Part 2: Did The Papacy Or The Bible Transfer God's Rest Day To Sunday?

[Phoneman777]

"Not the Creator of the 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): 366-367​

"The (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. The Protestant claiming the Bible to be the only guide of faith, has no warrant for observing Sunday. In this matter, the Seventh-day Adventist is the only consistent Protestant." -- “The Question Box,” The Catholic Universe Bulletin, (August 14, 1942)​

And, just where did Sunday sacredness come from? From the "sun god", Satan, of course:

"The Church made a sacred day of Sunday…largely because it was the weekly festival of the sun; for it was a definite Christian policy to take over the pagan festivals endeared to the people by tradition, and to give them a Christian significance." -- Arthur Weigall, The Paganism in Our Christianity (New York: Putnam’s Sons, 1928): 145​

"But since Saturday, not Sunday, is specified in the Bible, isn't it curious that non-Catholics, who claim to take their religion directly from the Bible and not from the Church, observe Sunday instead of Saturday? 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. They have continued the custom even though it rests upon the authority of the Catholic Church and not upon and explicit text in the Bible. That observance remains as a reminder of the Mother Church from which the non-Catholic sects broke away—like a boy running away from home but still carrying in his pocket a picture of his mother or a lock of her hair." -- John A. O'Brien, The Faith of Millions: the Credentials of the Catholic Religion Revised Edition (Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 1974): 400-401​

This change from Saturday to Sunday Sabbath was prophesied about in Daniel 7. The great reformer Philipp Melanchton (Martin Luther's friend and confidant) knew this truth five centuries ago. He wrote this:

"He changeth the tymes and lawes that any of the sixe worke dayes commanded of God will make them unholy and idle dayes when he lyste, or of their owne holy dayes abolished make worke dayes agen, or when they changed ye Saterday into Sondaye...They have changed God’s lawes and turned them into their owne tradicions to be kept above God’s precepts."

 

[FHII]

Doesn't matter.

We are no longer under the law and that includes observance ofthe Sabbath day... Which is Saturday. It is wrong to claim the Sabbath is Sunday though ... Its not.

But whatever day your Church meets... That is your holy day.

 

[Enoch111]

And, just where did Sunday sacredness come from? From the "sun god", Satan, of course

Another Sabbatarian thread. No, Sunday sacredness came from the Bible itself. Christ rose on THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, and therefore Christians met to worship on the same day, as noted in the New Testament. It is also called "the Lord's Day", because Christ is Lord of the Sabbath.

The names of the days of the week have nothing to do with this issue, and in fact Sabbatarians are at a greater disadvantage if we use this criterion. While Sunday is named after the sun god Sol, Saturday is named after Saturn, a much more evil god than Sol.

Saturn is said to have castrated his father and attempted to rape his mother. He is also associated with Lua, the goddess of destruction. Saturn is also said to have eaten all his children! Saturnalia was one of the biggest festivals of the Romans, where all moral inhibitions were set aside.

Perhaps now you may be regretting that you mentioned Sunday, since the sun is generally beneficial. There would be no photosynthesis without sunlight, which means that life on earth would cease to exist.

 

[CoreIssue]

Actually, the very early Christians moved it to Sunday because they shared synagogues with Jews. But the Jews used them on Saturday so they were not available to them.

 

[Phoneman777]

Another Sabbatarian thread. No, Sunday sacredness came from the Bible itself. Christ rose on THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, and therefore Christians met to worship on the same day, as noted in the New Testament.

There is absolutely no text establishing Sunday as a new "sabbath" or a replacement for Sabbath - it was and is still a work day, according to Exodus 20:9. All scholars agree that Acts 20:7 was a Saturday night meeting - the Sabbath sun had set and Sabbath turned into the first day of the week - Sunday. It was the time of day which we commonly refer to as "Saturday night". Because Paul was leaving the next morning and many thought they'd never see him again, Paul and the believers got together one more time to hear him preach Christ. When the first day sun arose - Sunday morning - Paul left for Troas at first light and everyone else got up for another day of work.

John 20:19 says they were together "for fear of the Jews", not for a worship service.

It is also called "the Lord's Day", because Christ is Lord of the Sabbath.

Not one Scripture where "the Lord's day" refers to the first day of the week - that is the tradition of men, not Scripture. "Sunday" is not the "Sabbath", is not a sabbath - it is false, made up "Christian sabbath" - Sunday is a work day, according to Exodus 20:9. "The Lord's Day" refers to the Sabbath by no less than three Biblical proofs while there isn't a single text making it refer to Sunday.

The names of the days of the week have nothing to do with this issue, and in fact Sabbatarians are at a greater disadvantage if we use this criterion. While Sunday is named after the sun god Sol, Saturday is named after Saturn, a much more evil god than Sol.

We are not pagan "Saturareans" - we are "Sabbatarians" who keep Sabbath and are at no disadvantage at all.

Perhaps now you may be regretting that you mentioned Sunday, since the sun is generally beneficial. There would be no photosynthesis without sunlight, which means that life on earth would cease to exist.

Why should I regret mentioning what is Biblical to expose what is not? The fact is that the first day of the week is no more a replacement for the Sabbath than is the papacy - the institution responsible for deceiving everyone into believing that Sunday is now sacred - for Jesus Christ. That's why it's called "Antichrist" because the papacy claims to take the place of Christ.