Sunday is our mark of authorityThe church is above the ible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact. Maida, Archbishop of Detroit, Saint Catharine Catholic Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. The final chapter of the Gospel of John (21) is a sixth-century forgery, one entirely devoted to describing Jesus' resurrection to his disciples. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work.90. The first day of the week is mentioned eight times. Memory Text: The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. The Protestant claiming the Bible to be the only guide of faith, has no warrant for observing Sunday.". the first official action of the catholic church expressing preference for sunday was enacted at the council of laodicea in 364 a.d. canon 29 of this council stated that: "christians shall not judaize and be idle on saturday [sabbath], but shall work on that day; but the lord's day they shall especially honor, and, as being christians, shall, if Just today my congregation discussed some interesting things about Shavout. None. Jews will go to Synagogue or Temple Friday evening. The Sabbath was to teach us that our bodies needed rest. If they did, they wouldnt deify Mary, the Messiahs mother. The Church admits: "The sole conclusion that can be deduced from this is that the 21st chapter was afterwards added and is therefore to be regarded as an appendix to the Gospel" ( Catholic . . The little horn was to "think to change the times and the law.". The hundreds of different Sabbath keeping Churches that know the blessings of keeping God's Sabbath do . Sabbath Observing Denominations Sabbath Churches. On page 50 in The Convert's Catechism we read: "QUESTION: Which is the Sabbath day? 91. So evangelization is never fully However, passages of Scripture . 2) The mothers were whipped. This is an argument made sometimes by modern Seventh Day Observers. . The Catechism in point #2173 quoted the following passage: "And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: {28} Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath" (Mark 2:27-28 KJV). God's mark or sign of power, is Sabbath and Sabbath-keeping and the beast's sign or mark of power, is Sunday and Sunday-keeping. Catholic . The Catholic Universe Bulletin, August 14 . ecclesiastical affairs was committed to them." History of the Sabbath" part 2, chapter 3, section 12, pages 94, 95. Below is a list of over 500 Sabbath keeping Churches of all different denominations. Request Booklet Download PDF Many who understand the importance of observing the seventh-day Sabbath also acknowledge the necessity of calling on the personal Name of the One they worship Almighty Yahweh. In 1548, at the Council of Trent, it added the Apocrypha to the Bible. 1. The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath; so the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath. 7) Their arms and legs were cut off. ANSWER: Saturday is the Sabbath day. Today it is typical for the Jewish people to observe the Sabbath beginning Friday evening. "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. Some religious organizations (Seventh-day Adventists, Seventh-Day Baptists, and certain others) claim that Christians must not worship on Sunday but on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath. The Catholic Church admits that human church leaders made the change. 2. The Protestant claiming the Bible to be the only guide of faith, has no warrant for observing Sunday. A Prophecy Come to Pass! The Catechism says: " no longer keeping the sabbath, but the Lord's Day." This is not scriptural. Most Catholics have no idea what Yahweh said or what He expects from us. Daniel 7:8&25. "When the Sabbath was past," the women brought spices to anoint Jesus' body "very early in the morning, on the first day of the week" (Mark 16:1, 2). By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day, and command you to keep the first day of the week. We see evidence of . They believe Christ rose on Sunday, and this somehow gave them the justification to change the perpetual Sabbath day from Saturday to Sunday. Read for This Week's Study: Gen. 2:1-3, Heb. The Kansas City Catholic, a Roman Catholic church paper, expressly states: "The Catholic church of its own infallible authority created Sunday a holy day to take the place of the Sabbath." What a shocking admission! Thus by 364 A.C.B., the Catholic Church decreed Sunday exaltation for the church, while declaring the seventh day Sabbath as a normal working day. Although man has modified calendars through the centuries, the seven-day weekly cycle has remained intact throughout history. "Answer--We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 336), transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday." Father Peter Geiermann, .S.S.R., The onvert's atechism of atholic Doctrine, 1957 edition, p. 50. If the Catholic church wants to stop Jewish emulation, then all Catholics should also. 4) They were tied up and fried in a large pan. Sylvester I (314-335 A.D.) was the Bishop of Rome during the reign of Constantine who gave his "stamp of approval" to the 321 Edict. 