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Bust of Constantine (photo by Camille King<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n The first Sunday law was enacted by Emperor Constantine in the early 4th century.<\/p>\n Constantine decreed circa March 7, 321:<\/p>\n Let all judges, the people of cities, and those employed in all trades, remain quiet on the Holy Day of Sunday. <\/span>(Code of Justinian, Book III, Title XII, III. THE JUSTINIAN CODE FROM THE CORPUS JURIS CIVILIS. Translated from the original Latin by Samuel P. Scott. Central Trust Company, Cincinnati, 1932).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Shortly after the above decree, Eusebius recorded this about Constantine:<\/p>\n Accordingly he enjoined on all the subjects of the Roman empire to observe the Lord’s day, as a day of rest (Eusebius. Life of Constantine, Book IV, Chapter 18).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Notice that “the Lord’s day” became enjoined by a decree of a Roman Empire. Also notice the following:<\/p>\n There is a large body of civil legislation on the Sunday rest side by side with the ecclesiastical. It begins with an Edict of Constantine<\/strong>, the first Christian emperor, who forbade judges to sit and townspeople to work on Sunday (Slater T. Transcribed by Scott Anthony Hibbs. Sunday. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XIV Copyright \u00a9 1912 by Robert Appleton Company Online Edition Copyright \u00a9 2003 by K. Knight).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Notice the following related to Constantine and Sunday written by one who observes Sunday:<\/p>\n So prominent had Christians and their day become that when the Emperor Constantine proclaimed Sun Day as the weekly<\/em> holy day for all Romans, some Christians believed that it was for their sake. More likely Constantine, like many Roman aristocrats of the time, was simply trying to find common ground for his mixed pagan and Christian subjects, especially his soldiers. Unity was for the good of the state and the emperors’ power (Harline C. Sunday: A History of the First Day from Babylonia to the Super Bowl. Doubleday, NY, 2007, p. 17).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n However, after a time, Constantine did clearly begin to provide more favor for the Roman version of ‘Christianity’ which (like the pagans, but unlike the Church of God) endorsed Sunday. He, the sun-worshiping emperor, then called for the famous Council of Nicea, which took place in 325 A.D. This council decided that Sunday<\/a> was to be the day of worship and that Passover<\/a> was to be observed on Sunday (and that eventually became what is known as Easter<\/a>). After that council, those in the Church of God who kept the Sabbath<\/a> were considered to be heretics and outcasts and had to flee in the wilderness.<\/p>\n The Emperor authorized persecution. Around 332, Constantine issued what is known as the Edict Against the Heretics<\/em>,<\/p>\n Victor Constantinus, Maximus Augustus, to the heretics. \u201cUnderstand now, by this present statute, ye Novatians, Valentinians, Marcionites, Paulians, ye who are called Cataphrygians, and all ye who devise and support heresies by means of your private assemblies, with what a tissue of falsehood and vanity, with what destructive and venomous errors, your doctrines are inseparably interwoven; so that through you the healthy soul is stricken with disease, and the living becomes the prey of everlasting death. Ye haters and enemies of truth and life, in league with destruction! All your counsels are opposed to the truth, but familiar with deeds of baseness; full of absurdities and fictions: and by these ye frame falsehoods, oppress the innocent, and withhold the light from them that believe. Ever trespassing under the mask of godliness, ye fill all things with defilement: ye pierce the pure and guileless conscience with deadly wounds, while ye withdraw, one may almost say, the very light of day from the eyes of men. But why should I particularize, when to speak of your criminality as it deserves demands more time and leisure than I can give? For so long and unmeasured is the catalogue of your offenses, so hateful and altogether atrocious are they, that a single day would not suffice to recount them all. And, indeed, it is well to turn one\u2019s ears and eyes from such a subject, lest by a description of each particular evil, the pure sincerity and freshness of one\u2019s own faith be impaired. Why then do I still bear with such abounding evil; especially since this protracted clemency is the cause that some who were sound are become tainted with this pestilent disease? Why not at once strike, as it were, at the root of so great a mischief by a public manifestation of displeasure?” (Chapter LXIV.