B. Q. When did the civil and ceremonial laws of the Jews cease to exist? Who Really "Changed" the Sabbath? A. Who can forgive sins, but God alone? Christ proves to them that He is God because He does forgive sins and performs a miraculous healing. Mt 28:1; Mk 16:2; Lk 24:1; Jn 20:1. 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. For more on the Sabbath, please check (Lessons 91-102) of the Bible Lessons. You may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. Sabbath Who changed the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday? 120 CIC, can. CHAPTER ONE "YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND", The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath; so the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.91, 2168 The third commandment of the Decalogue recalls the holiness of the sabbath: "The seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Ultimately, Christ is our Sabbath rest. Is not every Christian obliged to sanctify Sunday and to abstain on that day from unnecessary servile work? It is our purpose to lay the clear Word of God before you, the truth-seeking reader, to decide for yourself what is truth and what is error. The command of the Almighty God stands clearly written in the Bible in these words: Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. The Catholic Church Claims Changing the Sabbath to Sunday Bible Based.We believe in solo-scriptura. III, chap. In keeping 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 of Feb. 10, 1920, Have you not any other way of proving that the Church has power to institute festivals of precept? The first Pope did not exist until 606 AD! Let's deal with the "no" first. Mk 16:1; Mt 28:1. From Sabbath to Sunday | Catholic Answers The Church commands us to keep the Sunday holy instead of the Sabbath because on Sunday Christ rose from the dead, and on Sunday He sent the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles. "96 The sabbath brings everyday work to a halt and provides a respite. 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. Catholic Press , Aug. 25, 1900. 100 Cf. . Answer. Was the Saturday Sabbath Changed to Sunday? - United Church of God for in six days the Lord had made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy" (Ex. ChSa 152.11. The Protestant claiming the Bible to be the only guide of faith, has no warrant for observing Sunday. The Catholic Universe Bulletin, August 14, 1942, p. 4. Why did Satan do this? I answer no! Geiermann received the apostolic blessing of Pope Pius X on his labors, January 25, 1910, The Church changed the observance of the Sabbath to Sunday by right of the divine, infallible authority given to her by her founder, Jesus Christ. 124 St. Augustine, De civ. But even some Catholics are surprised to learn that the original day of rest for the Jews was Saturday, not Sunday. . 118 CIC, can. Answer. The Ten Commandments belong to the moral law, because they are a compendium or short account of what we must do in order to save our souls; just as the Apostles Creed is a compendium of what we must believe. 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. 23:12. That chapter is quite instructive as it shows how the early Christians were already worshipping God through the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. If we obey God and keep His Sabbath day Holy, we give our allegiance to God. 94 Deut 5:15. 125 Heb 12:22-23. What does the Catholic Church teach about the Sabbath? is a traditional Dominican priest. Michael E. Rodrguez was born in 1970, in the border city of El, Diocese St. Catharines, Ontario, currently in Chippewa, Ontario. He says, For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it, Exodus 20:11, Genesis 2:1-3. The Fourth Commandment. 1251. 3. The pleasure is mine. Every Christian should avoid making unnecessary demands on others that would hinder them from observing the Lord's Day. Answer: A. Today, all Christians keep Sunday because it has been revealed to us by the [Roman] church outside the Bible. Catholic Virginian, Oct. 3, 1947, You may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. 102 Mk 2:28. Real Answers. 2174 Jesus rose from the dead "on the first day of the week. And that is why the requirement for wearing tassels on your clothes (cf. Compromise is impossible. James Cardinal Gibbons, in Catholic Mirror, December 23, 1893. Ceremonial laws, governing their worship in the temple; 2175 Sunday is expressly distinguished from the sabbath which it follows chronologically every week; for Christians its ceremonial observance replaces that of the sabbath. 1247). For example, nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. "92, 2169 In speaking of the sabbath Scripture recalls creation: "For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. 