Bulgaria
"Bulgariain the early season of its evangelization had been taught that
no work should be performed on the Sabbath." Responsa Nicolai Papae I and
Con-Consulta Bulllllgarorum, Responsum 10, found in Mansi, Sacrorum Concilorum
Nova et Amplissima Colectio, Vol.15; p. 406; also Hefele, Conciliengeschicte,
Vol.4, sec. 478
Bulgaria
(Pope Nicholas I, in answer to letter from Bogaris, ruling prince of Bulgaria.) "Ques.
6-Bathing is allowed on Sunday. Ques. 10-One is to cease from work on Sunday,
but not also on the Sabbath." Hefele, 4,346-352, sec. 478
The Bulgarians had been accustomed to rest on the Sabbath. Pope Nicholas
writes against this practice.
Constantinople
(Photuus, Patriarch of Constantinople {in counter- synod that deposed
Nicolas}, thus accused Papacy). Against the canons, they induced the
Bulgarians to fast on the Sabbath." Photius, vonKard, Hergenrother,
1, 643
Note: The Papacy tried to bring the seventh-day Sabbath into disrepute
by insisting that all should fast on that day. In this manner (she sought
to turn people towards Sunday, the first day, the day that Rome had adopted.
Athingians
Cardinal Hergenrother says that they stood in intimate relation with Emperor
Michael II (821-829) and testifies that they observed the Sabbath. Kirchengeschichte,
1, 527
India, Abyssinia
"Widespread and enduring was the observance of the seventh-day Sabbath among
the believers of the Church of the East and the St. Thomas Christians of India.
It was also maintained by the Abyssinians.
Bulgaria
"Pope Nicholas I, in the ninth century, sent the ruling prince
of Bulgaria a long document saying in it that one is to cease from
work on Sunday, but not on the Sabbath. The head of the Greek Church,
offended at the interference of the Papacy, declared the Pope ex-communicated."
Truth
Triumphant, p. 223
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