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From: davidb@shark.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Sabbath, infallible, legalism, and other concepts
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Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 14:30:01 EST
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tom> However, there are numerous passages in the New Testament to
tom> indicate to us that the Sabbath observance changed from the
tom> last to the first day of the week in rememberance of Christ's
tom> resurrection from the dead.

fred> The assertion that the New Testament shows examples of the Apostles
fred> observing other days as Sabbath bears examining in the light of
fred> Scriptural and patristic evidence.  I would refer the interested to
fred> a seminal paper by Dr. Samuele Bachiochi (sp?) as his PhD thesis
fred> for the Pontifical Gregorian University.  Dr. B is the only Protestant
fred> of record to attend (or at least complete doctorate) at the "Pope's
fred> University".  Pope Paul gave Dr. B a gold medal for it.  Among other
fred> things, it demonstrates what Catholics have been saying for some
fred> time (in several catechisms) that Sunday is the Sabbath for Catholics
fred> because the Pope made it that way; thus Protestants who disbelieve
fred> his authority should, rather, be worshiping on Saturday
fred> (sunset Fri -> sunset Sat. - FC).

I would like to point out that the Bachiochi document clearly shows that
there is no New Testament basis for the switch from Sunday to Saturday.
One way in which the New Testament has been missinterpreted is that we
recon our days at Mid Night.  The New Testament authors still used sundown
to sundown reconing.  For example, they would refer to a Saturday Night
meeting as being held in the evening on Sunday.  Bachiochi's document
uses New Testament, other religious and secular sources to show that
the New Testament authors were in their graves before Sunday was even
being taken seriously in the Early Christian church.  Sunday observance
started up in the Roman Christian church (not in Jerusalem) many years
later as a way of making it clear the Christians were not Jews.  The
Jewish Zeolots at the time were returning the blood shed of the Romans
with a double vengeance.  The Christians wanted to avoid any possible
confusion.  In fact, as I scan through Bachiochi's document, Sunday
observance starts to have some very strong Anti-Semitic undertoans.  I
would imagine that this could have been because many of the converts in
Rome had friends and/or relatives who had been killed and/or tortured
at the hands of the Jewish Zealots.

Dave Buxton
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