2. Before the coming of Our Lord the Jews had three kinds of laws: 9,1:SCh 10,88. A. Did Paul teach the immortality of the soul. 2193 "On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound . He is an accountant and MBA business professional. You can read more of St. Ambroses commentary on this passage in Matins from Ember Saturday of Pentecost Week. 2194 The institution of Sunday helps all "to be allowed sufficient rest and leisure to cultivate their familial, cultural, social, and religious lives" (GS 67 3). Christians celebrate on Sunday because it is the day on which Jesus had risen from the dead and on which the Holy Spirit had come to the apostles. When the Incarnate Son in turn came down to earth, His work in theological figure began on that same Seventh Day. Then claims Sunday is the Lord's day without citing a single Bible text. 1:10, St. John "was in the Spirit on the Lord's day." This is the only place in the . ), p. 50. Joe Heschmeyer: It's even a denominational splitting issue. 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. Answer: Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with her she could not 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. Stephen Keenan, A Doctrinal Catechism [FRS No. It was Satan's plan to have this Church change the Sabbath to Sunday. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. 2177 The Sunday celebration of the Lord's Day and his Eucharist is at the heart of the Church's life. Why do you then keep holy the Sunday and not Saturday? Q. Did the Catholic Church "Change the Sabbath"? - National Catholic Register Not exactly. CIC, can. Q. Who changed the Sabbath? - Catholicism and Adventism Catholics worship on the Lords Day, the first day of the week (Sunday, the eighth day); the day when God said Let there be light (Gen. 1:3); the day when Christ rose from the dead; the day when the Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles (Day of Pentecost). The Catechismus Romanus was commanded by the Council of Trent and published by the Vatican Press, by order of Pope Pius V, in 1566. The Catholic Church admits to changing the observance of the seventh day Sabbath (Saturday) to the first day of the week (Sunday). . Sanctifying Sundays and holy days requires a common effort. 1248 2. ChSa 152.10. Mt 12:5; Jn 7:23. . If you feel an answer is not 100% Bible based, then leave a comment, and we'll be sure to review it. Is this true? Employers have a similar obligation toward their employees. An authoritative catechism for priests states: But the Church of God [that is, the apostate church] has in her wisdom ordained that the celebration of the Sabbath day should be transferred to the Lords day (Catechism of the Council of Trent, Donovan translation, 1829 ed., p. 358). 2183 "If because of lack of a sacred minister or for other grave cause participation in the celebration of the Eucharist is impossible, it is specially recommended that the faithful take part in the Liturgy of the Word if it is celebrated in the parish church or in another sacred place according to the prescriptions of the diocesan bishop, or engage in prayer for an appropriate amount of time personally or in a family or, as occasion offers, in groups of families. 9, by St. Ignatius of Antioch, c. 110 AD). Question. In the country however, persons engaged in agricultural work may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits; because it often happens that another day is not so suitable for grain growing or for vine planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the bounty of heaven should be lost. Schaffs History of the Christian Church, vol. [2] St. Justin was born in Judea as a pagan (c. 100 AD). Because the Catholic Church tells them to do so. Who Made Sunday Holy? Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday. Rev. Why does the Church command us to keep the Sunday holy instead of the Sabbath? 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. 91 Mk 2:27-28. For this reason the faithful are obliged to participate in the Eucharist on days of obligation, unless excused for a serious reason (for example, illness, the care of infants) or dispensed by their own pastor.119 Those who deliberately fail in this obligation commit a grave sin. It was the Catholic church whichhas transferred this rest to Sunday in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. It is acknowledged by everybody that the day which Almighty God appointed to be kept holy was Saturday, not Sunday. About UsContact UsPrayer RequestsPrivacy Policy, Latest AnswersBible LessonsBibleAsk LIVEOnline Bible. 346-348 2057 2184. ), pp. by Daniel Ferris [1916 ed. Be present at the sacred and divine liturgy, conclude its prayer and do not leave before the dismissal. 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." Question . Card. A. The Church chose Sunday, the first day of the week, and in the course of time added other days as holy days. A Course in Religion for Catholic High Schools and Academies,1936, John Laux, Which is the Sabbath day?Saturday is the Sabbath day.Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday. Peter Geiermann, The Converts Catechism of Catholic Doctrine (1946 ed. When? The Sabbath or the Lord's Day - Catholic News Agency For Christians it has become the first of all days, the first of all feasts, the Lord's Day (he kuriake hemera, dies dominica) Sunday: 2175 Sunday is expressly distinguished from the sabbath which it follows chronologically every week; for Christians its ceremonial observance replaces that of the sabbath. 2179 "A parish is a definite community of the Christian faithful established on a stable basis within a particular church; the pastoral care of the parish is entrusted to a pastor as its own shepherd under the authority of the diocesan bishop. . We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. He wrote:[2], But Sunday is the day on which we all hold our common assembly, because it is the first day on which God, having wrought a change in the darkness and matter, made the world; and Jesus Christ our Saviour on the same day rose from the dead. Neh 13:15-22; 2 Chr 36:21. Catechism of the Catholic Church. 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. By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week. And lo! 4, published by the Roman Catholic Church 1869. 1, p. 51. Does the Scripture anywhere command the Sunday to be kept for the Sabbath? Sunday. Real Answers. The charity of truth seeks holy leisure- the necessity of charity accepts just work. Thus, by Christs own example, the Apostles and all early Christians knew the day which they were meant to keep holy was indeed Sunday. Catholics do not worship on the Sabbath, which according to Jewish law is the last day of the week (Saturday), when God rested from all the work he had done in creation (Gen. 2:2-3). Our aim is to share the Word and be true to it. Let no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in respect of a festival day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbaths, Which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ (Colossians 2:16-17). - How prove you that? 121 Gen 2:2. Sunday is traditionally consecrated by Christian piety to good works and humble service of the sick, the infirm, and the elderly. "111, 2178 This practice of the Christian assembly dates from the beginnings of the apostolic age.112 The Letter to the Hebrews reminds the faithful "not to neglect to meet together, as is the habit of some, but to encourage one another."113. This same Church, by the same divine authority, taught the doctrine of Purgatory long before the Bible was made. GS 67 3. The Catholic church for over one thousand years before the existence of a Protestant, by virtue of her divine mission, changed the day from Saturday to SundayThe Protestant World at its birth found the Christian Sabbath too strongly entrenched to run counter to its existence; it was therefore placed under the necessity of acquiescing in the arrangement, thus implying the (Catholic) Churchs right to change the day, for over three hundred years. Catholics allege the change of the Sabbath into the Lords day, contrary, as it seemeth, to the Decalogue; and they have no example more in their mouth than the change of the Sabbath. Proficient in Catholic apologetics, he is president of CatechismClass.com and maintains his blog, A Catholic Life. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify. James Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of Our Fathers (1917 edition), p. 72-73 (16th Edition, p 111; 88th Edition, p. 89). 2181 The Sunday Eucharist is the foundation and confirmation of all Christian practice. 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. A. If, then, he neglects Saturday as a day of rest and holiness, and substitutes Sunday in its place, and this merely because such as the usage of the ancient Church, should he not, if he wishes to act consistently, observe fasting and abstinence, because the ancient Church so ordained?. Question: Why did the Catholic Church substitute Sunday for Saturday? Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work. Exodus 20:8-10 You will answer me, perhaps, that you do keep the Sabbath; for that you abstain from all worldly business and diligently go to church, and say your prayers, and read your Bible at home every Sunday of your lives But Sunday is not the Sabbath day. St. John in the Apocalypse makes mention of the Lord's day; and the Apostle commands . It showeth, moreover, that the Son of God, Who is come not to destroy the law but to fulfill the law, is not under the law, but above the law. "115 It is the place where all the faithful can be gathered together for the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist. ), and social necessities (public services, etc. The early Church did not move