If,
however, they be found Judaizing, they shall be shut out from
Christ."--_Hefele, "History of the Councils of the Church,"
Vol. II, book 6, sec. 93, canon 29._
Fifth Century
Sozomen's Ecclesiastical History shows Rome evidently leading in the
effort to abolish any recognition whatever of the Sabbath:
"The people of Constantinople, and of several other cities,
assemble together on the Sabbath, as well as on the next day;
which custom is never observed at Rome, or at
Alexandria."--_Book 7, chap. 19._
Seventh Century
There were true Sabbath keepers in Rome itself, teaching the truth of
God among the people, and bringing upon themselves the denunciation of
Pope Gregory the Great, who wrote "to his most beloved sons the Roman
citizens:"
"It has come to my ears that certain men of perverse spirit
have sown among you some things that are wrong and opposed to
the holy faith, so as to forbid any work being done on the
Sabbath day. What else can I call these but preachers of
Antichrist?"--_"History of the Councils" (Labbe and Cossart),
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