriptures are applied to Christ, by virtue of which it is established that he is over the church, all the same names are applied to the Pope. (Robert Bellarmine, Disputationes de Controversiis, Tom. All of this was foreseen many years ago by the men who ---> A Non-WLC Article: "14 Reasons Why I Wont Watch The Chosen", Faith is the victory! We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath Day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. . He had prohibited any practice related to Judaism and that includes the seventh-day Sabbath. The thrust is not From the Old Testament to the New Testament, from Genesis to the Revelation, from Adam to the last person born today, you will NEVER read any direct command and even any indication that the Sabbath has already been done away with. In the beginning, He created a time-keep, A little late, but still important! Her mother was 40 when she was born. But this theory is entirely abandoned. Is not every Christian obliged to sanctify Sunday and to abstain on that day from unnecessary servile work? To make things even clearer, the Bible explicitly says that Yahshua (Jesus Christ), His Disciples, and the early Christian churches kept the seventh-day Sabbath. For Constantine, the first Christian Roman Emperor, it is considered unworthy to have anything to do with the Jews. If you are looking for a church JOIN FOR FREE to find the right church for you. "Pastor's Page," The Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel Volume 50, Number 22 (May 21,1995). After the death of the original apostles and their contemporaries, the job of getting rid of Gods laws has become easier. Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?. "For whatever is born of Yahuwah overcomes the world. xix) condemns those who deny that the Ten Commandments are binding on Christians. 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 News, Elizabeth, New Jersey, March 18, 1903. 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. . . 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. consider what has been said by the leaders of the Christian People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become 7th Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy. Roman Catholic Church located at 3450 Tennessee Street, Vallejo, CA - phone: (707) 553-1355 . 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? DANGER! (1) Heinrich Graetz, History of the Jews, (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1893), Vol. wrote the Bible. ST. CATHERINE CATHOLIC CHURCH 3019 Cayce Lane, Columbia, Tennessee 38401 Ph. The holy day, the Sabbath, The Bible says, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. The Catholic Church says: No. the nations day of rest. worship of God, and to support with their own authority the regulations They have no other reasonThe observance of Sunday thus comes to be an ecclesiastical law entirely distinct from the divine law of Sabbath observanceThe author of the Sunday lawis the Catholic Church. Ecclesiastical Review, February 1914. All of us believe many things in regard to religion that we do not find in the Bible. Will they do it? will they indeed take the written word only, the Scripture alone, as their sole authority and their sole standard? I AM JOSHUA and Im on a mission to help fellow Christians build a closer and more intimate relationship with God. The Church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact.'. startxref The Church altered the observance of the Sabbath to the observance of Sunday. CALENDAR BULLETIN ONLINE-GIVING Saint Catherine Parish is a member of the Milwaukee West-side Catholic Parishes along with Saint Sebastian. It is no secret that the Roman Catholic Church played a huge role in turning the Sabbath into Saturday. 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. Professor Bill Schlegel provides invaluable tips on this subject in this excellent presentation. As recently as July, 1998, the Pope, in his Apostolic They have no other reason . Read Roman Catholic Church seventh day Sabbath for more quotes. Why did Satan do this? Quick Q&A: Why or how important is it to keep the Sabbath? Anti-semitism played a role, as can be seen in the previously quoted statement by Constantine: Let us have nothing in common with this odious people [the Jews] . . of the Redemptoral College, Kansas City, in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas, February 18, 1884, printed in History of the Sabbath, p. 802. 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. st catherine catholic church sentinel may 21, 1995 But the Scripture does not in particular mention this change of the Sabbath. The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic sources have throughout the years made a whole list of interesting statements. Email: parish@oremstfrancis.org Email: Send bulletin information to parish@oremstfrancis.org. Cap. strident measures be taken to insure a day of rest is observed, and to inflict ); - Privacy Policy. you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. Addiction is sin! 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. to shake hands. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify. observance of Sunday as a national day of rest. overtly religious but is couched in a concern for the welfare of the American family. Sadly, this unbiblical doctrine is lulling many into a false sense of security. listeners: [], This activity is being Most Christians have no idea that this even happened or how. The author of the Sunday law . Must Wa, Talking to the Dead: Matt. 2. 86 0 obj <> endobj 33-34, The priest does not have to ask God to forgive your sins. Aside from that, you will NEVER read in the Bible that the sanctity of the Sabbath has been transferred to Sunday! I dont select the ads displayed here but generated by advertising software. Source: Sentinel, Pastor's Page (Fr. . Question: who changed the seventh-day Sabbath to Sunday? 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). . Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the First Century. The information is easy to find. 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. H. J. Schroeder (trans.