Understanding the Catholic Faith
By Rev. John A. O’Brien, Ph.D., LLD. Third printing – June 1956. Chapter one. Page 13.
By Rev. John A. O’Brien, Ph.D., LLD. Third printing – June 1956. Chapter one. Page 13.
Thirdly, the Bible does not contain all the teachings of the Catholic religion, nor does it formulate all the duties of its members. Take, for instance, the matter of Sunday observance, attendance at divine service, and abstention from unnecessary servile work on that day. This is a matter upon which our Protestant neighbors have for many years laid great emphasis; yet nowhere in the Bible is the Sunday designated as the Lord’s day; the day mentioned is the Sabbath, the last day of the week.
UNDERSTANDING THE CATHOLIC FAITH. Chapter four. Page 156 – 157.
Scripture: And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. And He blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because in it He had rested from all His work which God created and made – Genesis 2:2-3.
Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy works. But on the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work on it, thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, not thy maid-servant, nor thy beasts, nor the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it – Exodus 20:8-11.
Observe the day of the Sabbath, to sanctity it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy works. The seventh is the day of the Sabbath, that is, the rest of the Lord thy God – Deuteronomy 5:12-14.
235. Why does the Church command us to keep Sunday as the Lord’s day?
The Church commands us to keep Sunday as the Lord’s day, because on Sunday Christ rose from the dead, and on Sunday the Holy Ghost descended upon the Apostles.
The early church changed the day of worship from Saturday to Sunday on the authority given to it by Christ. The New Testament makes no explicit mention that the Apostles changed the day of worship, but we know it from Tradition.
Scripture: And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. And He blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because in it He had rested from all His work which God created and made – Genesis 2:2-3.
Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy works. But on the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work on it, thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, not thy maid-servant, nor thy beasts, nor the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it – Exodus 20:8-11.
Observe the day of the Sabbath, to sanctity it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy works. The seventh is the day of the Sabbath, that is, the rest of the Lord thy God – Deuteronomy 5:12-14.
235. Why does the Church command us to keep Sunday as the Lord’s day?
The Church commands us to keep Sunday as the Lord’s day, because on Sunday Christ rose from the dead, and on Sunday the Holy Ghost descended upon the Apostles.
The early church changed the day of worship from Saturday to Sunday on the authority given to it by Christ. The New Testament makes no explicit mention that the Apostles changed the day of worship, but we know it from Tradition.
