| The Bible tells us that God sanctified
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| | they openly take credit for moving the
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| the seventh day Sabbath as a day in
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| | sanctity of the Seventh day Sabbath to
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| remembrance that He is the Creator of
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| | Sunday, by their own authority, which
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| Heaven and Earth. It says, Exodus 20:8-11
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| | they believe is above that of the
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| "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it
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| | scriptures. Here are some examples.
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| holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do
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| | "Protestants...accept Sunday rather than
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| all thy work: But the seventh day is the
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| | Saturday as the day for public worship
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| sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou
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| | after the Catholic Church made the
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| shalt not do any work...".
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| | change...But the Protestant mind does not
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| So if God ordained Sunset Friday to
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| | seem to realize that...In observing the
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| Sunset Saturday, the seventh day as the
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| | Sunday, they are accepting the authority
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| Sabbath, why do most Christians go to
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| | of the spokesman for the church, the
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| Church on Sunday?
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| | Pope." Our Sunday Visitor , February 15,
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| Who changed the day to Sunday, and when?
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| | 1950.
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| Did Jesus? Is it spoken of in the
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| | "From this we may understand how great is
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| scriptures? Was there a new commandment
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| | the authority of the church in
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| written to amend the fourth commandment
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| | interpreting or explaining to us the
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| after Jesus died? Do we keep Sunday in
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| | commandments of God - an authority which
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| honor of his resurrection?
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| | is acknowledged by the universal practice
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| It has been firmly established by
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| | of the whole Christian world, even of
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| numerous historians and theologians that
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| | those sects which profess to take the
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| the books of Matthew and Luke were
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| | holy Scriptures as their sole rule of
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| written between 60 and 80 AD. This means
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| | faith, since they observe as the day of
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| that if the Sabbath had changed to Sunday
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| | rest not the seventh day of the week
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| after Jesus death, then it should have
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| | demanded by the Bible, but the first day.
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| been recorded by these Bible writers.
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| | Which we know is to be kept holy, only
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| Instead though we see that rather than
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| | from the tradition and teaching of the
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| inform us of any change to the day, Luke
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| | Catholic church." Henry Gibson, Catechism
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| instead he states in Luke 23:56, "...And
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| | Made Easy, # 2, 9th edition, vol. 1, p.
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| they rested on the Sabbath according to
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| | 341-342.
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| the commandment."
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| | "It was the Catholic church which...has
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| Jesus Himself in His prophecy about the
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| | transferred this rest to Sunday in
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| destruction of the temple, which occurred
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| | remembrance of the resurrection of our
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| in about 70 AD, when He was talking to
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| | Lord. Therefore the observance of Sunday
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| His Disciples said Matthew 24:20, "And
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| | by the Protestants is an homage they pay,
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| pray that your flight may not be in
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| | in spite of themselves, to the authority
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| winter or on the Sabbath." This shows
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| | of the (Catholic) church." Monsignor
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| conclusively that Jesus knew that the
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| | Louis Segur, Plain Talk About the
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| Sabbath would still be in existence many
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| | Protestantism of Today, p. 213.
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| years after the cross.
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| | "Sunday is our mark or authority...the
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| Historians also confirm that the seventh
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| | church is above the Bible, and this
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| day Sabbath was kept by both Jews and
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| | transference of Sabbath observance is
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| Gentiles, until around 120 AD. At this
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| | proof of that fact." Catholic Record of
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| time the persecution of the Jews became
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| | London , Ontario, September 1, 1923.
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| so great that many Christians in some
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| | "The authority of the church could
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| areas decided to start keeping Sunday, so
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| | therefore not be bound to the authority
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| as to try to differentiate themselves
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| | of the Scriptures, because the Church had
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| from the Jews, who were still faithfully
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| | changed...the Sabbath into Sunday, not by
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| keeping the Sabbath of the Lord. Some
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| | command of Christ, but by its own
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| Christians began to use the excuse that
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| | authority." Canon and Tradition, p. 263.
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| it was in honor of the resurrection, as
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| | So it seems that if Christians keep the
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| there was no scriptural basis for this
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| | Sabbath on the seventh day, we are
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| change. At that time Christians in areas
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| | following the commandment of God, but if
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| outside the Roman empire continued to
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| | we keep Sunday, we are following the
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| keep the true seventh day Sabbath of God.
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| | traditions of man. Does that really
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| In 321 A.D. Constantine, who was a pagan,
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| | matter?
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| became Caesar in Rome. As he began to see
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| | The Bible says in Mark 7:6-9 "Jesus
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| the balance of power shift from paganism
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| | answered them, "How right Isaiah was when
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| to the Church he passed the first law
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| | he prophesied about you! You are
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| enforcing Sunday worship in 321 AD.
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| | hypocrites, just as he wrote: 'These
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| Sunday of course was the day that the
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| | people, says God, honor me with their
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| pagans kept holy in their worship of the
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| | words, but their heart is really far away
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| Sun god. Two years after passing this law
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| | from me. It is no use for them to worship
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| Constantine joined the Roman Catholic
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| | me, because they teach human rules as
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| Church and began mingling paganism with
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| | though they were my laws!' "You put aside
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| Christianity. The pagans were very
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| | God's command and obey human teachings."
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| involved with idolatry, so he took many
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| | And Jesus continued, "You have a clever
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| of the statues of their gods and gave
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| | way of rejecting God's law in order to
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| them Christian names, like St Peter and
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| | uphold your own teaching."
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| Mary. It was well after 400 AD before
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| | It seems clear that Jesus wanted us to
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| Sunday eventually took on the name of the
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| | stand firm on the teachings of the
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| Lord's Day.
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| | scriptures, and not on any religious
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| In many documents, papers and books
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| | traditions instituted by man.
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| written by the Roman Catholic Church,
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