st catherine catholic church sentinel may 21, 1995

0000001738 00000 n words, Pope John Paul II has asked for more (4). ), 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. 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. Transhumanism is Satans ultimate goal: men created in his own image. What right has any other church to keep this day? But this theory is now entirely abandoned. { The Catholic Church designated Sunday as the day for corporate worship and gets full credit or blame for the change. 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. Or will they keep the Sunday according to the tradition of the Catholic church. Ibid, page 31, We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty. (The Great Encyclical Letters of Leo XIII, p. 304), The belief in the Bible as the sole source of faith is unhistorical, illogical, fatal to the virtue of faith, and destructive of unity. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XIII, Protestantism, Section III A Sola Scriptura (Bible Alone), Nihil Obstat, February 1, 1912 by Remy Lafort, D.D., Censor, Imprimatur. The Catholic church says No! (Luke 9:62), 17 Unbelievable Bible Secrets No One Has Ever Told You, 12 Unspoken Reasons Why You Should Not Use the New International Version (NIV) Bible, 10 Little-Known Lessons from the life of Tabitha (Dorcas) in Acts 9:36-43, 5 Powerful and Vital Lessons from the Life of Samson, 12 Awesome Lessons We Learn from the Healing of the Man Blind from Birth (John 9:1-41), 5 Powerful Lessons from the Life of Jephthah. Sabbath. It is a law of the holy Catholic Church alone. St. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. or disregard for that day? In keeping the Sunday they are following a law of the Catholic Church. was changed from Saturday to Sunday. He also amplified or interpreted them, . The church chose Sunday, the first day of the week, and in the course of time added other days as holy days. 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. In the beginning, He created a time-keep, A little late, but still important! 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. After reading all the information above, we can now answer some fundamental questions. 0000008460 00000 n In this matter the Seventh-day Adventist is the only consistent Protestant. 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. In the country, however, persons engaged in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits; because it often happens that another day is not so suitable for grain-sowing or for vine-planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the bounty of heaven should be lost. But if any shall be found to be judaizers, let them be anathema from Christ (Canon XXIX). According to von Hefele, the original word used in both the Greek and the Latin was actually Sabbath. The word anathema (accursed) was used in place of shut out. The Latin version clearly does not contain any reference to dies Saturni (Saturday) but instead usesSabbato, or Sabbath: Quod non oportet Christianos Judaizere et otiare in Sabbato, sed operari in eodem die. Of course, the day that he If we obey the Commandment of the Catholic Church and keep their day Holy, who do we give our allegiance to then? consider what has been said by the leaders of the Christian . 2, p. 174. Thus, one of the reasons that the Sabbath was abolished was to get rid of any trace of the Jews in the religion of Christianity. We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. Roman Catholic bishop, Karl Josef von Hefele (1809-1893), states that the word Saturday is supplied in modern translations. . contentious as Pope John Paul II continues to press for mandatory Sunday Statements made by the Roman Catholic Church about the Sabbath . See for yourself how many of these statements are unbiblical or even outright blasphemous. What does it mean to dwell in the secret place of the Most High (Psalms 91:1)? B, 3, chapter S. Sabbath A Hebrew word signifying rest Sunday was a name given by the heathens to the first day of the week, because it was the day on which they worshipped the sun. Bible Encyclopedia, John Eadie, D.D, L.L.D, p. 561, The sun was a foremost god with heathendom There is, in truth, something royal, kingly about the sun, making it a fit emblem of Jesus, the Sun of Justice. Catholic scholars have always known the truth, though. Any honest and thinking Bible scholars will tell you that the official Sabbath Day in the Bible is Saturday and not Sunday. Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. days later, came on the first day of the week. But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. But is this really what he, Sadly, many who take the name "Christian," often condemn others whose sins differ from their own, supposedly lesser, Time is drawing to a close. window.mc4wp.listeners.push( View All Collections English Bulletins. 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. 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. I answer yes. 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. should logically become 7th Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy. 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. I dont select the ads displayed here but generated by advertising software. window.mc4wp.listeners.push( 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. . 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. These interviews hosted by Jon Metz, Adult Formation Minister, can be found on the Saint Sebastian YouTube page. As conservative Catholic scholar and apologist Patrick Madrid stated: [The] calendar that we follow, including Seventh-day Adventists, is not only a calendar that was devised by the Catholic Church, but also it is a calendar thats based upon the solar year, not the lunar year. As a compromise, instead of keeping the correct day of worship, he chose Sunday as a relic of his past religion. The Council of Laodicea was convened approximately 40 years later to enforce the acceptance of the Lords Day in place of the lunar Sabbath. 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. . xb```b``d`e`de@ ^(= w7dD2YW. But I pray and hope you make the right decision! . . They [the Protestants] deem it their duty to keep the Sunday holy. According to stories, he converted to Christianity after winning his battle against the Roman Emperor Maxentius in A.D. 312. Is Sunday the first day of the week and did the Church change the seventh day - Saturday - for Sunday, the first day? (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. The Sabbath was changed by the Roman Catholic Church 300 years after Christs death and resurrection. With this, we are now beginning to see the history of the Sabbath controversy. . Not to mention the almost successful extermination of the Jews mentioned in the book of Esther. The Bible says, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. The Catholic Church says: No. He made Sunday into a day of rest, closing the law courts and forbidding all work except agricultural labour.. . And after having come, he remains, entirely at their disposal; they move him as they please, from one place to another; they may, if they wish, shut him up in the tabernacle, or expose him on the altar, or carry him outside the church; they may, if they choose, eat his flesh, and give him for the food of others. St. Alphonsus de Liguori, The Dignity and Duties of the Priest or Selva, pp. You answer by virtue of the third commandment (the papacy did away with the 2nd regarding the worship of graven images, and called the 4th the 3rd), which says 'Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day.'. Should you be punished for your conscientious regard Letter, Dies Domini, was quoted as saying that a violator should be 2, b. And they wanted to show that Christianity was distinct from Judaism. window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { Therefore the observance of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] church." (1) Heinrich Graetz, History of the Jews, (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1893), Vol. I am passionate about inspiring people to find their God-given purpose in life. Unquestionably the first law, either ecclesiastical or civil, by which the sabbatical observance of Sunday is known to have been ordained, is the sabbatical edict of Constantine, A.D. 321. Chambers Encyclopedia, Article: Sunday.. And lo the entire civilized world bows down in reverent obedience to the command of the holy Catholic church. American Sentinel, Father Enright, June 1893, Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did happened in the first century. I AM JOSHUA and Im on a mission to help fellow Christians build a closer and more intimate relationship with God. The priest remits sins as God and that which he calls his body at the altar is adored as God by himself and by the congregation. 48. } .The observance of Sunday thus comes to be an ecclesiastical law entirely distinct from the divine law of Sabbath observance . He is likewise bishop of the universal church. Orem, UT 84057 Phone: 801-221-0750 Fax: 801-221-0759.