\u2014Constantine\u2019s Edict against the Heretics. This document is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College<\/em>).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Originally,<\/p>\n As with the Jewish Sabbath, the observance of the Christian Sunday began with sundown on Saturday and lasted till the same time on Sunday (Slater T. Transcribed by Scott Anthony Hibbs Sunday. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XIV Copyright \u00a9 1912 by Robert Appleton Company Online Edition Copyright \u00a9 2003 by K. Knight).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n But this changed for most who observed Sunday, to a midnight to midnight observance.<\/p>\n A reader wrote the following:<\/p>\n March 7th – The anniversary of Constantine\u2019s \u201cvenerable day of the sun\u201d law<\/strong><\/p>\n It was on this day that the Roman Emperor Constantine enacted his law which obliged all the citizens of the Roman Empire to keep the “venerable day of the sun” – SUNday! The fact that some 3rd century Christians kept Sunday, the first day of the week, gave this Roman emperor an idea to use such a custom to seal the unity within the empire between paganism and Christianity. He retained the old pagan term in his Sunday law – ‘Dies Solis “(in Latin \u201cthe day of the sun\u201d) – which came into force on March 7, 321 AD.<\/p>\n Constantine\u2019s Sunday law stipulated the following: “On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the country, however, persons engaged in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits; because it often happens that another day is not so suitable for grain-sowing or for vine-planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the bounty of heaven should be lost”.<\/p>\n Constantine\u2019s ecclesiastical Council of Nicaea in 325 AD abolished the New Testament Passover instituted by Jesus Christ on the night in which He was arrested and later crucified. This is how Constantine describes his motives behind the Nicaen decisions: \u201cit appeared an unworthy thing that in the celebration of this most holy feast (pagan Easter) we should follow the practice of the Jews, who have impiously defiled their hands with enormous sin, and are, therefore, deservedly afflicted with blindness of soul. \u2026 Let us then have nothing in common with the detestable Jewish crowd; for we have received from our Savior a different way\u201d. (The faithful New Testament Christians did not receive any different way from our Savior, for He is the same yesterday, today and forever!)<\/p>\n Church historian Moshaim writes that Constantine\u2019s 4th century superstitions gradually supplanted true piety. He attributes the shameful transformation of Christianity into paganism to a crazy drive of nominal Christians to blend pagan rites with Christianity. Thus, beginning from Constantine, a new religion emerged of which “neither Jesus nor Paul were the founding fathers\u201d. \u201cAs a completely new religion in the Roman Empire, Christianity came as the result of later interpretations of the original traditions about Christ’s life, teachings, death and resurrection\u201d. [1]<\/p>\n Constantine died before completing the Church of the Twelve in Constantinople, where he planned his tomb surrounded by the tombs of the apostles. \u00a0The first \u201cChristian Emperor” dreamed to rest forever amidst the remains of the Twelve not like one of them, but as a symbol of their leader. [2]<\/p>\n 1 Milan Vukomanovic, Early Christianity – from Jesus to Christ, Novi Sad: Svetovi, 1996, 19.<\/p>\n 2 William Steuart McBirnie, The Search for the Twelve apostles, Carol Stream, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Inc., 2004, 18-19.