| In over 105 languages Saturday translates
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| | persecution of the Jews for Sabbath
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| to Sabbath. In Italy it is called
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| | keeping became so great that many
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| Sabbato, in Russia Subbota, in Portugal
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| | Christians decided to start keeping
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| Sabbado, in Spain Sabado and in Poland
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| | Sunday, so as to distance themselves from
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| Sobota. All of these names mean "Sabbath"
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| | the Jews. Some began using the excuse
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| or "rest day" in the various languages.
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| | that it was in honour of the
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| The fourth commandment of the Bible says
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| | resurrection, as there was no biblical
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| Exo 20:8-11 "Remember the sabbath day, to
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| | basis for the change.
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| keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour,
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| | In 321 A.D. Constantine, who was a pagan,
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| and do all thy work: But the seventh day
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| | became Caesar in Rome and when he began
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| is the sabbath of the LORD thy God..."
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| | to see the balance of power shift from
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| So if Saturday, or more accurately Sunset
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| | paganism to the Church he passed the
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| Friday to Sunset Saturday, is the true
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| | first law enforcing Sunday worship in 321
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| Sabbath of the Lord, then why do people
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| | AD. Two years later he joined the Roman
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| go to church on Sunday?
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| | Catholic Church and began mingling
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| Who changed the day to Sunday, and when?
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| | paganism and Christianity. It was well
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| Did Jesus? Do we keep Sunday in honour of
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| | after 400 AD before Sunday eventually
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| his resurrection?
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| | took on the name of the Lord's Day.
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| It has been established by many
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| | In many papers and documents the Roman
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| historians and theologians that the books
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| | Catholic Church openly take credit for
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| of Matthew and Luke were written between
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| | moving the sanctity of the Seventh day
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| 60 and 80 AD. Luke does not tell us of a
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| | Sabbath to Sunday, by their own
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| day change, but instead he states in Luke
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| | authority, which they say is above that
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| 23:56, "...And they rested on the Sabbath
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| | of the scriptures.
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| according to the commandment."
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| | "The authority of the church could
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| Jesus also showed that the Sabbath would
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| | therefore not be bound to the authority
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| still be kept after the cross when He was
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| | of the Scriptures, because the Church had
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| talking to the Disciples about the
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| | changed...the Sabbath into Sunday, not by
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| forthcoming destruction of the temple in
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| | command of Christ, but by its own
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| about 70 AD. Jesus says in Matthew 24:20,
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| | authority." Canon and Tradition, p. 263.
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| "And pray that your flight may not be in
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| | So it seems that if we keep the Sabbath
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| winter or on the Sabbath."
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| | on the seventh day, we are following
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| Historians also confirm that the seventh
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| | God's commandment, but if we keep Sunday,
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| day Sabbath was kept by Jews and Gentiles
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| | we are following the traditions of man.
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| alike, until about 120 AD when the
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| | Does that really matter?
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