Short Catechism by L. H. Hunting

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 23, 1870

Short Catechism.

By L. H. Hunting

“For Moses, of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath day.” Acts 15: 21.

1. Can this text have any relation to the question of the change of the Sabbath from the seventh to the first-day?

Perhaps so; it mentions the Sabbath-day, and what was done on it.

2. When is it held that the change of the day was made?

It is claimed that Saturday ceased to be God's Sabbath, and Sunday was instituted in its place, at the resurrection of Christ.

3. How long after the resurrection was this language used by James?

According to the common chronology, about 19 years.

4. When were the writings of Moses read in the synagogues?

James says, “Every Sabbath-day.”

5. But was not Saturday the day on which they were read?

Undoubtedly.

6. Then was Saturday the Sabbath of that time?

So it would seem.

7. Was Moses read in the synagogues on the Sundays?

No one claims it.

8. But if Sunday was a Sabbath, they must have been read on that day?

Yes; for they were read every Sabbath-day.

9. What conclusions, then, would you draw from the facts of the text?

That Saturday was a Sabbath 19 years after the resurrection; and that Sunday was not then a Sabbath

10. But if that was so then, when was the change made?

I do not know. Not certainly at the resurrection.

L. H. HUNTING.