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Here is a version of the above article in Serbian:<\/p>\n \u0421\u0420\u041f\u0421\u041a\u0418<\/p>\n \u041d\u0430 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0448\u045a\u0438 \u0434\u0430\u043d, 7. \u043c\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0430 321. \u0433\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0435 \u0440\u0438\u043c\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u0446\u0430\u0440 \u041a\u043e\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0438\u043d \u0458\u0435 \u0434\u043e\u043d\u0435\u043e \u0437\u0430\u043a\u043e\u043d \u043e \u0434\u0440\u0436\u0430\u045a\u0443 \u201e\u0447\u0430\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0433 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0443\u043d\u0446\u0430\u201c (\u201eDies Solis\u201d, SUNday) \u0438 \u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e \u0443\u0441\u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043e 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\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u043f\u0430\u043f\u0430.\u00a0 \u0421\u043c\u0440\u0442 \u0433\u0430 \u0458\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0442\u0435\u043a\u043b\u0430 \u0434\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u0432\u0440\u0448\u0438 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0458\u0443 \u043d\u0430\u043c\u0438\u0441\u0430\u043e \u0443 \u041a\u043e\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0438\u043d\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0459\u0443: \u0434\u0430 \u043c\u0443 \u0433\u0440\u043e\u0431 \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0435 \u0443 \u0441\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438 \u0446\u0440\u043a\u0432\u0435.\u00a0 \u201e\u041f\u0440\u0432\u0438 \u0445\u0440\u0438\u0448\u045b\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u0446\u0430\u0440\u201c \u0458\u0435 \u043c\u0430\u0448\u0442\u0430\u043e \u0434\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0447\u0438\u0432\u0430 \u0437\u0430 \u0443\u0432\u0435\u043a \u0443\u0441\u0440\u0435\u0434 \u0414\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0446\u0435 \u043d\u0435 \u043a\u0430\u043e \u0458\u0435\u0434\u0430\u043d \u043e\u0434 \u045a\u0438\u0445, \u043d\u0435\u0433\u043e \u043a\u0430\u043e \u0441\u0438\u043c\u0431\u043e\u043b \u045a\u0438\u0445\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0433 \u0432\u043e\u0452\u0435.<\/p>\n \u041a\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0448\u045b\u0435\u043d\u0438 \u0438\u0437\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438:<\/p>\n [1] \u041c\u0438\u043b\u0430\u043d \u0412\u0443\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u045b, “\u0420\u0430\u043d\u043e \u0445\u0440\u0438\u0448\u045b\u0430\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u2013 \u043e\u0434 \u0418\u0441\u0443\u0441\u0430 \u0434\u043e \u0425\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0430”, \u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438 \u0421\u0430\u0434: \u0421\u0432\u0435\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0438, 1996, 19.<\/p>\n [2] William Steuart McBirnie, “The Search for the Twelve apostles”, Carol Stream, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Inc., 2004, 18-19.<\/p>\n [3] \u0410\u043b\u0438\u0433\u0438\u0458\u0435\u0440\u043e \u0422\u043e\u043d\u0434\u0438, “\u0412\u0430\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430\u043d \u0438 \u043d\u0435\u043e\u0444\u0430\u0448\u0438\u0437\u0430\u043c”, \u0421\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0458\u0435\u0432\u043e: \u0421\u0432\u0458\u0435\u0442\u043b\u043e\u0441\u0442, 1957, 9.<\/p>\n [4] \u0408\u0435\u0432\u0441\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0458\u0435 \u041f\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0438\u045b, “\u041e\u043f\u045b\u0430 \u0446\u0440\u043a\u0432\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0458\u0430, \u043a\u045a\u0438\u0433\u0430 I. \u2013 (\u0434\u043e 1054.)”, \u0421\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u041a\u0430\u0440\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0446\u0438: \u0421\u0440\u043f\u0441\u043a\u0430 \u043c\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0430 \u0448\u0442\u0430\u043c\u043f\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0458\u0430, 1912, 458.