View All Collections English Bulletins. Born in Siena [Italy] in 1347, into a very large family, she died in Rome in 1380. The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth. Pope Pius V, quoted in Barclay, Chapter XXVII, p. 218, Cities Petrus Bertanous, The foundation of all our confidence is found in the Blessed Virgin Mary. In this matter the Seventh-day Adventist is the only consistent Protestant. 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. But our wonder should be far greater when we find that in obedience to the words of his priests HOC EST CORPUS MEUM God himself descends on the altar, that he comes wherever they call him, and as often as they call him, and places himself in their hands, even though they should be his enemies. [2] These reasons are more than satisfactory for the Catholic. "The Day of the Lord" (dies Dominica) was There is no such law in the Bible. . 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! 0000001240 00000 n 'The day of the Lord' was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the (Catholic) Church's sense of its own powerPeople who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become 7th Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy." - St. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. Because the Catholic Church tells them to do so. . In keeping the Sunday they are following a law of the Catholic Church. efforts are being made to gain influence in the executive and legislative circles of the The power of the priest, says St. Bernardine of Sienna, is the power of the divine person; for the transubstantiation of the bread requires as much power as the creation of the world. St. Alphonsus de Liguori, Dignity and Duties of the Priest or Selva, pp. Thank you for your patience and continued support! defended only on Catholic principles. . (1). Get to know staff and parishioners at Saint Sebastian and Saint Catherine. By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week. And lo! Join our growing Christian Community Today and receive your Free Gift! The word think is used because the Roman Catholic Church think they have changed the day and that their authority stands above scripture and that God will just go along with their change, but in reality, as far as God is concerned it remains eternally unchanged. Comments? on: function(evt, cb) { Even in the New Testament, we have seen deeply-rooted strife among the Jewish and Gentile Christians. 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. Quick Q&A: Will the day of worship change when Christ returns. Instead, they followed in the footsteps of their mother church. Everyone knew that dies Saturni had recently been moved from the first day of the pagan week to the last day of the pagan week, while Sabbato was the seventh day of the Jewish luni-solar calendar with which no one in power wished to be associated. When Catherine was 16 years old, motivated by a vision of St. Dominic, she entered the Third Order of the . ); And thus the pagan Sunday, dedicated to Balder, became the Christian Sunday, sacred to Jesus. 0000000816 00000 n Welcome to Church Finder - the best way to find Christian churches in Provo UT. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. . For Constantine, the first Christian Roman Emperor, it is considered unworthy to have anything to do with the Jews. (5). The Protestant claiming the Bible to be the only guide of faith, has no warrant for observing Sunday. But since Saturday, not Sunday, is specified in the Bible, isn't it curious that non-Catholics who profess to take their religion directly from the Bible and not the Church, observe Sunday instead of Saturday? . Anti-semitism played a role, as can be seen in the previously quoted statement by Constantine: Let us have nothing in common with this odious people [the Jews] . The Catholic Church has always been very open about her role in changing the calendar. . Sentinel, Pastor's page, Saint Catherine Catholic Church, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995 If Protestants would follow the Bible, they would worship God on the Sabbath Day. "Is Saturday the seventh day according to the Bible and the Ten Commandments? Additionally, the Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel from May 21, 1995, had the following to say: "Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. There is, in truth, something royal, kingly about the sun, making it a fit emblem of Jesus, the Sun of Justice. In keeping the 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 dated February 10, 1920. The church made this law long after the Bible was written. For example, an announcement . 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. . 2, AControversia Prima, Book 2 (ADe Conciliorum Auctoritate [On the Authority of Councils]), chap. Thus, they chose another day of worship and rest. 