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St. Paul cautioned against such practices in his letter to the [https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Colossians%202%3A23 Colossians (2:23)]. He himself frequently kept vigils of prayer for the church ([https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/2Corinthians%2011%3A27 2 Corinthians 11:27 "''sleepless''", "''watchings''"]).
 
St. Paul cautioned against such practices in his letter to the [https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Colossians%202%3A23 Colossians (2:23)]. He himself frequently kept vigils of prayer for the church ([https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/2Corinthians%2011%3A27 2 Corinthians 11:27 "''sleepless''", "''watchings''"]).
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Many devout Christian [[Fundamentalism|fundamentalists]] and churches reject the ancient Christian practice of religious vigils as unwitting participation in the pagan worship mandated and imposed by [[Constantine]] in a [[Syncretism|syncretistic]] corruption of true worship which is against Christ ([https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/1Timothy%204%3A1 1&nbsp;Timothy 4:1]). <br>See [[''The Two Babylons'']] and [[Great Apostasy]].
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Many devout Christian [[Fundamentalism|fundamentalists]] and churches reject the ancient Christian practice of religious vigils as unwitting participation in the pagan worship mandated and imposed by [[Constantine]] in a [[Syncretism|syncretistic]] corruption of true worship which is against Christ ([https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/1Timothy%204%3A1 1&nbsp;Timothy 4:1]). This teaching is disputed as having no historical basis.<br>See [[''The Two Babylons'']] and [[Great Apostasy]].
    
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