the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday. Already in the second century, he was explaining to the Roman Emperor Antonius Pius (138-161) why and how the early Christians kept Sunday holy. 2187 Sanctifying Sundays and holy days requires a common effort. He is also the author of various publications. "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). Did the Catholic Church Change the Sabbath Day? We have the commandment of God given at creation then to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath day, that is, the Seventh day of the week, Saturday. They will needs have to be very great, because it hath dispensed with a precept of the Decalogue. The Augsburg Confession (Lutheran), part 2, art. Is working on Saturday a sin too since it does not, strictly speaking, keep the Sabbath holy? 96 Ex 31:17; cf. 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. When was the Sabbath changed from Saturday to Sunday? - BibleAsk It is the day we refrain from servile work, attend Mass, devote ourselves to prayer, and engage in recreation, family time, and true leisure. For extremely detailed information on who changed the Sabbath to Sunday, please read who changed the Sabbath to Sunday or the Sabbath to Sunday change. Matthew 16:18). The Council of Laodicea, in Asia Minor, fourth century. 4. Prior to the Jewish revolt under Bar Cocheba, A.D. 132135, the Roman Empire recognized Judaism as a legal religion and Christianity as a Jewish sect. Bible Based.We believe in solo-scriptura. We're split off. 99 Mk 2:27. Where's the Evidence That the Sabbath Was Changed? 72,73, Who first enjoined Sunday keeping by law? Jews around the world have worshipped for millennia on the Sabbath, the day beginning at sunset every Friday evening and continuing until sunset on Saturday. Question: How prove you that the church had power to command feasts and holydays? Copyright permission for posting of the English translation of the CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH on the Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Church web site was granted by Amministrazione Del Patrimonio Della Sede Apostolica, case number 130389. Reason and common sense demand the acceptance of one or the other of these alternatives: either Protestantism and the keeping holy of Saturday, or Catholicism and the keeping holy of Sunday. If we obey the Commandment of the Catholic Church and keep their day Holy, who do we give our allegiance to then? This system has established an increasing number of doctrines and statements that directly go against the Bible. 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 Lords day they shall especially honor, and, as being Christians, shall, if possible, do no work on that day. The Sundayis purely a creation of the Catholic Church.American Catholic Quarterly Review, January 1883. 2195 Every Christian should avoid making unnecessary demands on others that would hinder them from observing the Lord's Day. Regarding the change from the observance of the Jewish Sabbath to the Christian Sunday, I wish to draw your attention to the facts: 1) That Protestants, who accept the Bible as the only rule of faith and religion, should by all means go back to the observance of the Sabbath. They went to church every Sunday, acted as an altar server and taught catechism to 4- to 6-year-olds. The Catechism of the Catholic Church says: "The Church celebrates the day of Christ's Resurrection on the 'eighth day,' Sunday, which is rightly called the Lord's Day" (CCC 2191). If you are consistent with your own principles, if you really follow the Bible, and the Bible only you ought to be able to produce some portion of the New Testament in which this fourth commandment is expressly altered. Excerpts from Why Dont You Keep Holy the Sabbath Day?, pages 3-15 in The Clifton Tract, vol. The faithful should see to it that legitimate excuses do not lead to habits prejudicial to religion, family life, and health. - Because by keeping Sunday, they acknowledge the Churchs power to ordain feasts, and to command them under sin: and by not keeping the rest by her commanded, they again deny, in fact, the same power. An Abridgment of the Christian Doctrine, composed by Henry Tuberville, p. 58. Sunday is a time for reflection, silence, cultivation of the mind, and meditation which furthers the growth of the Christian interior life. His Resurrection then occurred on the Eighth Day (Sunday), which is the First Day of the New Creation[4] and New Covenant in Christs Blood. It does. Answer. Almighty God did not give a commandment that men should keep holy one day in seven; but He named His own day, and said distinctly: Thou shalt keep holy the seventh day; and He assigned a reason for choosing this day rather than any other - a reason which belongs only to the seventh day of the week, and cannot be applied to the rest.
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