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). The day of resurrection, the day of Pentecost, fifty . He is likewise bishop of the universal church. Currently, the Vatican is asking the civil : (931) 388-3803 Fax: (931) 381-8837 www.stcatherinecc.org After Hours Emergency Contact (931) 215-5980 Rev. Daniel Reehil, Pastor Email: fatherreehil@stcatherinecc.org "To the servant of God . The Protestant claiming the Bible to be the only guide of faith, has no warrant for observing Sunday.. "Pastor's Page," The Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel Volume 50, Number 22 (May 21,1995). Protestantism, in discarding the authority of the [Roman Catholic] Church, has no good reasons for its Sunday theory, and ought logically to keep Saturday as the Sabbath. John Gilmary Shea, Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. The Protestant claiming the Bible to be the only guide of faith, has no warrant for observing Sunday. Answer - Saturday is the Sabbath day. Daniel Reehil, Pastor Email: fatherreehil@stcatherinecc.org "To the servant of God. ST. CATHERINE CATHOLIC CHURCH 3019 Cayce Lane, Columbia, Tennessee 38401 Ph. Can the dead c. The decision of the Council of Nicaea to set aside Biblical calendation was merely confirmed by Constantine in royal edict. 563-564. 0000005432 00000 n ), 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. Rev. All of us believe many things in regard to religion that we do not find in the Bible. The Bible says, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. The Catholic Church says: No. See for yourself how many of these statements are unbiblical or even outright blasphemous. For example, nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. 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 The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. (5) Charles George Herbermann, Knights of Columbus Catholic Truth Committee, The Catholic Encyclopedia, (Harvard University: Encyclopedia Press, 1908), p. 153, emphasis supplied. 653, That all princes should kiss his [the Popes] feet only. (Gregory VII, Cesare Baronius, Annales, year 1076, secs. The Sunday-worship had further become stronger during the time of Constantine the Great. A German scholar, theologian and professor of Church history, he was educated at Tbingen University. - NASA's entire space program is built on a lie. 524-525. Right click and Save Link As to download file. Sunday is an institution of the Roman Catholic Church, and those who observe the day observe a commandment of the Catholic Church. 1995): 6, The authority of the church could therefore not be bound to the authority of the Scriptures, because the Church had changedthe Sabbath into Sunday, not by command of Christ, but by its own authority. Canon and Tradition, p. 263, Is not yet too late for Protestants to redeem themselves. follows a lunar calendar, which is several days short of the solar year. Scripture reveals, This shocking compilation of facts about the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, is a must read for any Bible Prophecy St, Revelation 17 & the 7 Kings: WLC has long taught that the seven mountains/kings are seven popes, with the late Bene, RT @LTCUnderground: Saturday Morning Underground #3 - Ordinals and Principles. Catholic scholars have always known the truth, though. God's Law. the nations day of rest. Saint Catherine Parish is located in Milwaukee County the traditional territory of the Menominee, Fox, Mascouten, Sauk, Potawatomi, Ojibwe and Ho-Chunk tribes. For an expos of the powers behind the scenes, clickHERE. keep Saturday holy (emphasis added). The Pope has the authority and often exercised it, to dispense with the command of Christ. Decretal, de Tranlatic Episcop. The day of the Lord was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the (Catholic) Churchs sense of its own powerPeople who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become 7th Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy. St. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. Discover the pagan origins of Christmas. We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. It was Satan's plan to have this Church change the Sabbath to Sunday. intel director salary. 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. The civil authorities should be urged to New Moon Day: Why the Dawn After Conjunction, The Sundayis purely a creation of the Catholic Church., Sundayis the law of the Catholic Church alone, Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principlesFrom 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., They [the Protestants] deem it their duty to keep the Sunday holy. Therefore the observance of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] church." While it is true that Constantines religious edicts have lessened Christian persecution, he made sun worship even more popular not just among the pagans, but in the Christians as well. 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. Father Saenz and Father Gilbert lead their Catholic-based community members in prayer and charity, offering both Latin and Novus Ordo masses for all to attend. So, it is not a great surprise to see how anti-semitism also played a role in erasing the history of the Sabbath in the true Church. The Pope is of so great authority and power that he can modify, explain, or interpret even divine law". Does the Bible support the change to Sunday? . The day on which you worship, calculated by which calendar you use, reveals which Deity/deity you are worshipping. Question - Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday? During the reign of Emperor Hadrian, worshipping on the first day of the week became the norm. But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. Read what historian Paul Johnson wrote in his book, A History of Christianity, 1976, pp. 31-33, vol 17 (1869 ed. Aside from that, you will NEVER read in the Bible that the sanctity of the Sabbath has been transferred to Sunday! Written by the finger of God on two tables of stone, this Divine code was received from the Almighty by Moses amid the thunders of Mount Sinai . 