The Convert’s Catechism of the Catholic Doctrine:
By Rev. Peter Geiermann, C. SS. R. 1946. Page 50 – 51.
By Rev. Peter Geiermann, C. SS. R. 1946. Page 50 – 51.
THE THIRD COMMANDMENT.
Q. What is the Third Commandment?
A. The Third Commandment is: Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day.
Q. Which is the Sabbath day?
A. Saturday is the Sabbath day.
Q. Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
A. We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday.
Q. Why did the Catholic Church substituted Sunday for Saturday?
A. The Catholic Church substituted Sunday for Saturday, because Christ rose from the dead on a Sunday, and the Holy Ghost descended upon the Apostles on a Sunday.
Q. By what authority did the Church substitute Sunday for Saturday?
A. The Church substituted Sunday for Saturday by the plenitude of that divine power
which Jesus Christ bestowed upon her.
Q. What does the Third Commandment command?
A. The Third Commandment commands us to sanctify Sunday as the Lord’s Day.
Q. What does the third commandment forbid?
The Third Commandments forbids (1) The Omission off prayer and divine worship; (2) All unnecessary servile work; (3) Whatever hinders the keeping of the Lords Day a grievous matter?
A. The desecration of the Lords Day is a grievous matter in itself, through it admits of light matter.
Q. What is the Third Commandment?
A. The Third Commandment is: Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day.
Q. Which is the Sabbath day?
A. Saturday is the Sabbath day.
Q. Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
A. We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday.
Q. Why did the Catholic Church substituted Sunday for Saturday?
A. The Catholic Church substituted Sunday for Saturday, because Christ rose from the dead on a Sunday, and the Holy Ghost descended upon the Apostles on a Sunday.
Q. By what authority did the Church substitute Sunday for Saturday?
A. The Church substituted Sunday for Saturday by the plenitude of that divine power
which Jesus Christ bestowed upon her.
Q. What does the Third Commandment command?
A. The Third Commandment commands us to sanctify Sunday as the Lord’s Day.
Q. What does the third commandment forbid?
The Third Commandments forbids (1) The Omission off prayer and divine worship; (2) All unnecessary servile work; (3) Whatever hinders the keeping of the Lords Day a grievous matter?
A. The desecration of the Lords Day is a grievous matter in itself, through it admits of light matter.
