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Offline Magdalene

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Saturday and Council of Laodicea
« on: August 21, 2007, 12:52:08 AM »
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  • I don't know if the following is true or not (since it was taken from a Protestant website), but if it is, how does this square with Vatican II allowing Saturday Masses (for the reason that the Jєωιѕн sabbath starts on Saturday?


    There was a dual observance of Saturday and Sunday for a while, but the Council of Laodicea in 364 AD institutionalized Sunday observances with the following edict:

    "Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday, but shall work on that day; but the Lord's Day they shall honor, and as being Christians, shall, if possible, do no work on that day. If however, they are found Judaizing, they shall be shut out from Christ."

    Rome later excommunicated any who were keeping the Sabbath on Saturday.



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    Saturday and Council of Laodicea
    « Reply #1 on: August 21, 2007, 03:28:25 PM »
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  • I do not recall the actual "Mass of the Faithful" taking place on Saturday and being the day when Catholics in the early Church would meet to witness the Holy Sacrifice and partake of it, although the Sunday obligation is something of ecclesiastical law and not of divine law from what I gather is said on the U.S. SSPX website (www.sspx.org). Nonetheless, that does not mean the obligation should suddenly be moved to Thursday, Friday, or some other day besides Sunday. Traditionally, it seems Saturday was the day of a sort of preparation for the Eucharist on the following day of Sunday. The old Jєωιѕн Sabbath on Saturday was a day when Jєωs would gather in the ѕуηαgσgυє and that is origin of the "Mass of the Catechumens." It was a time for simply reading from the Scriptures and teaching and learning them. Christ rose on a Sunday though, and His Resurrection from the tomb is what was especially preached in the time of the Apostles, and so Sunday is the day when there was regular Mass attendance. I believe St. Paul mentions somewhere in one of his epistles about gathering on Sunday. I think gathering on Sunday can also be found in the Acts of the Apostles. Unfortunately. these days many want to make exceptions into rules. The Saturday evening possibility of fulfilling the Sunday obligation is ridiculous of course as being a norm. It is simply a way for Catholics to find an excuse to not make the sacrifice and get up early on Sunday morning to go to Mass.
    "Non nobis, Domine, non nobis; sed nomini tuo da gloriam..." (Ps. 113:9)