Catholics do not accept the Bible as the only rule of faith so should?

Question

christians who accept the Bible as the only rule of faith and religion, go back to the observance of the Sabbath. The fact that they do not, but on the contrary observe the Sunday, are you not under the laws of the catholic church. Isaiah 56: 2-5 you see the blessing we are to receive.

you cant have the N.T. without the O.T. so is it not all one book

bashing is not what I am out to do I am out to find the truth and I feel you all are in the same boat I spent most of my life as a catholic and the one thing that got me is the canging of the sabbath and why the Jews keep sat. and catholics sunday why why why.

I am not seventh day

Answer 1

Don't get caught in the devil's trap. catholics are christians. they might have done some wrong in the past but they also did lots of good. christians need to stick together not try to compete for members. i'm not a catholic but i have yet to find a churth that could cast out demons in Jesus' name as they do. it's all about christ.

Answer 2

The Sabbath was the "token" of the Mosaic law, much like circumcision was the token of the Abrahamic covenant. Christians are not under the law, but grace. You will not find anywhere in the Scriptures where Christians are commanded to keep the Sabbath. It was only for those under the Mosaic covenant.

Col 2:16 Then do not let anyone judge you in eating, or in drinking, or in part of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,
Col 2:17 which are a shadow of coming things, but the body is of Christ.

Answer 3

The Catholic Church keeps everyday holy, not just Saturday and Sunday, one can attend Mass everyday of the week. The Sabbath is still Saturday, Sunday is the Lord's Day

Answer 4

Pastor Billy says: this question is twisting things a bit but without providing an indepth explanation yes non-Catholics who keep the Lord's Day holy and attend worship on the first day of the week, Sunday, they are following the instructions of the first Christian Church, the Catholic Church.

Now a question for you, is Jesus Messiah? and is not Jesus fulfillment of the first Sabbath which was only a shadow ?

Christians are no longer merely a Jewish sect, they have accepted the Messiah Jesus Christ and understand that God's new creation is in him and the reunification he brings with God the Father. Therefore it is in the resurrection of Christ we discover God's new covenant promise something the first peoples of the book are yet to accept so they continue to celebrated a remembrance of God's first creation on the ceremonial 7th day and Christians celebrate God's new creation on the day after, the day Christ was resurrected.

the key is this, moral aspect of the sabbath day has not been lost, it is the ceremonial aspect which has changed and why? because Jesus is fulfillment of the first sabbath.

I often wonder why the Yashua-ites and 7th day Adventists are not converts to Judaism if they wish to deny the importance of Christ's resurrection and practice the legalism of 7th day first covenant sabbath.

Answer 5

I agree with this. Moreover, I wonder why the people who want the Ten Commandments posted (note #4 there -- "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy") will suddenly say THAT one doesn't count when called on it.

"Sabbath" is mentioned sixty times in the New Testament, and not once in conjunction with "replaced," "done away with," "no longer binding," or any other explicit notice to ignore it.

Answer 6

Catholics do what they wish to do. If it doesn't hurt you, why ask such a question? To them, Sunday is their Sabbath. Maybe you should read up on the Jewish Sabbath? Thats Saturday-Sunday. And then there's the fact that Muslim's have sabbath several hours a day, as they pray several times a day towards Mecca.

Who are we to know what day is the true sabbath? We are but mortals, in capable of knowing the will of God, or even his schedule.

Answer 7

Man was not made for the sabbath. The Sabbath was made for man.

As Christians, we celebrate Sunday as the day of rest, because that's the day Christ rose from the dead and began the Christian era.

Mohammedans, just be distinct, celebrate Friday.

What difference does it make as long as you take a day for yourself and god? It was meant to give man respite from working himself from cradle to grave.

Answer 8

The Orthodox Christian should know the content of his religion as taught by the Church. He should be guided in studying what the Church has in its written (Bible) and unwritten (Sacred Tradition) teaching. The Orthodox Church is the only Church which has maintained from the beginning a coherent interpretation of its teaching. The Church approves of each member reading alone and in general talking about his religion. But it discourages conclusions based on the individual's personal interpretation.

"So Philip ran to him (the Ethiopian), and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and asked, 'Do you understand what you are reading?' And he said, 'How can I unless some one guides me?"', Acts 8:28f.

This "guide" is the Church itself, and not the individual on his own, with limited ability and lack of the full knowledge of the sources of the teachings of the Church.

There are and have been many personalities in the Church who have devoted their lives to studying the Bible and keeping and preserving Sacred Tradition. But none became a leader of a new church outside of the One Undivided Church. Therefore, the Orthodox Church is the only one which preserves intact the "Paradosis", the written and unwritten Tradition. The Church,does not prevent the individual from exploring the deep meaning of the Bible to find new expressions. But this always must be authorized by the Church as a whole, where infallibility lies. It is important to know how freedom and authority work hand in hand in the teaching and governing of the Church. To achieve this understanding, the Orthodox Christian should know the basic sources of information.

Each member of the Church, clergyman and layman, has the right and duty to protect the Orthodox faith from misinterpretation and false statements. But this cannot be done without knowing what is the correct teaching of the Church. The Bible is the unmovable cornerstone which through the centuries has guided the Christian in learning the Will of God. The Fathers of the Church, teachers and prophets, are the instruments by which the Will of God is transmitted to the members of the Church so that they might follow the steps Which Jesus Christ revealed. How important is the influence of the Church in guiding its people? The answer is in the more than 200 Christian denominations possessing the same Bible, yet who insist that their particular interpretation alone teaches the truth of the Bible. Thus they are divided. Most of them assert that the Bible can be self-taught and requires no outside interpretation while they all claim the same thing, they still are divided.

The Church - from catacombs to cathedrals, from plain teaching to dogma and doctrine, from simple directions to formal administration-follows the steps which have been revealed to it by Almighty God in a coherent continuation of its external and internal teaching of the faith. There are two specific distinctions within the Orthodox Church. One is the relationship between "freedom and authority, in the, government of the Church. The other is the system of self-governing churches. These distinctions are not very well known among the other Christian churches. The highest authority in the Orthodox Church is the "Conscience of the Church", which is the consent of the people of the Orthodox Church on the explanation of the faith given at times of its disputes. The general assemblies (synods) of the self-governing national Orthodox churches, made up of clergy, especially bishops, meet to decide, by unanimous opinion, matters of faith in dispute. The self-governing national churches have the same teachings, canons and liturgical worship, and, in fact, constitute One Church.

The Orthodox Christian should know and understand these facts in order to participate fully in the activities of the Church and to defend his position with authoritative explanations in times of discussion among friends of other churches. It is imperative for the Orthodox Christian to know the sources of the teachings especially when he must counteract the propaganda of those who would proselytize members of the Orthodox Church. This happened in the early Church and in the 17th century, and happens today. In the early Church, when the dogmas and teachings of the Church were not formally developed, there were many members of the church who turned to heretics, gnostics and other groups. Also, from the fourth century on, there appeared laymen, clergymen, even bishops and patriarchs who taught falsely the Christian faith. In the ninth century when the Great Schism began to develop between the Eastern and Western parts of the Church, and especially from the 16th century on, with the rise of Protestantism, these mistaken interpretations became more explicit. Against all these factors, the Orthodox Church has fought to keep itself intact to defend the truths which had been taught it by its Founder, Jesus Christ and His Apostles, in whom the roots of the Church are to be found.

These circumstances demanded that the Church defend its teachings and set forth the sources with accurate interpretations over the centuries. It is worth stressing that the development of these sources was to counteract the false opinions of Christians themselves; opinions not based on the correct interpretation of the Church itself. These sources of the accurate teachings of the Church are herein enumerated in order to counteract false opinions based on individual misinterpretations.

Answer 9

Scripture tells us ... according to Colossians 2:16

"Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a SABBATH DAY."

Answer 10

There are churches that observe the Sabbath on Saturday. If that is what you wish to do, then by all means go to church on Saturday.