If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday. Romes Challenge www.immaculateheart.com/maryonline Dec 2003. The Council of Trent (Sess. According to stories, he converted to Christianity after winning his battle against the Roman Emperor Maxentius in A.D. 312. Daniel Reehil, Pastor Email: fatherreehil@stcatherinecc.org "To the servant of God. 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. Historians would agree that Christians in the first century kept Saturday as the Sabbath. 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. It was the Catholic church whichhas transferred this rest to Sunday in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. 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). I answer no! For instance, the institution of Sunday. But our wonder should be far greater when we find that in obedience to the words of his priests HOC EST CORPUS MEUM God himself descends on the altar, that he comes wherever they call him, and as often as they call him, and places himself in their hands, even though they should be his enemies. 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 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. [2] These reasons are more than satisfactory for the Catholic. 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! There is so much to do and Learn here at World's Last Chance! 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. This activity is being
There are a lot of people who rose and started to attack various fundamental doctrines of Gods true Church. 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. days later, came on the first day of the week. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. (Luke 9:62), 17 Unbelievable Bible Secrets No One Has Ever Told You, 12 Unspoken Reasons Why You Should Not Use the New International Version (NIV) Bible, 10 Little-Known Lessons from the life of Tabitha (Dorcas) in Acts 9:36-43, 5 Powerful and Vital Lessons from the Life of Samson, 12 Awesome Lessons We Learn from the Healing of the Man Blind from Birth (John 9:1-41), 5 Powerful Lessons from the Life of Jephthah. But shall work on that day; but the Lords day they shall especially honor. (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'. Can the dead c. . 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. 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 . He that despiseth the priest despiseth God; he that hears him hears God. 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. But the Scripture does not in particular mention this change of the Sabbath. . solemnity from Saturday to Sunday. The Converts Catechism of
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), Fourteenth Session: Sacrament of Penance, The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent (Rockford, IL: TAN Books 1978): 92, The Bible says remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. 2, AControversia Prima, Book 2 (ADe Conciliorum Auctoritate [On the Authority of Councils]), chap. forms: { Professor Bill Schlegel provides invaluable tips on this subject in this excellent presentation. . Hover here for a document clip or select for full original image. 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. For the religious leaders, this is evil and should be stopped. Catholic Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. 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] . 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. Discover the pagan origins of Christmas. Saint Catherine Parish is located in Milwaukee County the traditional territory of the Menominee, Fox, Mascouten, Sauk, Potawatomi, Ojibwe and Ho-Chunk tribes. in The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII, p. 193, The Pope is of so great dignity, and so exalted that he is not a mere man, but as it were God and the vicar of God. Ferraris Ecclesiastical dictionary, 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. On the Authority of the Councils, book 2, chapter 17, That the Roman Church never erred, nor will it, according to the Scriptures, ever err. (Gregory VII, Cesare Baronius, Annales, year 1076, secs. . CALENDAR BULLETIN ONLINE-GIVING Saint Catherine Parish is a member of the Milwaukee West-side Catholic Parishes along with Saint Sebastian. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. . 31-33, Vol 17 (1869 ed. 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. 0000003536 00000 n
When Catherine was 16 years old, motivated by a vision of St. Dominic, she entered the Third Order of the . Will they do it? will they indeed take the written word only, the Scripture alone, as their sole authority and their sole standard? Over the centuries, as the facts of history have been forgotten, Saturday has been assumed to be the Biblical seventh-day Sabbath. 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? All of us believe many things in regard to religion that we do not find in the Bible. strident measures be taken to insure a day of rest is observed, and to inflict