4. of the Redemptoral College, Kansas City, Mo., History of the Sabbath, p. 802 The Church admits the change. It says: "That is, upon the Saturday. Catholic Church authorities cited a few reasons defending why they intended to change the Saturday Sabbath to Sunday: 1. The Catholic Church did not give us the Bible. Scripture teaches: 'Remember to hallow the Sabbath day; six days shall you labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath day of the Lord your God.' etc. Again, Rome says, "It's (Sunday's change for Saturday) the mark of our authority to over-rule In the New Testament, the seventh day of the week is called the Sabbath; it is mentioned 58 times. And according to the Roman Catholic Church, they admit in writing that Sunday Sabbath is their MARK just as the Bible said they would. On March 12, 2000, Pope John Paul II ADMITTED the Roman Catholic Church KILLED . Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath (Mark 2:27-28, NKJV).The vast majority of Christian denominations observe Sunday as the day of rest and worship (even though the vast majority of Sunday keepers don . "The church, after changing the day of rest from the Jewish Sabbath of the seventh day of the week to the first, made the third commandment refer to Sunday as the day to be kept holy . The Bible never changed the Sabbath from the seventh to the first day; the Catholic Church openly admits they changed it. The Fourth Commandment obligates the True Worshiper to keep the weekly Sabbath on the [] 91. "Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the church ever did happened in the first century. infallible power to change God's Law and the day of worship! So the actual numbering of the . Ecclesiastical History, Book 5, chapter 22, 289, London, 1892. Christians began holding church on Sundays -immediately after the Resurrection- for two reasons: 1) That was the day Jesus rose from the dead 2) Jesus Christ's own teaching about the Sabbath revealed the Sabbath was a ceremonial law that was only for the Jews. The Day the Mass Changed - Part 1. The Church admits: "The sole conclusion that can be deduced from this is that the 21st chapter was afterwards added and is therefore to be regarded as an appendix to the Gospel" ( Catholic . "Call the Sabbath a delight, The holy day of the LORD honorable." (Isa 58:13) There simply is no New Testament directive to abandon the Sabbath. Daniel 7:25. 5. Catholic Church Admits They Made the Change; Sabbath Observance Through the Centuries; Historic Denominational Statements on the Sabbath; The . The Sabbath has never changed. The first day of the week is mentioned eight times. ARTICLE 3THE THIRD COMMANDMENT. Rome says, "Of course the Catholic Church claims the change was her actAND THE ACT IS A MARK of her ecclesiastical power and authority in religious matters." Thomas, H. F., Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons, in answer to a letter regarding the change of the Sabbath. Yet the Church has changed the Sabbath into Sunday on its own authority, on which you 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. The Catholic church says, no! Daniel predicted the change. When the Christians got kicked out of the Jewish church of the time, they needed a certain time to worship so they chose the first day of the week, Sunday to be their day. 3. 6) They were placed into a pot of boiling water. It's very plain. In the Augsburg Confession, They [the Catholics] allege the Sabbath changed into Sunday, the Lord's day, contrary to the decalogue, as it appears; neither is there any example more boasted of than the changing of the Sabbath day. As the Roman Catholic Church admits, the Adventists have the authority of Scripture on their side in this confrontation. The early Church did not move the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday. Neither is there any example whereof they make more than concerning the changing of the Sabbath Day. Great, they say, is the power and authority of the church, since it dispensed with one of the ten commandments. The Church admits the change. It is critical to the Seventh-day Adventist church that they establish that the Roman Catholic Pope changed the sabbath as Ellen G. White, the Adventist's in-house "inspired prophet" stated. The seventh day according to God's calendar isand always has beenthe Sabbath day. They were raised in a Catholic family and went to a Catholic church from time to time when they were children. Years ago I was handed a paper which contain, amongst others, this argument and answered it as follows; "BUT CONSTANTINE CHANGED THE SABBATH . It is simply called the first day of the week, and it is always differentiated from the Sabbath. The first of a two-part series by Susan Benofy examining the changes in the Mass which were first introduced on November 29, 1964. Scripture would not be authentic without the Church's authority. 