%PDF-1.4 % 0000001550 00000 n In order, therefore, to the accomplishment of her original purpose, it now became necessary for the church to secure legislation extinguishing all exemption, and prohibiting the observance of the Sabbath so as to quench that powerful protest [against worship on Sunday]. What right has any other church to keep this day? 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. I AM JOSHUA and Im on a mission to help fellow Christians build a closer and more intimate relationship with God. "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.) . For example, nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. it helps to pay the bills and keeps this website running. Answer: The history of the change and the admissions are stunning. 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. , . The 10 Powerful Lessons from Psalm 23 You Need to Learn Now! (6) Patrick Madrid on Open Line, EWTN, Global Catholic Radio Network, January 5, 2006. CLOSED NOW. Just another site. Constantine NEVER abandoned sun-worship and kept the sun on his coins. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify. ), pp. 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. (2). . from the Churchs sense of its own power. 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. Saint Catherine Parish is located in Milwaukee County the traditional territory of the Menominee, Fox, Mascouten, Sauk, Potawatomi, Ojibwe and Ho-Chunk tribes. St. Catherine of Siena Church is a community parish which walks the line between the traditional Catholicism and the modern day world. event : evt, The Pope is considered the man on earth who "takes the place" of the Second Person of the omnipotent God of the Trinity. When the Church through its supreme Magistrium proposes a doctrine for belief as being divinely revealed, and as the teaching of Christ, the definitions must be adhered to with the obedience of faith. This infallibility extends as far as the deposit of divine revelation itself. Catechism of the Catholic Church, #891, 1994 edition, O Mary, the guardian of our peace and the dispensatrix of heavenly graces. Leo XIII, Supremi Apostolatus, 1883, This judicial authority will even include the power to forgive sin. The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol xii, article Pope pg 265, No man has a right to choose his religion. New York Freeman, official journal of Bishop Hughes, Jan 26, 1852, It is error to believe that Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true. Pope Pius IX, The Syllabus (of Errors), Issued in 1864, Section III, Indifferentism, Latitudinarianism, #15, It is error to believe that hence it has been wisely decided by law, in some Catholic countries, that persons coming to reside therein shall enjoy the public exercise of their own peculiar worship. Pope Pius IX, The Syllabus (of Errors), Issued in 1864, Section X, Errors Having Reference to Modern Liberalism, #78, Not the Creator of Universe, in Genesis 2:1-3,-but the Catholic Church can claim the honor of having granted man a pause to his work every seven days. S. C. Mosna, Storia della Domenica, 1969, pp. ST. CATHERINE CATHOLIC CHURCH 3019 Cayce Lane, Columbia, Tennessee 38401 Ph. 3, tit. The Council of Laodicea was convened approximately 40 years later to enforce the acceptance of the Lords Day in place of the lunar Sabbath. Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. and this transference of sabbath observance is proof of that fact. The 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.. Domini] was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but I am passionate about inspiring people to find their God-given purpose in life. forms: { contentious as Pope John Paul II continues to press for mandatory Sunday . Revelation 13 also tells us that Satan gave his power and authority to the Catholic Church. Suggestions? The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all the workshops be closed. Constatine, 321 A.D. The popular complaint against the Christians was- they despise our sun-god, they have divine services on Saturday, they desecrate the sacred earth by burying their dead in it. Truth Triumphant, p. 170, Persia 335-375 AD (40 years persecution under Shapur 11th). 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. The priest remits sins as God and that which he calls his body at the altar is adored as God by himself and by the congregation. Now, more than ever before, it is imperative to guard every avenue to, "Once Saved, Always Saved?" 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. 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. Sabbath. ), in J. P. Migne, Patrologia Graeca, Vol. 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 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. The Day of the Lord [Dies . Mithraism is the official religion of the Roman Empire before Constantine declared Christianity to be so. Introduction There are many theories about the Mark of the Beast: Chip, tattoo, barcode I answer yes. 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. hotly debated issue of legislating Sunday as a day of rest. Assoc., 1944, p. 141. 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. . 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. 48. Question: in whose authority do the religious leaders change the Sabbath to Sunday? II, pp. Cap. But this theory is now entirely abandoned. 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 Roman Catholic Church or Catholic sources have throughout the years made a whole list of interesting statements. 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. Someone Admits to Changing God's Law In a recent Catholic church newsletter, it stated, "Perhaps the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century [actually in happened in the fourth century]. "The Day of the Lord" (dies Dominica) was 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. T. Enright, Bishop of St. Alphonsus Church, clearly states: It was the Catholic Church which made the law obliging us to keep Sunday holy. But the Protestant mind does not seem to realize that in observing Sunday, they are accepting the authority of the spokesman for the Church, the pope. And thus the pagan Sunday, dedicated to Balder, became the Christian Sunday, sacred to Jesus. "Is Saturday the seventh day according to the Bible and the Ten Commandments? It was the Catholic church whichhas transferred this rest to Sunday in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. 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. And they wanted to show that Christianity was distinct from Judaism. 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. 0000013430 00000 n 2. - Privacy Policy. The Catholic Church has always been very open about her role in changing the calendar. . 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 Sabbath was Saturday, not Sunday. worship of God, and to support with their own authority the regulations cooperate with the church in maintaining and strengthening this public See here for a statement by Dr. E. T. Hiscox, author of the Baptist Manual. The Catholic church says No! Someone Admits to Changing Her father was a cloth dyer. 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. 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. Discuss with a minister? Matt. (10) Pope Sylvester I (d. December 31, 335), Catholic Encyclopedia, www.newadvent.org. 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. Catholic scholars have always known the truth, though. . Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because 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. Letter, Dies Domini, was quoted as saying that a violator should be But this theory is entirely abandoned. { Roman Catholic bishop, Karl Josef von Hefele (1809-1893), states that the word Saturday is supplied in modern translations. "For whatever is born of Yahuwah overcomes the world. 0000000016 00000 n [1-minute video], Which day should Christians go to Church? Thus, they chose another day of worship and rest. to what you believe? Quoted in Symposium on Revelation, pp. If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday." 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? Canon 29- Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday. (9) Eusebius, Commentary on the Psalms, Psalm 91 (Psalm 92 in the A.V. He made Sunday into a day of rest, closing the law courts and forbidding all work except agricultural labour.. Aside from that, you will NEVER read in the Bible that the sanctity of the Sabbath has been transferred to 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 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 . Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become Von Hefele is a very credible authority on the original word choice used at the Council of Laodicea. defended only on Catholic principles. . 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. sense of its own power.
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