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From: bnapl@burdvax.UUCP (Tom Albrecht)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Why Do We Christians Worship On Sunday?
Message-ID: <1885@burdvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 12:30:34 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  7 12:30:34 1985
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Reply-To: bnapl@burdvax.UUCP (Tom Albrecht)
Organization: Burroughs Corp. - SDG/Devon
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In article  davis@hplabs.UUCP (Jim Davis) writes:
>Tom Albrecht says that Presbyterians view Sunday as the Sabbath.
>I am not sure what he means by "Presbyterians", I am a member
>of the United Presbyterian Church and Sunday is the day of
>worship.  ...

Many Presbyterians acknowledge the Westminster Confession of Faith as a
standard for church teaching subordinate to the Bible.  The Confession
devotes an entire chapter to Christian Worship and addresses the issue of the
Christian Sabbath.  You might ask your minister what the official United
Presbyterian position is toward the Westminster Confession. I know that at
one time it was held in high regard by UPs, but this may have changed.
I happen to be a member of a more conservative Presbyterian denomination
(Presbyterian Church in America) and we view the Confession as one of the
official teaching documents of our church.

> ... It is not the Sabbath.  We should still observe the
>Sabbath.  The only reason that one can get by not worshiping
>on the Sabbath is that you have been freed from the law through
>Jesus' attonment.  ...
>

When would you suggest we observe the Sabbath, if indeed we should observe
it?

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Tom Albrecht 		Burroughs Corp.
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