Thomaston, Georgia May 22, 1954. Pope Pius XII, Rome, Italy. Dear sir: Is the accusation true, that protestants accuse you of? They say you changed the Seventh Day Sabbath to the, so-called Christian Sunday: Identical with the First Day of the week. If so, when did you make the change, and by what authority? Yours very truly, J.L. Day. The Reply: THE CATHOLIC EXTENSION MAGAZINE, 180 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois [under the blessing of Pope Pius XII] Dear sir: Regarding the change from the observance of the true Sabbath to the Christian Sunday, I wish to draw your attention to the facts: [1] That Protestants, who accept the Bible as the only rule of faith and religion, should by all means go back to the observance of the Sabbath [Saturday]. The fact that they do not, but on the contrary observe Sunday, stultifies them in the eyes of every thinking man. [2] We Catholics do not accept the Bible as the only rule of faith. Besides the Bible we have the living Church, as a rule to guide us. We say, that this Church[ Catholic] has the right to change the laws of God and hence, we accept her change of the Sabbath to Sunday. We frankly say, “yes“, the church made this change, made this law, as she made many other laws, for instance, the Friday Abstinence, the unmarried priesthood, the laws concerning mixed marriages, the regulation of Catholic marriages, and a thousand other laws. [3] We [Catholics] also say of all Protestants, the Seventh-day Adventists are the only group that reason correctly and are consistent with their teachings. It is always somewhat laughable to see the Protestant Churches, in pulpit and legislature, demand the observance of Sundays of which there is nothing in the Bible. With best wishes Peter R. Tramer, Editor.] If you think about it, isn‘t it funny that Protestants, who profess to go by the Bible and the Bible only, are demanding Sunday observance and trying to prop up Sunday laws? Catholics find it “laughable,“ because there is no scriptural support for this stand.
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