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Even Jesus spoke on and kept the sabbath; he never mentioned that he changed the sabbath to another day or gave such right to any other to do so. I read the King James version of the Bible, and it mentions not that there was a change of days. The seventh day is Saturday, I think.. Is there yet a church that holds to all the commandments, including the fourth?

2007-09-29 09:40:14 · 13 answers · asked by Reason 1 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Days of the week are not mentioned anywhere in the bible

2007-09-29 09:46:02 · answer #1 · answered by Blue girl in a red state 7 · 1 3

1) The Roman Catholic Church (RCC) gave themselves that right (NOT Constantine!!!). However, there *is* New Testament (NT) scripture *permitting* the observance of whatever day someone desires - as long as that day is observed "to the Lord". (Rom 14:5-6; Col 2:16-17, and others)
2) You are correct in believing that Jesus seems to have been completely obedient to the Sabbath regulations (in spirit, not just in letter)
3) The 7th day is *still* Saturday, and Jews *still* celebrate the Sabbath from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday, just as they did in Jesus' time (and as specified in the Law).
4) No non-Jewish Christian Church of which I am aware keeps *all* the commandments *as specified* in the Old Testament (OT). The regulations for the Sabbath are, as far as I know, mostly ignored even by the 7th Day Adventists (SDA). Here are *some* of the requirements for observing the Sabbath (other than the period of observance):
a) avoid work (unless it is *truly* needful, such as saving the life of a farm animal that will die without intervention)
b) no cooking, not even so much as lighting a fire (devout strict Jews will not drive a car or engage an electric switch because of the fire created)
c) all food to be prepared the day prior (though, of course, serving the food must be permitted; thus Jesus in the field of grain simply getting, not preparing, food)

There are Jewish Christians and I believe that some, if not all, of these sects follow the whole Law as well as the New Testament teachings (Paul suggests that this be done). Notice that Jesus, also, fell into this category. Thus, these sects continue to follow Jewish Law and Jewish tradition while also believing in the salvation of Christ. However, the "council of 12" in Acts 15 (as well as other verses) made it *very* clear that we Gentile Christians were *only* *required* to obey 4 points of the Law: not eating meat sacrificed to idols, not eating blood, not eating strangled animals, and not fornicating. These 12 worthies, Paul and others made the point that it was *wrong* to *force* non-Jewish Christians to be obedient to the whole Law. This does not mean that is was *forbidden* to choose to be obedient to the whole Law *for yourself* (not for anyone else, even your children).

Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/

2007-09-30 14:22:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

For Christians the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on the first day of the week (Sunday) replaces the Sabbath as the day of ceremonial observance of the Commandment to keep the Lord's Day holy.

Here is the link: http://www.nccbuscc.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt1art3.htm

The Catholic Church follows the teaching and practice of the Apostles. In the 20th chapter of the Act of the Apostles, the church in Troas gathered on the first day of the week, Sunday.

The first Christians were Jews. They went to temple or synagogue on the Sabbath (Saturday) with fellow Jews.

Then they gathered on the first day of the week, the day on which Jesus rose from the dead (Sunday), with fellow Christians to tell stories of Jesus and share Eucharist. See Acts 20:7.

Later Gentiles joined Christianity. The Apostles, filled with the Holy Spirit, decided that the Gentiles did not have to covert to Judaism. Therefore, they only attended on Sundays and did not have to abide by Jewish dietary laws.

This biblical practice inspired by the Holy Spirit has been followed ever since.

With love in Christ.

2007-09-29 17:16:18 · answer #3 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1 0

Under the influence of pharasaic rigorism a system of minute and burdensome regulations was elaborated, while the higher purpose of the Sabbath was lost sight of.

Christ, while observing the Sabbath, set himself in word and act against this absurd rigorism which made man a slave of the day. He reproved the scribes and Pharisees for putting an intolerable burden on men's shoulders (Matthew 23:4), and proclaimed the principle that "the sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath" (Mark 2:27). He cured on the Sabbath, and defended His disciples for plucking ears of corn on that day. In His arguments with the Pharisees on this account He showed that the Sabbath is not broken in cases of necessity or by acts of charity (Matthew 12:3 sqq.; Mark 2:25 sqq.; Luke 6:3 sqq.; 14:5). St. Paul enumerates the Sabbath among the Jewish observances which are not obligatory on Christians (Colossians 2:16; Galatians 4:9-10; Romans 14:5). The gentile converts held their religious meetings on Sunday (Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2) and with the disappearance of the Jewish Christian churches this day was exclusively observed as the Lord's Day.

The practice of meeting together on the first day of the week for the celebration of the Eucharistic Sacrifice is indicated in Acts, xx 7; I Cor., xvi, 2; in Apoc., i, 10, it is called the Lord's day. In the Didache (xiv) the injunction is given: "On the Lord's Day come together and break bread. And give thanks (offer the Eucharist), after confessing your sins that your sacrifice may be pure". St. Ignatius (Ep. ad Magnes. ix) speaks of Christians as "no longer observing the Sabbath, but living in the observance of the Lord's Day, on which also Our Life rose again". In the Epistle of Barnabas (xv) we read: "Wherefore, also, we keep the eight day (i.e. the first of the week) with joyfulness, the day also on which Jesus rose again from the dead".


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2007-09-29 10:08:04 · answer #4 · answered by SpiritRoaming 7 · 1 0

I suspect you will get a great deal of flack about it not being the Catholic Church who changed the day. Here are some facts concerning the matter. There are more.

The 1930 Catholic Catechism: "Question: Which is the Sabbath Day?"
"Answer: - Saturday is the Sabbath day. (but) We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday."

This transference of the day of worship took place in AD 321 under the auspices of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great.

The Catholic priest , Cardinal Gibbons wrote in Faith of Our Fathers, Page 11: "You may read the bible from Genesis to Revelation , and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday"

2007-09-29 10:00:52 · answer #5 · answered by B.Hound 4 · 0 3

The King James isnt Catholic where do you think it came from.

Textus Receptus the work of a Dutch Roman Catholic priest and Greek scholar by the name of Desiderius Erasmus, who published his first Greek New Testament text in 1516. The first edition of Erasmus' text was hastily and haphazardly prepared over the extremely short period of only five months. (ibid., page 106) That edition was based mostly upon two inferior twelfth century Greek manuscripts, which were the only manuscripts available to Erasmus "on the spur of the moment"

Its no wonder why their are over 3 thousand erros in it.

2007-09-29 11:06:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

actually, Catholics and most other Christians celebrate the Sabbath, the day of rest, on Sunday because that's when Jesus rose from the dead.
btw, during His earthly life, Jesus and His disciples often got chewed out by the Pharisees for doing what was considered 'work' on the Sabbath, like healing people and picking munchies off stalks of grain. does this mean He Himself didn't keep the Sabbath holy?

2007-09-29 09:58:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2 1

The King James Bible isn't Catholic, in case you haven't noticed.

In fact, it was edited by some guy named King James!!!

2007-09-29 09:51:48 · answer #8 · answered by Capt. Kiith-Sa Soban 3 · 3 2

Judaism

2007-09-29 09:46:05 · answer #9 · answered by sego lily 7 · 0 2

for your original question, it was the Roman emperor. And exactly who said that Saturday was the sabbath day? Umm, nobody! just because your work week is divided along thoselines, doesn't mean your god's are

2007-09-29 09:58:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 4

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