Saint Catherine Parish is located in Milwaukee County the traditional territory of the Menominee, Fox, Mascouten, Sauk, Potawatomi, Ojibwe and Ho-Chunk tribes. defended only on Catholic principles. Even Constantine the Great has been reported to say these words at the Council of Nicaea: It appeared an unworthy thing that in the celebration of this most holy feast [Passover] we should follow the practice of the Jews . Discover the pagan origins of Christmas. Heres why . United States federal government in order to enact laws for the If we obey the Commandment of the Catholic Church and keep their day Holy, who do we give our allegiance to then? If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday. Source: Sentinel, Pastor's Page (Fr. Just another site. Yes, of course, it is inconsistent; but this change was made about fifteen centuries before Protestantism was born, and by that time the custom was universally observed. We have, therefore, the same authority for Purgatory as we have for Sunday. Martin J. Scott, Things Catholics Are Asked About, 1927 edition, p. 136. xref 0 . The Church commands us to keep Sunday as the Lord's day because on Sunday Christ rose from the dead, and on Sunday the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles. did, happened in the first century. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. 5101 West Center Street, Milwaukee, WI 53210 / (414) 445-5115, FORMED: The Catholic Faith On Demand Subscribe HERE, The Catholic Ecology Center click here. Some theologians have held that God likewise directly determined the Sunday as the day of worship in the NEW LAW, that he himself has explicitly substituted Sunday for the Sabbath. The day of the Lord was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the (Catholic) Churchs sense of its own power People 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. 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. The day on which you worship, calculated by which calendar you use, reveals which Deity/deity you are worshipping. Answer: The history of the change and the admissions are stunning. The Church, on the other hand, after changing the day of rest from the Jewish Sabbath, or seventh day of the week, to the first, made the Third Commandment refer to Sunday as the day to be kept holy as the Lords Day. For a detailed account on who changed the Sabbath to Sunday, read the Sabbath to Sunday change or who changed the Sabbath to Sunday. 0000003758 00000 n WLC. "In Europe, the Sunday Law issue is expected to be Source: Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21, 1995 ( A Catholic Journal ) "Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did happened in the first century. 0000005915 00000 n So that whatever the Pope does, seems to proceed from the mouth of God, as according to most doctors, etc. (a recognized Roman Catholic encyclopedia, Lucius Ferraris, Prompta Bibliotheca Canonica, Juridica, Moralis, Theologica nec non Ascetica, Polemica, Rubricistica, Historica, article, Papa. 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. In fact, instead of being ashamed of it, they are proud of changing the Sabbath day and changing other laws of God. The Catholic Church designated Sunday as the day for corporate worship and gets full credit or blame for the change. 0000006164 00000 n Catholic Church Quotes On The Sabbath To Sunday Change Most importantly, is the change authorized in the Bible? But this theory is entirely abandoned. In a recent Catholic church newsletter, it stated, Perhaps the most The Pope can modify divine law. Ferraris Ecclesiastical Dictionary, Have no fear when people call me the Vicar of Christ, when they say to me Holy Father, or Your Holiness, or use titles similar to these, which seem even inimical to the Gospel. Pope John Paul II, Crossing the Threshold of Hope (New York: Alfred A. Knoff. She was the 25th child born to her mother, although half of her brothers and sisters did not survive childhood. 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. It is clear that their function is such that none greater can be conceived. . When the historical facts of the Julian calendar are understood, it is clearly established that Sunday is not the only worship day founded upon pagan calendation. 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. "The Day of the Lord" (dies Dominica) was 524-525. churches at different times in history. Transhumanism is Satans ultimate goal: men created in his own image. . 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St. Catherine Catholic Church - Sentinel May 21, 1995 - Volume 50 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. Canon 29 of the Council of Laodicea demanded: Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday, 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. 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. Why? 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. ---> A Non-WLC Article: "14 Reasons Why I Wont Watch The Chosen", Faith is the victory! punishment on those who would transgress. 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.. . Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21, 1995 "The authority of the Church could, therefore, not be bound to the authority of the Scriptures, because the Church had changed the Sabbath into Sunday, not by the command of Christ, but by its own authority." Canon on Tradition, p. 263 "Sunday is our mark of authority Saturday, dies Saturni, the original first day of the planetary week is a counterfeit of the true seventh-day Sabbath day of the Bible. ), pp. 0000003002 00000 n Want to receive our free, digital Christian magazine? The Pope is considered the man on earth who "takes the place" of the Second Person of the omnipotent God of the Trinity. 