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71621 In Defense of the Faith, p. 156.12 (William Henry Branson)
22. It is never called the Sabbath day at all.
71622 In Defense of the Faith, p. 157.7 (William Henry Branson)
40. Finally, the New Testament is totally silent with regard to any change of the Sabbath day or any sacredness for the first day.
71623 In Defense of the Faith, p. 157.8 (William Henry Branson)
“Here are 100 plain Bible facts upon this question, showing conclusively that the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord in both the Old and New Testament.”
71624 In Defense of the Faith, p. 158 (William Henry Branson)
Chapter 9 — Who Changed the Sabbath?
71625 In Defense of the Faith, p. 158.1 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath of the Ten Commandments was never changed by divine authority, and yet knowing that most of the religious world today keep the first day of the …
71626 In Defense of the Faith, p. 158.3 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath, the Lord’s day, a holy day, or a day of rest. There is absolutely no mention of Sunday sacredness in all the New Testament. There is no suggestion from …
71627 In Defense of the Faith, p. 159.1 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath comes between the sixth and the first days of the week (see Luke 23:54,56; 24:1 ); therefore it is the seventh day. We find Luke talking about the Sabbath …
71628 In Defense of the Faith, p. 159.2 (William Henry Branson)
… , the Sabbath is past. (See Mark 16 .) This shows that Mark also did not recognize any change in the Sabbath obligation. John in Revelation 1:10 speaks of the Lord’s …
71629 In Defense of the Faith, p. 160 (William Henry Branson)
Did The Greek Church Change The Sabbath?
71630 In Defense of the Faith, p. 160.3 (William Henry Branson)
Upon utterly failing to prove the theory that the apostles changed the Sabbath, Mr. Canright moves to an entirely new platform and boldly declares:
71631 In Defense of the Faith, p. 160.7 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath was changed by human and not divine authority, and here we have a full admission of this fact by Mr. Canright. The only difference now left between …
71632 In Defense of the Faith, p. 161.1 (William Henry Branson)
… Catholic Sabbath instead of a Roman Catholic Sabbath. And may we inquire what advantage we have thus gained? Is a Greek Catholic Sabbath better in any particular …
71633 In Defense of the Faith, p. 162.1 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath, by either Greek or Roman therefore in no way alter our obligation to keep the original Sabbath of creation.
71634 In Defense of the Faith, p. 163.4 (William Henry Branson)
… -day Sabbath, had been thought of in their day. All is change followed later, in the wake of the apostasy which engulfed Christendom during the Middle Ages, and …
71635 In Defense of the Faith, p. 164 (William Henry Branson)
The Sabbath Was Kept For Several Centuries
71636 In Defense of the Faith, p. 164.1 (William Henry Branson)
… from Sabbath to Sunday observance. We must find it in history, since it cannot be found in Scripture. As the canon of Scripture closes with the Revelation, we …
71637 In Defense of the Faith, p. 165.4 (William Henry Branson)
It was a number of centuries, however, before the Sabbath began to be superseded by Sunday as a day of rest from labor. On this point the historian Coleman says:
71638 In Defense of the Faith, p. 165.5 (William Henry Branson)
“Down even to the fifth century the observance of the Jewish Sabbath was continued in the Christian church.”— Ancient Christianity Exemplified, chap. 26, sec. 2, p. 527.
71639 In Defense of the Faith, p. 165.6 (William Henry Branson)
“During the early ages of the church, it [Sunday] was ever entitled ‘the Sabbath,’ this word being confined to the seventh day of the week.”
71640 In Defense of the Faith, p. 166.2 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath, and spent the day in devotion and sermons. And it is not to be doubted that they derived this practice from the apostles themselves, as appears …