Bible Discussion Thread

GEN 1-4-8... "Roman Catholic Transmittal from Catholic Website: It is well to remind the Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, and all other Christians, that the Bible does not support them anywhere in their observance of Sunday. Sunday is an institution of the Roman Catholic Church, and those who observe the day observe a commandment of the Catholic Church. " Priest Brady, in an address at Elizabeth, N.J., March 17, 1903, reported in the Elizabeth, N.J. News of March 18, 1903. "You may search the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify. " James Cardinal Gibbon, The Faith of Our Fathers, chapter 8. "If Protestants would follow the Bible, they should worship God on the Sabbath day. In keeping the Sunday they are following a law of the Catholic Church. " Albert Smith, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, replying for the Cardinal, in a letter of February 10, 1920. "We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty. " Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Letter, June 20, 1894 The Great Encyclical Letters of Leo XIII, p. 304. " " "Prove to me from the Bible alone that I am bound to keep Sunday holy. There is no such law in the Bible. It is a law of the holy Catholic Church alone. The Bible says Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. The Catholic Church says, No. By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week. And lo! The entire civilized world bows down in reverent obedience to the command of the Holy Catholic Church. " Priest Thomas Enright, CSSR, President of Redemptorist College, Kansas City, MO, in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas Weekly Call, February 22, 1884, and the American Sentinel, a New York Roman Catholic journal, in June 1893, p. 173. "Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change was her act . . AND THE ACT IS A MARK of her ecclesiastical power. " From the office of cardinal Gibbons, through Chancellor H. F. Thomas, November 11, 1895 END OF TRANSMITTAL