The Catholic church says No! Quick Q&A: Will the day of worship change when Christ returns. When a man or a woman is honestly mist, Come Out of Her, My People! forms: { 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]. (2) Patrick Madrid, comments on Open Line, EWTN, Global Catholic Radio Network, January 5, 2006. ), 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. The holy day, the Sabbath,
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! It came from Judaism, but it was distinct from it. authorities to cooperate with the Church in legislation of Sunday as
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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. After the death of the original apostles and their contemporaries, the job of getting rid of Gods laws has become easier. sense of its own power. . . The civil authorities should be urged to
340-341), The Roman Pontiff, head of the college of bishops, enjoys this infallibility in virtue of his office, when, as Supreme Pastor and teacher of all the faithfulwho confirms his brethren in the faithhe proclaims by a definitive act a doctrine pertaining to faith or morals.The infallibility promised to the Church is also present in the body of bishops when, together with Peters successor, they exercise the supreme Magisterium, above all in an Ecumenical Council. 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. Saint Catherine Catholic Church,
Will they keep the Sabbath of the Lord, the seventh day, according to Scripture? Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change was her act. callback: cb For the religious leaders, this is evil and should be stopped. What right has any other church to keep this day? 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. The day of resurrection, the day of Pentecost, fifty
Sunday is expressly distinguished from the Sabbath which it follows chronologically every week; for Christians its ceremonial observance replaces that of the Sabbath The Sabbath, which represented the completion of the first creation, has been replaced by Sunday which recalls the new creation, has been replaced by Sunday which recalls the new creation inaugurated by the Resurrection of Christ In respecting religious liberty and the common good of all, Christians should seek recognition of Sundays and the Churchs holy days as legal holidays. 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. Email: parish@oremstfrancis.org Email: Send bulletin information to parish@oremstfrancis.org. These interviews hosted by Jon Metz, Adult Formation Minister, can be found on the Saint Sebastian YouTube page. 0000012382 00000 n
- NASA's entire space program is built on a lie. 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. Can the dead c. The Sabbath is about who we give our allegiance to. For Constantine, the first Christian Roman Emperor, it is considered unworthy to have anything to do with the Jews. All knew that they were two different days bytwo distinct calendar systems. . Subscribe now! The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic sources have throughout the years made a whole list of interesting statements. I answer yes. xix) condemns those who deny that the Ten Commandments are binding on Christians.
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 . "And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men (Matthew 15:9). It is clear that their function is such that none greater can be conceived. 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. 0000007281 00000 n
Catholic Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. Sunday is founded, not of scripture, but on tradition, and is distinctly a Catholic institution. trailer
(1) Heinrich Graetz, History of the Jews, (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1893), Vol. Eusebius of Caesarea, a church historian contemporary with Constantine and his frequent flatterer, is often quoted regarding the Sunday legislation of the time. 0000000016 00000 n
. Thus the observance of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Roman Catholic] church. Monsignor Louis Segur, Protestantsaccept Sunday rather than Saturday as the day for public worship after the Catholic Church made the changeBut the Protestant mind does not seem to realize thatin observing the Sunday, they are accepting the authority of the spokesman for the church, the Pope., 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. - Also in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1899 Edition, Vol. ST. CATHERINE CATHOLIC CHURCH 3019 Cayce Lane, Columbia, Tennessee 38401 Ph. 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. 31-33, Vol 17 (1869 ed. The retention of the old pagan name of Dies Solis, for Sunday is, in a great measure, owing to the union of pagan and Christian sentiment with which the first day of the week was recommended by Constantine to his subjects - pagan and Christian alike - as the 'venerable' day of the sun. But the Scripture does not in particular mention this change of the Sabbath. In even stronger
Is not the observance of this law among the most prominent of our sacred duties? The Sabbath Day, as we have discussed, is observed from the sunset of Friday to the sunset of Saturday. People who think that the
follows a lunar calendar, which is several days short of the solar year. Just another site. . 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. Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because
(7). wants kept is Sunday, regardless of your persuasion. Discover the pagan origins of Christmas. (4). The Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel had this to say on the issue: People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become 7th Day Adventists, . .The observance of Sunday thus comes to be an ecclesiastical law entirely distinct from the divine law of Sabbath observance . 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 . Quoted in Symposium on Revelation, pp. 653, That all princes should kiss his [the Popes] feet only. (Gregory VII, Cesare Baronius, Annales, year 1076, secs. } 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. what was the practice of Christians throughout history. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. And, as being Christians, shall, if possible, do no work on that day. Hefeles Councils, Vol. event : evt, Xix) condemns those who deny that the Ten Commandments are binding on Christians. 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. 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. Currently, the Vatican is asking the civil
} The Sabbath was Saturday, not Sunday. 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. ); Because the Catholic Church tells them to do so. Since then, syncretism has become a tool for the Roman Catholic Church to conquer pagans and gentiles and put them under control with the use of religious deception. As a result, as much as possible, the Christianity that Constantine upheld didnt want to have anything that is considered Jewish. The observance of Sunday by the Protestants is homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] Church. 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. Statements made by the Roman Catholic Church about the Sabbath . If we obey God and keep His Sabbath day Holy, we give our allegiance to God. Comments? defended only on Catholic principles. View All Collections English Bulletins. The primitive Christians did keep the Sabbath of the Jews; Therefore the Christians, for a long time together, did keep their convocations upon the Sabbath in which some portions of the law were read: and this continued till the time of the Laodicean council. The Whole Works Of Jeremy Taylor, Vol. Whose Day of Worship is Sunday? They presumptuously claim that they are making decisions on behalf of the Almighty! Not long after Constantines first Sunday Law of A.D. 321, the Roman church made it official church doctrine by declaring it was a Jewish day. 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. Orem, UT 84057 Phone: 801-221-0750 Fax: 801-221-0759. 524-525. They [the Protestants] deem it their duty to keep the Sunday holy. Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance 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. Catholic Press, Sydney, Australia, August 1900. And the act is a mark of her ecclesiastical power and authority in religious matters. CALENDAR BULLETIN ONLINE-GIVING Saint Catherine Parish is a member of the Milwaukee West-side Catholic Parishes along with Saint Sebastian. . . The thrust is not
