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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · Mar 6, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 12.

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THE LAW OF GOD

As Found in Roman Catholic Catechisms in General Use
He shall think himself able to change times and laws. Dan. 7:25, Douay Bible.

PAPAL ASSUMPTIONS

The Pope is, as it were, God on earth, sole sovereign of the faithful of Christ, chief King of kings, having plenitude of power, to whom has been intrusted by Almighty God the direction not only of the earthly but also of the heavenly kingdom.
The Pope is of so great authority and power that he can modify, explain, or interpret even divine laws.
The Pope can modify divine law, since his power is not of man but of God, and he acts as vicegerent of God upon earth with most ample power of binding and loosing his sheep. Ferraris, Ecclesiastical Dictionary, article “Papa.”
The Roman Pontiff . . . is the vicar of God on earth, not of mere man, but of the true God.—“The Decretals of Gregory IX,” book 1, title 7, chapter 3.
The following propositions are taken from the “Dictates of Hildebrand” (Gregory VII):—
Prop. 1: The Roman Church was founded by our Lord alone.
Prop. 2: The Roman Pontiff alone is justly styled universal.
Prop. 9: All princes should kiss the feet of the Pope alone.
Prop. 18: His sentence is not to be reviewed by any one, while he alone can review the decisions of all others.
Prop. 19: He ought to be judged by no one.
Prop. 22: The Roman Church has never erred nor will it, according to the Scriptures, ever err.—“Annals of Baronius,” 1076, Vol. XI, col. 506.

THE LAW OF GOD

1. I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not have strange gods before me.
2. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
3. Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath day.
4. Honor thy father and thy mother.
5. Thou shalt not kill.
6. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
7. Thou shalt not steal.
8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife.
10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s goods.

PAPAL ADMISSIONS

You may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday.—“Faith of Our Fathers,” James Cardinal Gibbons, page 111.
Ques.—Have you any other way of proving that the church has power to institute festivals of precept?
Ans.—Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with her; she could not have substituted the observance of Sunday, the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday, the seventh day, a change for which there is no Scriptural authority.—“A Doctrinal Catechism,” by Rev. Stephen Keenan, page 174.
The Catholic Church . . . changed the day from Saturday to Sunday. The Christian sabbath is therefore to this day the acknowledged offspring of the Catholic Church, without a word of remonstrance from the Protestant world.—“The Catholic Mirror,” Sept. 23, 1893.
Ques.—Which is the Sabbath day?
Ans.—Saturday is the Sabbath day.
Ques.—Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
Ans.—We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea (A. D. 336), transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday.—“The Convert’s Catechism of Catholic Doctrine,” by Rev. Peter Geiermann, page 50.
The observance of Sunday by Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the Catholic Church.—“Plain Talk About the Protestants of Today,” from the French of Monsignor Segur, page 213.