5101 West Center Street, Milwaukee, WI 53210 / (414) 445-5115 Thus the observance of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Roman Catholic] church. Monsignor Louis Segur, Protestantsaccept Sunday rather than Saturday as the day for public worship after the Catholic Church made the changeBut the Protestant mind does not seem to realize thatin observing the Sunday, they are accepting the authority of the spokesman for the church, the Pope., The [Roman Catholic] Church changed the observance of the Sabbath to Sunday by right of the divine, infallible authority given to her by her founder, Jesus Christ. It is generally believed that he was the priest that finally baptized Constantine shortly before his death. (8) Catholic Encyclopedia, Eusebius of Caesarea, www.NewAdvent.org. It was the Catholic church whichhas transferred this rest to Sunday in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. St. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. keep Saturday holy (emphasis added). 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. Answer - We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 364), transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday. Peter Geiermann, C.S.S.R., The Converts Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, p. 50, 3rd edition, 1957. Who Do We Reverence by Keeping Sunday Holy? As a result, as much as possible, the Christianity that Constantine upheld didnt want to have anything that is considered Jewish. And now . The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. This list of quotes reveals the true colors of this church system as predicted in Bible prophecy. Is not every Christian obliged to sanctify Sunday and to abstain on that day from unnecessary servile work? If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday. Romes Challenge www.immaculateheart.com/maryonline Dec 2003. 3, tit. [1-minute video], The Plain Truth About Tithing [YouTube Shorts compilation], 3 types of heaven in the Bible [1-minute video]. Let us then have nothing in common with the detestable Jewish crowd.. 65 East 500 North. As a compromise, instead of keeping the correct day of worship, he chose Sunday as a relic of his past religion. Modern sabbatarians have assumed that Saturday was the Bible Sabbath, but the Catholic Church herself has never denied the role she played in rejecting the luni-solar Sabbath of the Bible and promoting instead worship on dies Solis, the day of the Sun. These interviews hosted by Jon Metz, Adult Formation Minister, can be found on the Saint Sebastian YouTube page. sense of its own power. YOUR problem is that you never do your homework. 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. . From the time of Hebrew babies being killed in Egypt to the time of the Holocaust in World War II. IX p. 416. CLOSED NOW. 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. Quick Q&A: Why or how important is it to keep the Sabbath? 0000005432 00000 n (2) Patrick Madrid, comments on Open Line, EWTN, Global Catholic Radio Network, January 5, 2006. 0000009601 00000 n . Join me now as we explore Gods word and discover what it takes to become a true Christian! in The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII, p. 193, The Pope is of so great dignity, and so exalted that he is not a mere man, but as it were God and the vicar of God. Ferraris Ecclesiastical dictionary, All names which in the Scriptures are applied to Christ, by virtue of which it is established that He is over the church, all the same names are applied to the Pope. On the Authority of the Councils, book 2, chapter 17, That the Roman Church never erred, nor will it, according to the Scriptures, ever err. (Gregory VII, Cesare Baronius, Annales, year 1076, secs. 366-367, The Pope is of great authority and power that he can modify, explain, or interpret even divine laws The Pope can modify divine law, since his power is not of man, but of God, and he acts as vicegerent of God upon earth. Lucius Ferraris, Prompta Ribliotheca, Papa, art. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. Some theologians have held that God likewise directly determined the Sunday as the day of worship in the New Law, that He Himself has explicitly substituted the Sunday for the Sabbath. Letter, Dies Domini, was quoted as saying that a violator should be 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, The authority of the Church could, therefore, not be bound to the authority of the Scriptures, because the Church had changed the Sabbath into Sunday, not by the command of Christ, but by its own authority. Canon on Tradition, p. 263, Sunday is our mark of authority The church s above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact. Catholic Record, Sept 1, 1923, Nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. Right click and Save Link As to download file. Today, great This same Church, by the same divine authority, taught the doctrine of Purgatory long before the Bible was made. In keeping the Sunday they are following a law of the Catholic Church. on: function(evt, cb) { And the act is a mark of her ecclesiastical power and authority in religious matters. from the Churchs sense of its own power. Hover here for a document clip or select for full original image. Dies Domini: Is Saturday the True Sabbath? - Catholicism.org All of this was foreseen many years ago by the men who ST. CATHERINE CATHOLIC CHURCH 3019 Cayce Lane, Columbia, Tennessee 38401 Ph. . "It was the Catholic church which.has transferred this rest to Sunday in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. 33-34, The priest does not have to ask God to forgive your sins. Introduction There are many theories about the Mark of the Beast: Chip, tattoo, barcode trailer I AM JOSHUA and Im on a mission to help fellow Christians build a closer and more intimate relationship with God. 0000007281 00000 n Suggestions? But I pray and hope you make the right decision! Constantine was a well-known worshipper of the sun god Sol Invictus. PDF d LENT "Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles. '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. revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century pastoral intuition suggested to the Church the christianization of the notion of Sunday as "the day of the sun", which was the Roman name for the day and which is retained in some modern languages. 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.