Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever 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. 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. Roman Catholic bishop, Karl Josef von Hefele (1809-1893), states that the word Saturday is supplied in modern translations. Professor Bill Schlegel provides invaluable tips on this subject in this excellent presentation. 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. He also amplified or interpreted them, . 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. 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. 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. and this transference of sabbath observance is proof of that fact. The B. ________________________________________________________________________. Can the dead see us? 'The day of the Lord' was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the (Catholic) Church's 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. 111 0 obj <>stream People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become 7th Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy. 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. 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. As a result, faithful Christians were forced to keep the Sabbath in secret and gather together in catacombs and hidden places. window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { 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. Whose Day of Worship is Sunday? 31-33, Vol 17 (1869 ed. 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. 0000004222 00000 n (1) Heinrich Graetz, History of the Jews, (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1893), Vol. The civil authorities should be urged to { 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 . 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. The day of resurrection, the day of Pentecost, fifty days later, came on the first day of the week. hotly debated issue of legislating Sunday as a day of rest. Hefeles A History of the Councils of the Church, Vol. The Sunday-worship had further become stronger during the time of Constantine the Great. 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. Subscribe now! (7) A. T. Jones, The Two Republics, (Ithaca, Michigan: A. 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. Again, "They will seek to change times and laws." Church abolished not only the Sabbath, but all the other Jewish festivals. (9) Eusebius, Commentary on the Psalms, Psalm 91 (Psalm 92 in the A.V. Constantine NEVER abandoned sun-worship and kept the sun on his coins. startxref 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. 0000002079 00000 n Email: parish@oremstfrancis.org Email: Send bulletin information to parish@oremstfrancis.org. From beginning to end of But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify. James Cardinal Gibbons, 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. - Privacy Policy. Suggestions? 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. They throw at you John 1:1 to end the discussion whenever you attempt to present the biblical one-nature human Yahushua. They believe that they have the authority of God. 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, Encyclical Letter, On the Chief Duties of Christians as Citizens, dated January 10, 1890, trans. 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. Saint Catherine Catholic Church, should logically become 7th Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy. For it is only in this way that the Preparing for Yahuwah's Earthly Kingdom, Established at Yahushua's Imminent Return! Of course, the day that he 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] . Instead, they followed in the footsteps of their mother church. . the nations day of rest. . " 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. . Constantine was a well-known worshipper of the sun god Sol Invictus. 2, translated, The Pope has the power to change times, to abrogate laws, and to dispense with all things, even the precepts of Christ. is the Catholic Church.. The Sabbath was Saturday, not Sunday. However, this has gradually changed at the turn of the second century. 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. to shake hands. There is so much to do and Learn here at World's Last Chance! After almost a decade, he made a proclamation that the day of worship should be done on Sunday and not Saturday. 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. Is not the observance of this law among the most prominent of our sacred duties? 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. At the opening ceremonies of the Council of Nicaea, Eusebius sat to the right of Constantine and gave the opening address. 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. . Today most Christians keep Sunday because it has been revealed to us by the Church outside the Bible. xb```b``d`e`de@ ^(= w7dD2YW. window.mc4wp.listeners.push( (4) Letter by T. Enright, Bishop of St. Alphonsus Church, St. Louis, Missouri, June, 1905, emphasis supplied. Mithraism is the official religion of the Roman Empire before Constantine declared Christianity to be so. Considering this, it is also 12, 3). If we obey God and keep His Sabbath day Holy, we give our allegiance to God. and the sun stood still. 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. Chat, post comments or questions on our forum, or send private emails to your friends! Will you follow the commandments and traditions of men? . Protestantism, in discarding the authority of the [Roman Catholic] Church, has no good reasons for its Sunday theory, and ought logically to keep Saturday as the Sabbath. John Gilmary Shea, Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. 0 The Pope is considered the man on earth who "takes the place" of the Second Person of the omnipotent God of the Trinity. WLC. [1-minute video], The Plain Truth About Tithing [YouTube Shorts compilation], 3 types of heaven in the Bible [1-minute video]. "And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men (Matthew 15:9). 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. What does it mean to dwell in the secret place of the Most High (Psalms 91:1)? . 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. of the Redemptoral College, Kansas City, in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas, February 18, 1884, printed in History of the Sabbath, p. 802. The Church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact.'. Because the Catholic Church tells them to do so. From Business: Welcome to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church is a bilingual (English-Spanish) parish with ministry and outreach in both. The author of the Sunday law . 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. He that despiseth the priest despiseth God; he that hears him hears God. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. During the reign of Emperor Hadrian, worshipping on the first day of the week became the norm. The following is what Constantines law required of the people Let all the judges and town people, and the occupation of all trades rest on the venerable day of the sun; but let those who are situated in the country, freely and at full liberty attend to the business of agriculture; because it often happens that no other day is so fit for sowing corn and planting vines; lest the critical moment being let slip, men should lose the commodities granted by Heaven. Translated from the original edict in Latin, now in Harvard College U.S.A. - Also in Codex Justinianus, lib. Then the spiritual seed of Abraham fled to Pella, on the side of Jordan, where they found a safe place of refuge, and could serve their Master and keep his Sabbath. Euseblus Ecclesiastical History. (2). . Xix) condemns those who deny that the Ten Commandments are binding on Christians. 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. 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. (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'. } Posted on June 1, 2022 by . Becoming Catholic Confession Confirmation Funeral Planning Marriage Mass & The Holy Eucharist Counseling Services Pregnancy Resources Request & Offer Help Here St. Catharine School St. Catharine Preschool Athletics SPICE Home About Mass Times Confession Times Bulletin Calendar & Events Live-Stream It is generally believed that he was the priest that finally baptized Constantine shortly before his death. Daniel Reehil, Pastor Email: fatherreehil@stcatherinecc.org "To the servant of God. 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. 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. Most importantly, is the change authorized in the Bible? 0000011056 00000 n 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. In keeping the Sunday they are following a law of the Catholic Church. ---> A Non-WLC Article: "14 Reasons Why I Wont Watch The Chosen", Faith is the victory! from the Churchs sense of its own power. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. "punished as a heretic" (Detroit News, July 7, 1998). Sunday is founded, not of scripture, but on tradition, and is distinctly a Catholic institution. set down by the churchs pastors. 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! 1, 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. The Catholic Church designated Sunday as the day for corporate worship and gets full credit or blame for the change. Matt. The Catholic church says No! See for yourself how many of these statements are unbiblical or even outright blasphemous. } Daniel Reehil, Pastor Email: fatherreehil@stcatherinecc.org "To the servant of God . All of this was foreseen many years ago by the men who Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday [in the original: sabbato, shall not be idle on the Sabbath], but shall work on that day; but the Lords day they shall especially honour, and as being Christians, shall, if possible, do no work on that day. (10) Pope Sylvester I (d. December 31, 335), Catholic Encyclopedia, www.newadvent.org. 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 . 0000003536 00000 n YOUR problem is that you never do your homework. Canon 29- Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday. The church made this law long after the Bible was written. For these reasons the Church changed the Lord's day from Saturday to Sunday. The observance of Sunday by the Protestants is homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] Church. ), in J. P. Migne, Patrologia Graeca, Vol. . The Protestant claiming the Bible to be the only guide of faith, has no warrant for observing Sunday. But if any shall be found to be judaizers, let them be anathema from Christ (Canon XXIX). It came from Judaism, but it was distinct from it. In fact, instead of being ashamed of it, they are proud of changing the Sabbath day and changing other laws of God. . ironic to see Every place is the right place, and every time is the right time." Nowhere in the Bible is it stated that worship should be changed from Saturday to SundayNow the Churchinstituted, by Gods authority, Sunday as the day of worship. consider what has been said by the leaders of the Christian The Day of the Lord (dies domini) was chosen, NOT from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the Churchs sense of its own power . 76 talking about this. now keep holy (Roman Catechism, 1985, emphasis supplied). That observance remains as a reminder of the Mother Church from which the non-Catholic sects broke away like a boy running away from home but still carrying in his pocket a picture of his mother or a lock of her hair. Dr. John OBrien, Faith of Millions, pp. However, a deeper look at his life after his conversion tells you otherwise. It is not even surprising to see, when Constantine adopted Christianity, that it was difficult for him to completely abandon Mithraism. "Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles. . 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. Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change (Saturday Sabbath to Sunday) was her actAnd the act is a mark of her ecclesiastical authority in religious things. H. F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons. (5) Charles George Herbermann, Knights of Columbus Catholic Truth Committee, The Catholic Encyclopedia, (Harvard University: Encyclopedia Press, 1908), p. 153, emphasis supplied. La Iglesia de Santa Catalina de Siena es una . Instead, you post secondary sources and hearsay as your "evidence". 86 26 The holy day, the Sabbath, As recently as July, 1998, the Pope, in his Apostolic 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. 653, That all princes should kiss his [the Popes] feet only. (Gregory VII, Cesare Baronius, Annales, year 1076, secs. Hence the Pope is crowned with a triple crown, as king of heaven and of earth and of the lower regions. Let us then have nothing in common with the detestable Jewish crowd Eusebius, Life of Constantine 3, chapter 18, quoted in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, 1979, Vol. 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. After the edict of Nica, apostolic Christians continued to worship by the luni-solar calendar. The information is easy to find. contentious as Pope John Paul II continues to press for mandatory Sunday However, when the Julian calendar was being enforced upon Christians for ecclesiastical use, no one at the time confused dies Saturni with Sabbato. overtly religious but is couched in a concern for the welfare of the American family. Stay connected to all that's happening at St. Catherine's parish. 0000003758 00000 n Quick Q&A: Will the day of worship change when Christ returns. "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.) We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. Every place is the right place, and every time is the right time." Quick Q&A: Why or how important is it to keep the Sabbath? 2, b. 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. For an expos of the powers behind the scenes, clickHERE. days later, came on the first day of the week. For instance, the institution of Sunday. 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 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. [actually in happened in the fourth century]. 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.