2. 3. The final chapter of the Gospel of John (21) is a sixth-century forgery, one entirely devoted to describing Jesus' resurrection to his disciples. ARTICLE 3THE THIRD COMMANDMENT. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday not from any directions noted in the Scriptures, but from the Catholic Church's sense of its own power." -Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21, 1995. They do not try to hide it, but are actually proud of it! A catechism is a set of questions-and answers used as an ofcial The Papacy claims that it changed the day of worship from Saturday to Sunday and that Sunday or Sunday-keeping is its mark of authority and power. So Bacchiocchi desperately needs to establish that the Pope did change the sabbath to Sunday because without this link, White is proven a false prophet. I respectfully disagree. Catholic Church-something which the joint agreement neglected to state. This in itself is evidence for the continued validity of the seventh-day Sabbath. this is just an act.the message is true but the bishop is an actor from "Carter's report on 3ABN." We know the Roman Catholic Church is responsible for this predicted change for two reasons: (1) It's the only institution the COULD have done it, and (2) it ADMITS doing it! In the New Testament, the seventh day of the week is called the Sabbath; it is mentioned 58 times. 65:17. If you count the "you shall nots" along with the two positive commandments of keeping holy the Sabbath and honoring father and mother, you end up with 13 commandments. Conclusion and the Challenge. The Protestant, claiming the Bible to be the only guide of faith, has no warrant for observing Sunday. The Catholic Church admits openly =giving the first and best day to the Lord. It is simply called the first day of the week, and it is always differentiated from the Sabbath. 5) Their mouths were sewed shut. A catechism is a set of questions and answers used as an official training manual to in-struct new church members. Catholic Church Admits They Made the Change About 100 years before Christianity, Egyptian Mithraists introduced the festival of Sunday, dedicated to worshiping the sun, into the Roman Empire. Exodus 20:8-11, Isaiah 66:23. We can clearly see that Sunday worship, or the Sunday "Sabbath," is a teaching of man rather than of God. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. The Adventist Church is protesting against the stealing of God's authority. I have repeatedly offered 1000 dollars to anyone who can proved to me from the bible alone that i am bound to keep Sanday Holy, there is NO SUCH LAW in the B. 3) The women's breast were ripped off. Truth is, the Jews are also the longest known race of people to give tithe as well. Sabbath day. . Description. Though the commandments are said to be "ten" in Exodus 34:28, they are not numbered by the inspired authors of Sacred Scripture. The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath; so the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath. "The Bible says, remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. What does the Roman Catholic church claim is the sign of its authority? The Apocrypha are discussed in the Appendix. And lo, the entire civilized world bows down in reverent obedience to the command of the holy Catholic church!" Fr Enright, C.S.S.R. The Sabbath; The History of the Sabbath ; The Sabbath in Genesis; The 4th Commandment; Sunday - The Perfect Deception; The Sabbath a shadow? In this matter the Seventh Day Adventist is the . worshiping on exactly the same Sabbath day as the Jews of the time of Christ, because it's several days off now, uh, having, uh, switched to following the lunar calendar." Yes, the Catholic Church knows that the original Scriptural calendar is lunar, and that the weekly cycle was determined by the moon originally. The little horn was to "wear out the saints of the Most High.". . Thankfully, most Catholics are Catholic in name only. In fact, they boast that Protestants keeping Sunday are paying homage to them: THE PAPACY ASKS A QUESTION Here is the famous question which the . The Catholic Church, the Protestant Church, the Jehovah's Witnesses, the Pentecostal and many Evangelical Churches assume that Jesus was crucified on "Good Friday" (before a double Sabbath) and His resurrection on "Easter Sunday". At this point we need to note an amazing prophecy. The Sabbath. In Acts 2:41 we read "41Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about . The Bible condemns the change. This is why they changed "Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday [the Sabbath in the original], but shall work on that day; but the Lord's day they shall especially honour and, as being The Catholic church says, No! Specifically,what is known as "pentecost" parallels the account in Exodus 32 when Moses breaks the tablets given at Mount Sinai and 3000 people were slain by the sword due to being "intent on evil", "out of control" and "run[ning] wild".