0000001738 00000 n 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 . The Church, on the other hand, after changing the day of rest from the Jewish Sabbath, or seventh day of the week, to the first, made the Third Commandment refer to Sunday as the day to be kept holy as the Lord's Day. duplicated in other parts of the world as well under the same pretense. Saturday, dies Saturni, the original first day of the planetary week is a counterfeit of the true seventh-day Sabbath day of the Bible. legislate? The church is above the Bible, The Council of Laodicea was convened approximately 40 years later to enforce the acceptance of the Lords Day in place of the lunar Sabbath. on: function(evt, cb) { +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York, To such extent did Mary suffer and almost die with her suffering and dying Son; to such extent did she surrender her maternal rights over her Son for : mans salvation . Subscribe now! . Sunday is an institution of the Roman Catholic Church, and those who observe the day observe a commandment of the Catholic Church. We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. There is so much to do and Learn here at World's Last Chance! 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, 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 The church s above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact. Catholic Record, Sept 1, 1923, Nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. 31-33, vol 17 (1869 ed. DANGER! The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. As there is no scripture for the transfer of the day of rest from the last to the first day of the week, Protestants ought to keep their Sabbath on Saturday and thus leave Catholics in full possession of Sunday.. Professor Bill Schlegel provides invaluable tips on this subject in this excellent presentation. listeners: [], (6). . CALENDAR BULLETIN ONLINE-GIVING Saint Catherine Parish is a member of the Milwaukee West-side Catholic Parishes along with Saint Sebastian. Now - as to the quote from the St. Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21, 1995 - this is an OPINION, not a Church teaching. 76 talking about this. However, a deeper look at his life after his conversion tells you otherwise. "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. Of course these two old quotations are exactly correct. 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. wants kept is Sunday, regardless of your persuasion. As recently as July, 1998, the Pope, in his Apostolic 31-33, Vol 17 (1869 ed. It is a law of the holy Catholic Church alone. 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. Pastor - St. Francis Xavier Parish (Sallisaw), St. Joseph Parish (Webbers Falls), St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish (Roland) and St. John the Evangelist Parish (Cookson) 918.775.6217 fr.lawrence.nwachukwu dioceseoftulsa.org On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. 86 26 And it not only compelled all to keep Sunday, but at the Council of Laodicea, AD 364, anathematized those who kept the Sabbath and urged all persons to labor on the 7th day under penalty of anathema. Catholic Priest T. Enright, CSSR, Kansas City, MO, Protestantism, in discarding the authority of the church, has no good reason for its Sunday theory, and ought, logically, to keep Saturday with the Jews. American Catholic Quarterly Review, Jan 1883, How do you prove that the church has power to institute festivals? Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionist agree with her; -she could 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. A Doctrinal Catechism, Steve Kennan, p. 174, You might read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. 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. It is a law of the holy Catholic Church alone. Can the dead c. days later, came on the first day of the week. People who think that the In the beginning, He created a time-keep, A little late, but still important! It bears repeating: Christians at the time of the calendar change were not confused over Saturday being the Sabbath. 0000001069 00000 n (function() { Roman Catholic bishop, Karl Josef von Hefele (1809-1893), states that the word Saturday is supplied in modern translations. the truly divine command of Constantine and the council of Nicaea that nothing should be held in common with the Jews, was made the basis and the authority for legislation, utterly to crush out the observance of the Sabbath of the Lord, and to establish the observance of Sunday only in its stead. 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. Whose Day of Worship is Sunday? He made Sunday into a day of rest, closing the law courts and forbidding all work except agricultural labour.. H. J. Schroeder (trans. Instead, you post secondary sources and hearsay as your "evidence". People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become 7th Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy. 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. But this theory is entirely abandoned. The Catholic church says No! 563-564. And God Himself is obliged to abide by the judgment of His priests, and either not to pardon or to pardon. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify. forms: { 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 . and hear us? Before the battle, it was said that he saw a vision of a fiery cross in the sky, which encouraged him and became victorious. . The origins of Saturday reveal the shocking identities of the hidden god and his representative. Posted on June 1, 2022 by . It is no secret that the Roman Catholic Church played a huge role in turning the Sabbath into Saturday. Can the dead see us? Catholic Doctrine, by Peter Geiermann, 50. listeners: [], 2, p. 316. Of course, the day that he . (1). How did modern Christians end up keeping Sunday instead of Saturday? Why? St. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. . 543,544, In fact, by being assumed into heaven she has not laid aside the office of salvation but by the manifold intercession she continues to obtain for us the grace of eternal salvation. John Paul II, Dives in Misericordia, 1980, quoting Lumen Gentium, The Pope represents Jesus Christ Himself, and therefore is a loving Father Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto (who became Pope Pius X in 1903, Publications of the Catholic Truth Society Volume 29 (Catholic Truth Society: 1896): 11, Protestantism has not, and never can have, any right where Catholicity has triumphed. Catholic Review, June 1875, But the supreme teacher in the Church is the Roman Pontiff. The Sabbath was Saturday, not Sunday. For instance, the institution of Sunday. 2, AControversia Prima, Book 2 (ADe Conciliorum Auctoritate [On the Authority of Councils]), chap. Council Laodicia- 365 A.D. It was the holy Catholic Church that changed the day of rest from Saturday to Sunday, the 1st day of the week. Leo Broderick), Lastly, I get commissions for purchases made through my Amazon affiliate links in this website. Quoted in Symposium on Revelation, pp. 12, 3). VI, can. Let us then have nothing in common with the detestable Jewish crowd.. . 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. 2023 The Bible Says That All rights reserved. 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. , . IX p. 416. For it is only in this way that the Every place is the right place, and every time is the right time." Orem, UT 84057 Phone: 801-221-0750 Fax: 801-221-0759. Daniel Reehil, Pastor Email: fatherreehil@stcatherinecc.org "To the servant of God. to what you believe? What right has any other church to keep this day? words, Pope John Paul II has asked for more Does the Bible support the change to Sunday? . Here are just a few. [actually in happened in the fourth century]. However, when the Julian calendar was being enforced upon Christians for ecclesiastical use, no one at the time confused dies Saturni with Sabbato. . 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 . 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. 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. 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. We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. United States federal government in order to enact laws for the ); The Catholic Church designated Sunday as the day for corporate worship and gets full credit or blame for the change. Quick Q&A: Why or how important is it to keep the Sabbath? 'The Day of the Lord' [ dies domini] was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the Church's sense of its own power" ( Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995). callback: cb the Catholic Church in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 336) transferred the For the religious leaders, this is evil and should be stopped. 1, p. 266), translated, And God himself is obliged to abide by the judgment of his priest and either not to pardon or to pardon, according as they refuse to give absolution, provided the penitent is capable of it. Liguori, Duties and Dignities of the Priest, p.27, This is our last lesson to you: receive it, engrave it in your minds, all of you: by Gods commandment salvation is to be found nowhere but in the Church; the strong and effective instrument of salvation is none other than the Roman Pontificate. Pope Leo XIII, Allocution for the 25th anniversary of his election, February 20, 1903; Papal Teachings: The Church, Benedictine Monks of Solesmes, St. Paul Editions, Boston, 1962, par. "Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles. Saint Catherine Catholic Church, [sic.] 0000010697 00000 n But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. Question: Is Sunday worship supported by the Bible? For example, an announcement . It is also likely that many of the Catholic writers themselves were unaware of the full history behind the modern week. Is not every Christian obliged to sanctify Sunday and to abstain on that day from unnecessary servile work? . The Bible says, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. The Catholic Church says: No. churches at different times in history. Eusebius of Caesarea, a church historian contemporary with Constantine and his frequent flatterer, is often quoted regarding the Sunday legislation of the time. Historians would agree that Christians in the first century kept Saturday as the Sabbath. overtly religious but is couched in a concern for the welfare of the American family. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. The thrust is not Any honest and thinking Bible scholars will tell you that the official Sabbath Day in the Bible is Saturday and not Sunday. . 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. In keeping the Sunday they are following a law of the Catholic Church. Hence said law is not in the Bible. Click here to listen to his lecture. 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. The day of resurrection, the day of Pentecost, fifty days later, came on the first day of the week. 0000002079 00000 n In a recent Catholic church newsletter, it stated, Perhaps the most strident measures be taken to insure a day of rest is observed, and to inflict 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. of the Redemptoral College, Kansas City, in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas, February 18, 1884, printed in History of the Sabbath, p. 802. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. 0000012338 00000 n The (Roman Catholic) Church chose Sunday, the first day of the week, and in the course of time added other days as holy days. John Laux, A Course in Religion for Catholic High Schools and Academies, 1936 edition, vol. Want to receive our free, digital Christian magazine? 0000000016 00000 n } As a bishop and theologian, he certainly had access to original documents in the Vatican archives! 0000000816 00000 n 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. . 1, p. 51. Take a look at history and see how the Sabbath was gradually replaced by Sunday worship. 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. 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 . { - The Earth is no, Daily surrender is the secret to a strong and lasting, joyous and intimate relationship with Yahuwah. View All Collections English Bulletins. 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. ST. CATHERINE CATHOLIC CHURCH 3019 Cayce Lane, Columbia, Tennessee 38401 Ph. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed The Catholic church says No! 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. Among these men were Justin Martyr, Ignatius, and Clement of Alexandria. He also amplified or interpreted them, . "For whatever is born of Yahuwah overcomes the world. . "It was the Catholic church which.has transferred this rest to Sunday in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. 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.'. . 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. 5101 West Center Street, Milwaukee, WI 53210 / (414) 445-5115, FORMED: The Catholic Faith On Demand Subscribe HERE, The Catholic Ecology Center click here. (4) Letter by T. Enright, Bishop of St. Alphonsus Church, St. Louis, Missouri, June, 1905, emphasis supplied. The holy day, the Sabbath, According to stories, he converted to Christianity after winning his battle against the Roman Emperor Maxentius in A.D. 312. 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. --> The doctrine of infallibility, while not what many, The Creator is very specific about which times are appointed for worship. Why? : (931) 388-3803 Fax: (931) 381-8837 www.stcatherinecc.org After Hours Emergency Contact (931) 215-5980 Rev. Most Christians assume that Sunday is the biblically approved day of worship. 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. She was the 25th child born to her mother, although half of her brothers and sisters did not survive childhood. Chat, post comments or questions on our forum, or send private emails to your friends! The Catholic Church has always been very open about her role in changing the calendar. Roman Catholic Church seventh day Sabbath. So this would be the new As a result, faithful Christians were forced to keep the Sabbath in secret and gather together in catacombs and hidden places. Hefeles A History of the Councils of the Church, Vol. . . The Pope is of so great authority and power that he can modify, explain, or interpret even divine law". 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. Catholics, knowing full well that there is no Biblical reason to worship on Sunday, have seen how inconsistent Protestants are. There are a lot of people who rose and started to attack various fundamental doctrines of Gods true Church. In fact, instead of being ashamed of it, they are proud of changing the Sabbath day and changing other laws of God. MANY CHURCH LEADERS and politicians are unified on the Hover here for a document clip or select for full original image. Saint Catherine Parish is located in Milwaukee County the traditional territory of the Menominee, Fox, Mascouten, Sauk, Potawatomi, Ojibwe and Ho-Chunk tribes. 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. - It's not a Globe! 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. St Peters Parish. intel director salary. Is Mary, Mother of Jesus, a Perpetual Virgin? Question - Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday? And this is the victory that has over, "Papal Infallibility: Its not what most Protestants think!" For an expos of the powers behind the scenes, clickHERE. Is there consciousness after death? Read Roman Catholic Church seventh day Sabbath for more quotes. 0000001240 00000 n The Sunday-worship had further become stronger during the time of Constantine the Great. 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.