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Scottish Church
"In this latter instance they seemed to have followed a custom of which
we find traces in the early monastic church of Ireland by which they held Saturday
to be the Sabbath on which they rested from all their labours." W.T. Skene, "Adamnan
Llife of St. Columbs" 1874, p.96.
Scotland, Ireland
"We seem to see here an allusion to the custom, observed in the
early monastic Church of Ireland, of keeping the day of rest on Saturday,
or the Sabbath." "History of the Catholic Church in Scotland,"
Vol.1, p. 86, by Catholic historian Bellesheim.
Scotland - Columba
"Having continued his labours in Scotland thirty-four years, he clearly
and openly foretold his death, and on Saturday, the month of June, said to his
disciple Diermit: "This day is called the Sabbath, that is the rest day,
and such will it truly be to me; for it will put an end to my labours.'" "Butler's
Lives of the Saints," Vol.1, A.D. 597, art. "St. Columba" p. 762
Columba (Re Dr. Butler's Description Of His Death)
The editor of the best biography of Columbia says in a footnote: "Our
Saturday. The custom to call the Lord's day Sabbath did not commence until
a thousand years later." Adamnan's "Life of Columba" (Dublin,
1857), p. 230.
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