Tag: Sunday law

FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:

WHAT EMINENT SCHOLARS SAID OF CONSTANTINE’S SUNDAY LAW

“A.H. Lewis, D.D., who spent years of study and research on this subject, declares that, ‘the pagan religion of Rome had many HOLIDAYS, on which partial or complete cessation of business and labor were demanded,’ and that Constantine by his Sunday law was merely ‘adding one more festival to the FESTI of the empire [festi, in the original].’ – ‘A Critical History of Sunday Legislation from 321 to 1888 A.D., pp. 8, 12. NY: D. Appleton and Co., 1888.

This is clearly seen when we carefully examine all the circumstances presented by Dr. Lewis:

1. Constantine’s Sunday edict was given March 7, 321. The very next day he issued an edict commanding PURELY HEATHEN SUPErSTITION. We quote:
‘The august Emperor Constantine to Maximus: ‘If any part of the palace or other public works shall be struck by LIGHTNING, let the SOOTHSAYERS, following all usages, inquire into the meaning of the PORTENT, and let their written words, very carefully collected, be reported to our knowledge.’ – Ibid, p. 19.

2. The Caesar’s for over a century had been worshippers of the SUN-GOD, whose weekly holiday [not yet holy day] was SUNDAY. Dr. Lewis says: ‘The sun-worship CULT had grown steadily in the Roman Empire for a long time.’ -Ibid, p. 220. He then quotes the following from Schaff in regard to ELAGABALUS, a Roman Caesar of a century BEFORE Constantine’s time:

“The abandoned (morally-corrupt) youth, El-Gabal or Heliogabalus (218-222), who polluted the throne by the blackest vices and follies, TOLERATED ALL RELIGIONS in the hope of at last MERGING them in his favorite SYRIAN WORHIP OF THE SUN with its abominable excesses. He himself was PRIEST of the god of the Sun, and thence took his name.’- Ibid, pp. 20, 21.” – Facts of Faith, Christian Edwardson, pp.110, 111.

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FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:

CONSTANTINE’S SUNDAY LAW OF 321 A.D.

The first Sunday law decreed by the pagan Roman Emperor Constantine. It reads:

“On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and the people residing in CITIES rest, and let all WORKSHOPS be closed. In the COUNTRY, however, persons engaged in AGRICULTURE may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits; because it often happens that another day is not so SUITABLE for grain-growing or vine-planting; lest by NEGLECTING the proper moment for such operations the BOUNTY of heaven should be lost.(Given the 7th day of March, Crispus and Constantine being consuls for the second time.’ – ‘History of the Christian Church,’ Philip Schaff, D.D., (7-vol. ed.) Vol. III, p. 380. NY. 1884.

“Dr. A. Chr. Bang (Lutheran bishop, Norway), says: ‘This Sunday law constituted NO real favoritism for Christianity. It is evident from all his statutory provisions that the Emperor during the time 313-323 with full consciousness has sought the REALIZATION OF HIS RELIGIOUS AIMS: the amalgamation of heathenism and Christianity.’ – ‘Kirken og Romerstaten’ (‘The Church and the Roman State’), p. 256. Christiania: 1879.

“That Constantine by his Sunday law intended only to enforce the POPULAR heathen festival is acknowledged by Professor Hutton Webster, Ph.D. (University of Nebraska), who says:

“This legislation by Constantine probably bore NO relation to Christianity; it appears, ON THE CONTRARY, that the emperor, in his capacity as PONTIFEX MAXIMUS, was only adding the day of the Sun, the worship of which was then firmly established in the ROMAN EMPIRE [Not in Judea or Jerusalem], to the other ferial days of the sacred calendar [of the Romish Church].’ – ‘Rest Days,’ p. 122. NY. 1916.”—“Facts of Faith,” Christian Edwardson, pp. 109. 110.

If any of your family members, relatives, friends, classmates, fellow workers, neighbors or Facebook friends, etc., are still keeping Sunday not knowing the truth regarding this heathen worship day, pray and share these vital info I have, and will continue sharing, only as God wills. Bless all, NMF.