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. The thrust is not . Will they do it? will they indeed take the written word only, the Scripture alone, as their sole authority and their sole standard? The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday not from any directions noted in the Scriptures, but from the Churchs sense of its own power People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become 7thDay Adventists, and keep the Saturday holy. Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21, 1995, It is evident that the popes can neither be bound nor unbound by any earthly power, nor even by that of the apostle [Peter], if he should return upon the earth; since Constantine the Great has recognized that the pontiffs held the place of God upon earth, divinity not being able to be judged by any living man. 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. As in creating the world it was sufficient for God to have said, Let it be made, and it was created -He spoke, and they were made- so it is sufficient for the priest to say, Hoc est corpus meum, and behold the bread is no longer bread, but the body of Jesus Christ. . Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the First Century. However, a deeper look at his life after his conversion tells you otherwise. whenever the pope thinks, it is God Himself, who is thinking in him. (Fritz Leist, Der Gefangene des Vatikanus, p. 344. 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. 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. Hefeles A History of the Councils of the Church, Vol. Catholic Doctrine, by Peter Geiermann, 50. and the sun stood still. 6 Proven Facts Why Church On Sunday Is Unbiblical, Identify The Antichrist Now With These 13 Shocking Characteristics. Roman Catholic bishop, Karl Josef von Hefele (1809-1893), states that the word Saturday is supplied in modern translations. . Letter, Dies Domini, was quoted as saying that a violator should be Roman Catholic Church located at 3450 Tennessee Street, Vallejo, CA - phone: (707) 553-1355 ), 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 Catholic Church designated Sunday as the day for corporate worship and gets full credit or blame for the change. St. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. (7). window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { An excellent example of Saturday being knowingly or unknowingly substituted for Sabbath is found in the cannons of the Council of Laodicea. Imprimatur, John Cardinal McCloskey, archbishop of New York, With regard to the power of the priests over the real body of Jesus Christ, it is of faith that when they pronounce the words of consecration the Incarnate Word has obliged himself to obey and to come into their hands under the sacramental species. Subscribe now! At the opening ceremonies of the Council of Nicaea, Eusebius sat to the right of Constantine and gave the opening address. (9) Eusebius, Commentary on the Psalms, Psalm 91 (Psalm 92 in the A.V. Meet new people from all over the world, make friends, change your status, upload photos, earn points, & so much more! He also amplified or interpreted them, . A Biblically-based community focused on prophetic truths revealing the imminent return of the Saviour. Is not every Christian obliged to sanctify Sunday and to abstain on that day from unnecessary servile work? The church is above the Bible, 0000012382 00000 n It shall remain consecrated, sanctified The Catholic World, March 1994, p. 809, Constantine published the Edict of Milan, granting freedom of religion in the empire and establishing Sunday as a day of worship. Colliers Encyclopedia vol 7, p. 212, It appeared an unworthy thing that . We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath Day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. It is no secret that the Roman Catholic Church played a huge role in turning the Sabbath into Saturday. We have also shown from scripture that the little horn of Daniel 7, which is synonymous with the beast of Revelation 13 would think to change Gods law and it did. . startxref . She was the 25th child born to her mother, although half of her brothers and sisters did not survive childhood. Quoted in Symposium on Revelation, pp. Sadly, this unbiblical doctrine is lulling many into a false sense of security. He is the true vicar, the head of the entire church, the father and teacher of all Christians. Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because } 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. 2023 The Bible Says That All rights reserved. Her mother was 40 when she was born. But this theory is now entirely abandoned.

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