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71781 In Defense of the Faith, p. 186.1 (William Henry Branson)

… the Sabbath Question, by Robert Cox COX, Vol. 1, p. 422.

71782 In Defense of the Faith, p. 186.4 (William Henry Branson)

… Testament Sabbath with its glory and sanctity over to the first day of the week.”—P. Taaning, Report of the Second Ecclesiastical Meeting in Kopenhagen, Sept …

71783 In Defense of the Faith, p. 186 (William Henry Branson)

Did The Popes Change The Sabbath?

71784 In Defense of the Faith, p. 186.5 (William Henry Branson)

… the Sabbath was changed by the popes? Was it not rather by church councils and the edicts of emperors? Mr. Canright scoffs at the idea, and tauntingly asks, Which …

71785 In Defense of the Faith, p. 189.6 (William Henry Branson)

… the Sabbath recognized by the Roman Catholic Church as a binding obligation, and does the Roman Catholic Church recognize that the action involved a literal …

71786 In Defense of the Faith, p. 190.1 (William Henry Branson)

“Question. Which is the Sabbath day?

71787 In Defense of the Faith, p. 190.2 (William Henry Branson)

“Answer. Saturday is the Sabbath day.

71788 In Defense of the Faith, p. 190.10 (William Henry Branson)

… original Sabbath was changed by the church councils and the popes. The church could not have done it without the approval and blessing of the popes, and this …

71789 In Defense of the Faith, p. 192.1 (William Henry Branson)

… His Sabbath. But does the Catholic Church admit responsibility for having changed the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday?

71790 In Defense of the Faith, p. 192.4 (William Henry Branson)

“Answer.—By the very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday.”

71791 In Defense of the Faith, p. 193.4 (William Henry Branson)

“Question. What warrant have you for keeping the Sunday, preferably to the ancient Sabbath, which was Saturday?

71792 In Defense of the Faith, p. 193.6 (William Henry Branson)

“Question. Does the Scripture anywhere command the Sunday to be kept for the Sabbath?

71793 In Defense of the Faith, p. 193.7 (William Henry Branson)

“Answer. The Scripture commands us to hear the church, ... but the Scripture does not in particular mention this change of the Sabbath.”

71794 In Defense of the Faith, p. 194.2 (William Henry Branson)

… counterfeit Sabbath, which is no Sabbath at all, since it rests solely on the traditions of that church, and not in any sense upon the Word of God.

71795 In Defense of the Faith, p. 195.4 (William Henry Branson)

… the Sabbath day, but that Sabbath day was not Sunday. It will be said, however, and with some show of triumph, that the Sabbath was transferred from the seventh …

71796 In Defense of the Faith, p. 195.5 (William Henry Branson)

… this Sabbath question, in this aspect of it, is the gravest and most perplexing question connected with Christian institutions which at present claims …

71797 In Defense of the Faith, p. 196.1 (William Henry Branson)

… the Sabbath question, discussing it in some of its various aspects, freeing it from its false glosses, never alluded to any transference of the day; also, that …

71798 In Defense of the Faith, p. 196.3 (William Henry Branson)

“The Roman Church had totally apostatized. It reversed the fourth commandment by doing away with the Sabbath of God’s word, and instituting Sunday as a holiday.”— History of the Christian Church, pp. 417, 418.

71799 In Defense of the Faith, p. 196.4 (William Henry Branson)

… the Sabbath to Sunday is a “mark,” or sign, of her power in religious matters, it is necessary for the reader only to review so me of the quotations from Catholic …

71800 In Defense of the Faith, p. 197.2 (William Henry Branson)

“Answer. By the very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday.”— Abridgment of Christian Doctrine, p. 58.