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The same person also supplied the following in Italian:<\/p>\n 7 marzo – Anniversario della legge del \u201cvenerabile giorno del sole\u201d di Costantino<\/strong><\/p>\n Fu in questo giorno che l’imperatore romano Costantino promulg\u00f2 la sua legge che obbligava tutti i cittadini dell’Impero Romano a osservare il “venerabile giorno del sole” – (“SUNday” in inglese)! Il fatto che alcuni cristiani del III secolo osservavano la domenica, il primo giorno della settimana, diede a questo imperatore romano l’idea di usare una tale usanza per sigillare l’unit\u00e0 all’interno dell’impero tra paganesimo e cristianesimo. Ha mantenuto il vecchio termine pagano nella sua legge domenicale – ‘Dies Solis “(in latino “il giorno del sole”) – che \u00e8 entrato in vigore il 7 marzo, 321 dC.<\/p>\n La legge domenicale di Costantino stipulava quanto segue: “Nel venerabile giorno del Sole si riposino i magistrati e gli abitanti delle citt\u00e0, e si lascino chiusi tutti i negozi. Nelle campagne, per\u00f2, la gente sia libera legalmente di continuare il proprio lavoro, perch\u00e9 spesso capita che non si possa rimandare la mietitura del grano o la semina delle vigne; sia cos\u00ec, per timore che negando il momento giusto per tali lavori, vada perduto il momento opportuno, stabilito dal cielo”.<\/p>\n Il Concilio ecclesiastico di Costantino di Nicea nel 325 dC ha abolito la Pasqua del Nuovo Testamento istituita da Ges\u00f9 Cristo, la notte in cui Egli \u00e8 stato arrestato e poi crocifisso. Cos\u00ec Costantino descrive le sue motivazioni dietro le decisioni nicene: “In primo luogo parve inopportuno celebrare quella santissima festivit\u00e0 [la Pasqua pagana] seguendo la consuetudine dei Giudei: gli scellerati che contaminarono le proprie mani con un empio delitto e di conseguenza resero cieche le loro menti. … Pertanto, che nulla vi sia in comune tra voi e la folla detestabile dei Giudei. Abbiamo ricevuto un’altra strada dal Salvatore”. (I fedeli cristiani del Nuovo Testamento non ricevettero alcuna via diversa dal nostro Salvatore, perch\u00e9 Egli \u00e8 lo stesso ieri, oggi e in eterno!)<\/p>\n Lo storico della Chiesa Mosheim scrive che le superstizioni costantiniane del IV secolo gradualmente soppiantarono la vera piet\u00e0. Egli attribuisce la vergognosa trasformazione del cristianesimo in paganesimo a una folle spinta dei cristiani nominali a fondere riti pagani con il cristianesimo. Cos\u00ec, a partire da Costantino, \u00e8 emersa una nuova religione di cui \u00abn\u00e9 Ges\u00f9 n\u00e9 Paolo sono stati i padri fondatori\u00bb. \u201cCome religione completamente nuova nell’Impero Romano, il Cristianesimo venne come risultato di interpretazioni successive delle tradizioni originali sulla vita, gli insegnamenti, la morte e la risurrezione di Cristo\u201d. [1]<\/p>\n Costantino mor\u00ec prima di completare la Chiesa dei Dodici a Costantinopoli, dove progett\u00f2 la sua tomba circondata dalle tombe dell’apostolo. Il primo \u201cimperatore cristiano\u201d sognava di riposare per sempre tra le spoglie dei Dodici non come uno di loro, ma come simbolo del loro capo. [2]<\/p>\n 1 Milan Vukomanovic, Early Christianity – from Jesus to Christ, Novi Sad: Svetovi, 1996, 19.<\/p>\n 2 William Steuart McBirnie, The Search for the Twelve apostles, Carol Stream, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Inc., 2004, 18-19.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The same person also provided the following in Portuguese:<\/p>\n 7 de mar\u00e7o – O anivers\u00e1rio da lei do \u201cvener\u00e1vel dia do sol\u201d de Constantino<\/strong><\/p>\n Foi neste dia que o imperador romano Constantino promulgou sua lei que obrigava todos os cidad\u00e3os do Imp\u00e9rio Romano a guardar o “vener\u00e1vel dia do SOL” – DOMINGO! O fato de alguns crist\u00e3os do s\u00e9culo III observaram o domingo, o primeiro dia da semana, deu a este imperador romano a ideia de usar tal costume para selar a unidade dentro do imp\u00e9rio entre o paganismo e o cristianismo. Ele manteve o antigo termo pag\u00e3o em sua lei dominical – ‘Dies Solis “(em latim “o dia do sol”) – que entrou em vigor em 7 de mar\u00e7o de 321 d.C.