65 East 500 North. . 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. Why? 0000009601 00000 n
Get to know staff and parishioners at Saint Sebastian and Saint Catherine. Even Constantine the Great has been reported to say these words at the Council of Nicaea: It appeared an unworthy thing that in the celebration of this most holy feast [Passover] we should follow the practice of the Jews . The Catholic Church designated Sunday as the day for corporate worship and gets full credit or blame for the change. United States federal government in order to enact laws for the
The Council of Laodicea was convened approximately 40 years later to enforce the acceptance of the Lords Day in place of the lunar Sabbath. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed
(Given the 7th day of March, Crispus and Constantine being consuls each of them for the second time [A.D. 321] (Codex Justinianus, lib. (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. YOUR problem is that you never do your homework. And thus the pagan Sunday, dedicated to Balder, became the Christian Sunday, sacred to Jesus. . Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be
Because the Catholic Church tells them to do so. CLOSED NOW. He also amplified or interpreted them, . Every place is the right place, and every time is the right time." The Sun was a foremost god with heathen-domThe sun has worshippers at this hour in Persia and other lands. Saturday, dies Saturni, the original first day of the planetary week is a counterfeit of the true seventh-day Sabbath day of the Bible. Constantine NEVER abandoned sun-worship and kept the sun on his coins. Roman Catholic bishop, Karl Josef von Hefele (1809-1893), states that the word Saturday is supplied in modern translations. Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. event : evt, 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. 2, b. The pope can modify divine law, since his power is not of man, but of God, and he acts a vicegerent of God upon earth. 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. Since Constantine has already been worshiping on Sunday, then it was only natural for him to choose Sunday as the new Sabbath day. Domini] was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but
that we may rightly say she redeemed the human race together with Christ. Benedict XV, Inter Sodalicia, 1918, The priest is the man of God, the minister of God. 0
Download or view as a flip book the most recent church bulletins containing, photos, stories, news and important event information. The Protestant claiming the Bible to be the only guide of faith, has no warrant for observing Sunday. Matt. "Pastor's Page," The Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel Volume 50, Number 22 (May 21,1995). ), in J. P. Migne, Patrologia Graeca, Vol. And God Himself is obliged to abide by the judgment of His priests, and either not to pardon or to pardon. Again, "They will seek to change times and laws." The word Sunday does not come anywhere in the Bible, so, without knowing it they are obeying the authority of the Catholic Church. 1, p. 51. The Pope is of so great authority and power that he can modify, explain, or interpret even divine law". Question - Which is the Sabbath day? 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. . duplicated in other parts of the world as well under the same pretense. ), p. 229, n, The Pope by reason of the excellence of his supreme dignity is called bishop of bishops. When Emperor Hadrian reigned beginning in 117 A.D., he began to persecute the Jewish people. Mithraism is the official religion of the Roman Empire before Constantine declared Christianity to be so. It was the Catholic church whichhas transferred this rest to Sunday in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. T. Enright, Bishop of St. Alphonsus Church, clearly states: It was the Catholic Church which made the law obliging us to keep Sunday holy. . Most Christians have no idea that this even happened or how. During the reign of Emperor Hadrian, worshipping on the first day of the week became the norm. of the Redemptoral College, Kansas City, in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas, February 18, 1884, printed in History of the Sabbath, p. 802. (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'. 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. She was the 25th child born to her mother, although half of her brothers and sisters did not survive childhood. Following is a sampling of the numerous statements made by Catholics honestly stating that they are responsible for the calendar change that transferred worship to dies Solis: The facts of history having been forgotten by most people, many Catholic writers have used planetary week terminology (i.e., Saturday), which could be considered deceptive. It shall remain consecrated, sanctified.' 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. When Catherine was 16 years old, motivated by a vision of St. Dominic, she entered the Third Order of the . Hefeles A History of the Councils of the Church, Vol. 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. 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. After almost a decade, he made a proclamation that the day of worship should be done on Sunday and not Saturday. Heres why . 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. . The university enrolls nearly 1,500 . ________________________________________________________________________. From the Old Testament to the New Testament, from Genesis to the Revelation, from Adam to the last person born today, you will NEVER read any direct command and even any indication that the Sabbath has already been done away with. For instance, the institution of Sunday. We need to learn how to help our Trinitarian friends understand John's words as he intended for them to be understood. Christ resumed these Commandments in the double precept of charity love of God and of neighbor; He proclaimed them as binding under the New Law in Matt., xix and in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt., v). If Protestants would follow the Bible, they would worship God on the Sabbath Day. } Who Made Sunday Holy? "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. Not to mention the almost successful extermination of the Jews mentioned in the book of Esther. keep Saturday holy (emphasis added). 18:15-18, Luke 10:16, John 16:12-15, John 20:21-23). Catholic Churches Churches & Places of Worship. 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.. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. . Letter, Dies Domini, was quoted as saying that a violator should be
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. 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. { Why? The decision of the Council of Nicaea to set aside Biblical calendation was merely confirmed by Constantine in royal edict. legislate? So this would be the new Sabbath.
For these reasons the Church changed the Lord's day from Saturday to Sunday. . For an expos of the powers behind the scenes, clickHERE. (function() { The origins of Saturday reveal the shocking identities of the hidden god and his representative.
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