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Pope Leo, Holy Saturday, and the Sabbath

Pope Leo, Holy Saturday, and the Sabbath

Pope speaks on the meaning of Holy Saturday. What can Sabbath-keepers learn from his address?
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Here is the Old Testament text from which this common question arises: "The seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. And remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day" (Deuteronomy 5:14, 15).

The key to understanding this passage as it relates ...

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It's true that when God first instituted the Sabbath in Eden, He made no mention of going to church on that day; He just set it aside for a holy purpose, which He would expand upon at a later time. (See Genesis 2:1-3.) And in Exodus, He did indeed give us more details about the specifics of that holy day in the Ten Commandments. Still, the Ten Commandments give no instruction that we are to gather together for worship on that day. They just give guidelines on what it means to keep it holy. (See Exodus 20:8-11.)

But as we move forward in Scripture, we come across an enlightening verse in Leviticus: "Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. ...

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Here is the verse in question:

'On the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight.'

Is this meeting in which the disciples came together to break bread on the first day of the week sufficient evidence for the Sabbath being changed from the seventh day to the first day? Were Paul and the believers observing the first day as a holy day - or were they merely breaking bread without any suggestion of the Lord's Supper or of established procedure?

First, the meeting in question did not begin on what is now known as Sunday at all, but on ...

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Denominational Statements on the Sabbath

Denominational Statements on the Sabbath

CHURCH OF ENGLAND
Not any ecclesiastical writer of the first three centuries attributed the origin of Sunday observance either to Christ or to His apostles.
SIR WILLIAM DOMVILLE, Examination of the Six Texts, pages 6, 7. (Supplement).
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