<\/p>\n A lei dominical de Constantino estipulava o seguinte: “No vener\u00e1vel Dia do Sol descansem os magistrados e as pessoas que residem nas cidades, e que todas as oficinas sejam fechadas. No campo, por\u00e9m, as pessoas que se dedicam \u00e0 agricultura podem livremente e legalmente continuar suas atividades; porque muitas vezes acontece que outro dia n\u00e3o \u00e9 t\u00e3o adequado para a semeadura de gr\u00e3os ou para a planta\u00e7\u00e3o de videiras; para que, ao negligenciar o momento adequado para tais opera\u00e7\u00f5es, a generosidade do c\u00e9u se perca”.<\/p>\n O Conc\u00edlio eclesi\u00e1stico de Nic\u00e9ia de Constantino em 325 d.C. aboliu a P\u00e1scoa do Novo Testamento institu\u00edda por Jesus Cristo na noite em que Ele foi preso e depois crucificado. \u00c9 assim que Constantino descreve seus motivos por tr\u00e1s das decis\u00f5es de Nic\u00e9ia: \u201cparecia uma coisa indigna que na celebra\u00e7\u00e3o desta festa sant\u00edssima (P\u00e1scoa pag\u00e3) dev\u00eassemos seguir a pr\u00e1tica dos judeus, que impiedosamente contaminaram suas m\u00e3os com enorme pecado, e s\u00e3o, portanto, merecidamente afligidos com cegueira de alma. \u2026 N\u00e3o tenhamos nada em comum com a detest\u00e1vel multid\u00e3o judaica; pois recebemos de nosso Salvador de uma maneira diferente\u201d. (Os fi\u00e9is crist\u00e3os do Novo Testamento n\u00e3o receberam nenhuma maneira diferente de nosso Salvador, pois Ele \u00e9 o mesmo ontem, hoje e sempre!)<\/p>\n O historiador da Igreja Moshaim escreve que as supersti\u00e7\u00f5es do s\u00e9culo IV de Constantino gradualmente suplantaram a verdadeira piedade. Ele atribui a vergonhosa transforma\u00e7\u00e3o do cristianismo em paganismo a um louco impulso de crist\u00e3os nominais para misturar ritos pag\u00e3os com cristianismo. Assim, a partir de Constantino, surgiu uma nova religi\u00e3o da qual “nem Jesus nem Paulo foram os pais fundadores”. ensinamentos, morte e ressurrei\u00e7\u00e3o\u201d. [1]<\/p>\n Constantino morreu antes de completar a Igreja dos Doze em Constantinopla, onde planejou seu t\u00famulo cercado pelos t\u00famulos do ap\u00f3stolo. O primeiro \u201cImperador Crist\u00e3o\u201d sonhou descansar para sempre entre os restos dos Doze n\u00e3o como um deles, mas como um s\u00edmbolo de l\u00edder deles. [2]<\/p>\n 1 Milan Vukomanovic, Early Christianity – from Jesus to Christ, Novi Sad: Svetovi, 1996, 19.<\/p>\n 2 William Stewart McBirnie, The Search for the Twelve Apostles, Carol Stream, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Inc., 2004, 18-19.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The same one also sent the article in Romanian:<\/p>\n 7 martie – Aniversarea legii \u201evenerabilei zile a soarelui\u201d promulgat\u0103 de Constantin<\/strong><\/p>\n Aceasta a fost ziua \u00een care \u00eemp\u0103ratul roman Constantin \u0219i-a promulgat legea care \u00eei obliga pe to\u021bi cet\u0103\u021benii Imperiului Roman s\u0103 p\u0103zeasc\u0103 \u201evenerabila zi a soarelui\u201d \u2013 duminica (n.tr., \u00een englez\u0103 SUNday = ziua SOARELUI)! Faptul c\u0103 unii cre\u0219tini din secolul al III-lea \u021bineau duminica, prima zi a s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2nii, i-a dat acestui \u00eemp\u0103rat roman ideea de a folosi un astfel de obicei pentru a pecetlui unitatea dintre p\u0103g\u00e2nism \u0219i cre\u0219tinism din interiorul imperiului. El a p\u0103strat vechiul termen p\u0103g\u00e2n \u00een legea sa duminical\u0103 – \u201eDies Solis \u201e(\u00een latin\u0103 \u201eziua soarelui\u201d) \u2013 care a intrat \u00een vigoare la 7 martie 321 d.Hr.<\/p>\n Legea duminical\u0103 a lui Constantin prevedea urm\u0103toarele: \u201e\u00cen venerabila Zi a Soarelui magistra\u021bii \u0219i oamenii care locuiesc \u00een ora\u0219e s\u0103 se odihneasc\u0103 \u0219i s\u0103 fie \u00eenchise toate atelierele. La \u021bar\u0103, totu\u0219i, persoanele angajate \u00een agricultur\u0103 \u00ee\u0219i pot continua liber \u0219i \u00een mod legal activit\u0103\u021bile; pentru c\u0103 se \u00eent\u00e2mpl\u0103 adesea ca o alt\u0103 zi s\u0103 nu fie at\u00e2t de potrivit\u0103 pentru sem\u0103natul cerealor sau plantarea vi\u021bei de vie \u0219i ca nu cumva, neglij\u00e2nd momentul potrivit pentru astfel de activit\u0103\u021bi, abunden\u021ba cerului s\u0103 se piard\u0103\u201d.