The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-06-30
Eaeis for the People.

Did the Pope change the Sab
bath? When? Where2 and
HoW7 First, Of times second, of
place third, OF manner. II has
bees said that the Pope changed
the day. There fssno proef,, that
tbis statement is true, A tract
page is qpensbefors me, which pro
fesses to give certain assertions
from Ccifelio astbsrftiesi on .:ihe
point @yelveda AQuestidii %iKhSt
warrant iiays yoglzfss y,.;=i,ss kfspIHSS SSsl
Sabbath which was Saturday?
Answer.-We have for it the au-
thority of the Catholic church and
Apostilic tradition. Question:
Have you any other way of prov
ing that the church has power to
institute festivals Of preceptY
Had she not such power she could
not have done that in which all
modern religonists agree with
her: she could not have substitut-
ed the observance of Saturday, the
7th day for the 1st day OF the
week. i change for which there is
no scriptural authority" The |
above is fair sample Of the lit
erature going the rounds and do
ing duty as SO called proof, "evl-
dence" and "arguement." This is
their whole stock in trade. The
exposure Of this will suffice for the
whole. "The Catholic church has
changed the Sabbath from the 7th
to the 1st day of the week." We
ask when? Where? and how?
Seven day adventists in using
these quotations from the Catech.
isms wholly ignore the fact, and
carry the impression that the
change was made by the Popes
hundreds of years after the Apost-
les. but the Catechisms claim no
such thing The Catechisms,
when fairly read, teach that Sun
day observance originated with
the Christian church in the days
ofthe Apostles. This is true, but
where is the proof that the church
changed it2 Well they say that
the Pope did it. Proof. II Sun
day is the Pope's Sabbath it should
be supported by the clearest and
abundant evidence. Not one
single historion in all the annals
Of the world has ever stated that
the Pope changed the Sabbath.
Does ii not say in Daniel 7:25
"And he shall speak great words
against the most high and think to
change times aud laws" The
word Sabbath is not in the proph-
ecy. 1t said "think to change
times and laws" and not one word
about the Sabbath. The abol-
alton Of the Jewish Sabbath as a
religious institution, and the es-
tablishment Of q new and entirely
different religious day, under q
new and better covanant, for a
new and different people, and for
a different purpose, hundreds Of
years before Popes were made and
the Catholic Church was founded
No further argument is necessary
to disprove the claim of S. d. Ad
vents that the church or Popes 0
Rome changed the Sabbath. TIL,
Sabbath ended by limitation
The covanant containing it wa
abolished, the law ending il
Christ. Every dispensation ha'
q beginning; our own nationality o
dispensation Of civil liberty ha'
its time Of beginning, its place 9
beginning and manner. Whe1
did the christian dispersion be
gin? Answer Penticost in Je
luslem. Isa. 2:1-3. Micah A, l..
Luke 24:47. The new testimer
could not be enjoined until afte
the death of Christ who was 18th
testator' this testiment had da
called athe Lords day." the fir
day Of the week Christ's day Q
fcially and emphatically he is Il
lord in this dispensation. A
power or authority is given
him. lie is head over ALL THIN,
to the church. On this day
arose from the dead and found'
the church on this day; issu'
the fist law of pardon on this da
and proclaimed Salvation to II
whole world ON the first day
the week. 1t is the day of VIC
ship and rejoicing. 1t is tru
''the day the Lord has made In
we will rejoice and be glad"
1924. u.