"--_"History of the Sabbath," part 2, chap. 1._
Authorities, both Protestant and Catholic, freely acknowledge that there
is no divine authority for Sunday keeping. There has been a change in
practice and teaching, but with no Scriptural authority.
What the Papacy Claims
The prophecy of Daniel 7 forewarned all that the ecclesiastical power
that was to rise upon the division of the Roman Empire would _think_ to
change the times and the laws of the Most High. The Papacy steps forward
and claims boldly that the church has power to set aside Scripture, to
institute holy times, and even to change the day made holy and
commanded by the Almighty as the day of rest for His people.
In a Catholic work, "An Abridgment of the Christian Doctrine," by Dr.
Henry Turberville, page 61, we read:
"_Question._--By whom was the change [of the Sabbath] made?
"_Answer._--By the rulers of the church, the apostles who kept
the Lord's day....
"_Ques._--How do you prove that the church hath power to
establish feasts and holy days?
"_Ans._--By the very fact of changing the Sabbath to Sunday;
this change Protestants allow; and therefore they contradict
themselves by keeping Sunday strictly and breaking most other
feasts commanded by the same church.
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