<\/p>\n Sinodul bisericesc al lui Constantin de la Niceea din 325 d.Hr. a abolit Pa\u0219tele Noului Testament instituit de Isus Hristos \u00een noaptea \u00een care El a fost arestat \u0219i mai t\u00e2rziu r\u0103stignit. Iat\u0103 cum \u00ee\u0219i descrie Constantin motivele din spatele hot\u0103r\u00e2rilor de la Niceea: \u201es-a p\u0103rut un lucru nevrednic ca, \u00een s\u0103rb\u0103torirea acestei preasfinte s\u0103rb\u0103tori (Pa\u0219tele p\u0103g\u00e2n), s\u0103 urm\u0103m practica evreilor care cu impietate \u0219i-au p\u00e2ng\u0103rit m\u00e2inile cu un p\u0103cat enorm, \u0219i, prin urmare, sunt afecta\u021bi \u00een mod meritat de orbirea sufletului. \u2026 S\u0103 nu avem nimic \u00een comun cu detestabila mul\u0163ime evreiasc\u0103; c\u0103ci noi am primit de la M\u00e2ntuitorul nostru altfel\u201d. (Cre\u0219tinii credincio\u0219i din Noul Testament nu au primit nicio cale diferit\u0103 de la M\u00e2ntuitorul nostru, c\u0103ci El este acela\u0219i ieri, ast\u0103zi \u0219i \u00een vecii vecilor!)<\/p>\n Istoricul bisericesc Moshaim scrie c\u0103 supersti\u021biile lui Constantin din secolul al IV-lea au \u00eenlocuit treptat adev\u0103rata evlavie. El atribuie transformarea ru\u0219inoas\u0103 a cre\u0219tinismului \u00een p\u0103g\u00e2nism unui impuls nebun al cre\u0219tinilor nominali de a amesteca ritualurile p\u0103g\u00e2ne cu cre\u0219tinismul. Astfel, \u00eencep\u00e2nd de la Constantin, a ap\u0103rut o nou\u0103 religie ai c\u0103rei \u201ep\u0103rin\u021bi fondatori nu au fost nici Iisus, nici Pavel\u201d. \u201eFiind religie complet nou\u0103 \u00een Imperiul Roman, cre\u0219tinismul a ap\u0103rut ca rezultat al interpret\u0103rilor ulterioare ale tradi\u021biilor originale despre via\u021ba \u00eenv\u0103\u021b\u0103turile, moartea \u0219i \u00eenvierea lui Hristos,\u201d [1]<\/p>\n Constantin a murit \u00eenainte de a finaliza Biserica celor Doisprezece din Constantinopol, unde a pl\u0103nuit ca morm\u00e2ntul s\u0103-i fie \u00eenconjurat de mormintele apostolilor. Primul \u201e\u00eemp\u0103rat cre\u0219tin\u201d visa astfel s\u0103 se odihneasc\u0103 pentru totdeauna \u00een mijlocul r\u0103m\u0103\u0219i\u021belor celor doisprezece nu ca unul dintre ei, ci ca un simbol al conduc\u0103torului lor. [2]1 Milan Vukomanovic, Cre\u0219tinismul timpuriu – de la Isus la Hristos, Novi Sad: Svetovi, 1996, 19.2 William Steuart McBirnie, C\u0103utarea celor doisprezece apostoli, Carol Stream, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Inc., 2004, 18-19.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n To conclude in English, let me add that many Protestant groups seem to wish to support the agenda of Constantine when it comes to Sunday.<\/p>\n This is not biblical.<\/p>\n Some items of possibly related interest may include:<\/em><\/p>\n Sunday and Christianity<\/a> Was Sunday observed by the apostolic and true post-apostolic Christians? Who clearly endorsed Sunday? What relevance is the first or the “eighth” day? A related sermon is also available: Sunday: First and Eighth Day?<\/a> Bust of Constantine (photo by Camille King) COGwriter The first Sunday law was enacted by Emperor Constantine in the early 4th century. Constantine decreed circa March 7, 321: Let all judges, the people of cities, and those employed in all trades, remain quiet on the Holy Day of Sunday. (Code of Justinian, Book III, Title […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-history","category-doctrine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n
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\nCG7.ORG<\/a> This is a website for those interested in the Sabbath and churches that observe the seventh day Sabbath.
\nThe Sabbath in the Early Church and Abroad<\/a> Was the seventh-day (Saturday) Sabbath observed by the apostolic and post-apostolic Church? Here is a related sermon video The Christian Sabbath and How and Why to Keep It<\/a>.
\nHow to Observe the Sabbath?<\/a> How should you keep the Sabbath? This is an old article by Raymond Cole, with updated information for the 21st century.