A German scholar, theologian and professor of Church history, he was educated at Tbingen University. The Sunday-worship had further become stronger during the time of Constantine the Great. Let us then have nothing in common with the detestable Jewish crowd.. . Most Christians assume that Sunday is the biblically approved day of worship. 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. If it is important to worship on the true Sabbath day, then the original calendar, established by Yahuwah at creation, needs to be used to calculate when that Sabbath comes. The Council of Trent (Sess. 2. If we consulted the Bible only, we should still have to keep holy the Sabbath Day, that is, Saturday, with the Jews, instead of Sunday; Sunday is a Catholic institution, and 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. Constantine was a well-known worshipper of the sun god Sol Invictus. Canon 29- Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday. Get to know staff and parishioners at Saint Sebastian and Saint Catherine. They throw at you John 1:1 to end the discussion whenever you attempt to present the biblical one-nature human Yahushua. listeners: [], . 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. Moreover the superiority and the power of the Roman Pontiff by no means pertain only to the heavenly things, to the earthly things, and to the things under the earth, but are even over angels, than whom he is greater. Does the Bible support the change to Sunday? With this, we are now beginning to see the history of the Sabbath controversy. . 0000002079 00000 n
Today most Christians keep Sunday because it has been revealed to us by the [Roman Catholic] church outside the Bible. Catholic Virginian, October 3, 1947, p. 9, Article: To Tell You the Truth., Most Christians assume that Sunday is the biblically approved day of worship. Catholic Churches Churches & Places of Worship. 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. If you are looking for a church JOIN FOR FREE to find the right church for you. To read or hear Madrids comments in their entirety, please visit: 4angelspublications.com/articles/catholic_scholar.php. The Bible says, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. The Catholic Church says: No. DANGER! Sunday is founded, not of scripture, but on tradition, and is distinctly a Catholic institution. What right has any other church to keep this day? Again, "They will seek to change times and laws." 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." If that is not enough, read what the Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel (May 21, 1995) said: Why did Satan do this? St. Francis of Assisi. Today, the university serves women at the undergraduate level and both women and men at the graduate level.. Did Christ change the day'? (9), It was at this time that Sylvester I, Bishop of Rome during the Council of Nicaea, attempted to rename the days of the pagan week by the Biblical week-day names. It was the Catholic church whichhas transferred this rest to the Sunday in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. 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. For example, an announcement . hotly debated issue of legislating Sunday as a day of rest. The observance of Sunday by the Protestants is homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] Church. "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.
In endeavoring to show this distinction, not only was the observance of the seventh-day Sabbath transferred to the Julian Sunday, but all of the annual feasts which, up until that time were still observed, were replaced with popular pagan festivals, giving them a Christian slant and incorporating Christian names. . 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. cooperate with the church in maintaining and strengthening this public
Sunday is an institution of the Roman Catholic Church, and those who observe the day observe a commandment of the Catholic Church. 2, translated, The Pope has the power to change times, to abrogate laws, and to dispense with all things, even the precepts of Christ. Churches in Utah County Utah and zip code 84601 are included with reviews of Baptist churches, Methodist churches, Catholic churches, Pentecostal and Assembly of God churches, Lutheran churches and other Protestant and Publishing, Inc., n.d.), p. 321, emphasis supplied. In this post, discover how man has turned Sabbath Day into Sunday worship. and the sun stood still. (7). 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. 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. . In even stronger
The Catholic Church has always been very open about her role in changing the calendar. It is also likely that many of the Catholic writers themselves were unaware of the full history behind the modern week. However, when the Julian calendar was being enforced upon Christians for ecclesiastical use, no one at the time confused dies Saturni with Sabbato. . 0000012382 00000 n
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Catholic Record, London, Ontario, September 1, 1923. 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. It is not even surprising to see, when Constantine adopted Christianity, that it was difficult for him to completely abandon Mithraism. As a result, faithful Christians were forced to keep the Sabbath in secret and gather together in catacombs and hidden places. In fact, instead of being ashamed of it, they are proud of changing the Sabbath day and changing other laws of God. 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. from the Churchs sense of its own power. It was the Catholic church whichhas transferred this rest to Sunday in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. 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? During the reign of Emperor Hadrian, worshipping on the first day of the week became the norm. II, pp. We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. ---> A Non-WLC Article: "14 Reasons Why I Wont Watch The Chosen", Faith is the victory! Catherine herself was a twin, but her sister did not survive infancy.
St. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. . Scripture there is not a single passage that warrants the transfer of
With this proclamation, Constantine became a master of syncretism the practice of combining pagan worship with true Christian worship. The Church commands us to keep Sunday as the Lord's day because on Sunday Christ rose from the dead, and on Sunday the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles.