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==[[Sabbatarianism]]: Seventh Day Worship and the Antichrist==

==[[Sabbatarianism]]: Seventh Day Worship and the Antichrist==

 

For the majority of Christians the traditional day of worship since the time of the Apostles has been primarily [[Sunday]], often called ''[[Lord's Day|The Lord's Day]]''.<ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1806220/posts#comment "the traditional day of worship since the time of the Apostles"—Scriptural Basis (freerepublic.com)] ''reader may need to scroll down to heading "Scriptural Basis"''.</ref> Catholics and Orthodox "''offer up worship''" <ref>Romans 15:16</ref> every day of the week, and in larger urban communities sometimes multiple times of the day.  

For the majority of Christians the traditional day of worship since the time of the Apostles has been primarily [[Sunday]], often called ''[[Lord's Day|The Lord's Day]]''.<ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1806220/posts#comment "the traditional day of worship since the time of the Apostles"—Scriptural Basis (freerepublic.com)] ''reader may need to scroll down to heading "Scriptural Basis"''.</ref> Catholics and Orthodox "''offer up worship''" <ref>Romans 15:16</ref> every day of the week, and in larger urban communities sometimes multiple times of the day.  

According to sabbatarians, [[Sunday]] as the day of worship was instituted by the Devil, and a mark of the [[Antichrist]], and is an infallible evidence of false pagan worship abhorrently offensive to God. The majority of sabbatarians have been taught that those who worship on Sunday are thus clearly marked as disciples of the Antichrist, and followers of Satan, doomed to [[hell]], because they have broken the divine covenant of God, committing [[apostasy]].

According to the majority of Christian historians and scholars, and the consistent evidence of apostolic tradition, Sunday worship goes all the way back to the time of the apostles, in their reverence for the first day of the week as the day Jesus rose triumphant over death, as evidenced in the writings of the Apostolic Fathers and the Anti-Nicene Fathers since the early 2nd century, the evidence of unbroken Orthodox tradition, and the consistent witness of the pastors and leaders of the church in the line of [[apostolic succession]].<ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1806220/posts Early Church Fathers: Worship on Sabbath or Sunday (freerepublic.com)]</ref>

 

Ellen G. White, held to be an esteemed prophetess of God by the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]], is seen by many as representative of this view in her writings, in placing the primary blame for this apostasy on the Pope of Rome and the emperor [[Constantine]]. According to many historians and scholars, her own history is demonstrably disreputable, and her [[Detraction|detractors]] represent her as being dishonest and unreliable, and a falsifier of historical facts.<ref>See the following articles:

*[https://thisholysword.blogspot.com/2014/09/ellen-g-white-on-pope-and-sabbath.html Ellen G. White: on the Pope, Sabbath, her bad history - Golden Sword Apologetics (thisholysword.blogspot.com)]

*[http://blog.theotokos.co.za/?p=3114 Shame on you — Adventists, dishonesty, and the Catholic Church (blog.theotokos.co.za)]</ref> Moreover, attempts to keep the ordinances and commandments of the law, the covenant given to Moses and the people of God on [[Mount Sinai]] have been seen by many [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologists]], as misguided, and as condemned by the New Testament.{{cquote|Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.<br>—Galatians 5:4 (KJV)<br>You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen from grace.<br>—Galatians 5:4 (RSVCE) <ref>See [http://biblehub.com/interlinear/galatians/5-4.htm interlinear text of Galatians 5:4]. <br>Compare [http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-4.htm multiple versions of Galatians 5:4]</ref>}}

According to the majority of Christian historians and scholars, and the consistent evidence of apostolic tradition, Sunday worship goes all the way back to the time of the apostles, in their reverence for the first day of the week as the day Jesus rose triumphant over death, as evidenced in the writings of the Apostolic Fathers and the Anti-Nicene Fathers since the early 2nd century, the evidence of unbroken Orthodox tradition, and the consistent witness of the pastors and leaders of the church in the line of [[apostolic succession]].<ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1806220/posts Early Church Fathers: Worship on Sabbath or Sunday (freerepublic.com)]</ref>

The adherents of [[Judaism]] and [[Seventh Day Adventistism]] worship on Saturday.

==See also==

==See also==