\nCan You Keep Your Job, Get Your Degree, and Keep the Sabbath?<\/a> This article has some information on that. Here is a link to a related video titled: Can you keep the Sabbath and your job? What about college?<\/a>
\nThe Christian Sabbath<\/a>. This is a series of articles from the Catholic Mirror<\/em> essentially proving that the biblical Sabbath was Saturday, that the Lord’s day in Revelation 1 is not a reference to Sunday, that the Church of Rome implemented Sunday, and that nearly all Protestants followed Rome. Here is a link to a related sermon: Catholic teachings on the Sabbath, Sunday, and Protestantism<\/a>.
\nThe Mark of Antichrist<\/a> What is the mark of Antichrist? What have various ones claimed? Here is a link to a related sermon What is the ‘Mark of Antichrist’?<\/a>
\nContinuing History of the Church of God<\/a> This pdf booklet is a historical overview of the true Church of God and some of its main opponents from Acts 2 to the 21st century. Related sermon links include Continuing History of the Church of God: c. 31 to c. 300 A.D<\/a>. and Continuing History of the Church of God: 4th-16th Centuries<\/a> and Continuing History of the Church of God: 17th-20th Centuries<\/a>. The booklet is available in Spanish: Continuaci\u00f3n de la Historia de la Iglesia de Dios<\/a>, German: Kontinuierliche Geschichte der Kirche Gottes<\/a>, French: L\u2019Histoire Continue<\/em> de l\u2019\u00c9glise de Dieu<\/a> and Ekegusii Omogano Bw\u2019ekanisa Ya Nyasae Egendererete<\/a>.
\n<\/strong>Universal OFFER of Salvation, Apokatastasis: Can God save the lost in an age to come? Hundreds of scriptures reveal God\u2019s plan of salvation<\/a> Will all get a fair chance at salvation? This free book is packed with scriptures showing that God does intend to offer salvation to all who ever lived\u2013the elect in this age, and the rest in the age to come. Here is a link to a related sermon series: Universal Offer of Salvation 1: Apocatastasis<\/a>, Universal Offer of Salvation 2: Jesus Desires All to be Saved<\/a>, Mysteries of the Great White Throne Judgment (<\/a>Universal Offer of Salvation part 3)<\/a>, Is God Fair<\/a>, Will God Pardon the Ignorant?<\/a>, Can God Save Your Relatives?<\/a>, Babies, Limbo, Purgatory and God\u2019s Plan<\/a>, and \u2018By the Mouth of All His Holy Prophets\u2019<\/a>.
\n<\/strong>SDA\/CCOG Differences: Two Horned Beast of Revelation and 666<\/a> The genuine Church of God is NOT part of the Seventh-day Adventists. This article explains two prophetic differences, the trinity, differences in approaching doctrine, including Ellen White. Did Ellen White make prophetic errors? Did Ellen White make false prophecies? Here is a version in the Spanish language: SDA\/COG Diferencias: La bestia de dos cuernos de Apocalipsis y 666<\/a>. Here are two sermons in the English language: Seventh Day Baptists\/Adventists\/Messianics: Protestant or COG?<\/a> and CCOG and SDA differences and similarities<\/a>. Here is a link to an article in the Spanish language: Diferencias: SDA\/CCOG: La bestia de dos cuernos de Apocalipsis y 666<\/a>.
\nHope of Salvation: How the Continuing<\/em> Church of God Differs from Protestantism<\/a> The CCOG is NOT Protestant. This free online book explains how the real <\/em>Church of God differs from mainstream\/traditional Protestants. Several sermons related to the free book are also available: Protestant, Baptist, and CCOG History<\/a>; The First Protestant, God\u2019s Command, Grace, & Character<\/a>; The New Testament, Martin Luther, and the Canon<\/a>; Eucharist, Passover, and Easter<\/a>; Views of Jews, Lost Tribes, Warfare, & Baptism<\/a>; Scripture vs. Tradition, Sabbath vs. Sunday<\/a>; Church Services, Sunday, Heaven, and God\u2019s Plan<\/a>; Seventh Day Baptists\/Adventists\/Messianics: Protestant or COG?<\/a>; Millennial Kingdom of God and God\u2019s Plan of Salvation<\/a>; Crosses, Trees, Tithes, and Unclean Meats<\/a>; The Godhead and the Trinity<\/a>; Fleeing or Rapture?<\/a>; and Ecumenism, Rome, and CCOG Differences<\/a>.
\nThe History of Early Christianity<\/a> Are you aware that what most people believe is not what truly happened to the true Christian church? Do you know where the early church was based? Do you know what were the doctrines of the early church? Is your faith really based upon the truth or compromise?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"