Encyclopedias And Church Manuals
“Dictionary of Christian Antiquities:” “The notion of a formal substitution by apostolic authority of the Lord's day [meaning Sunday] for the Jewish Sabbath, and the transference to it, perhaps in a spiritualized form, of the Sabbatical obligation established by the promulgation of the fourth commandment, has no basis whatever, either in the Holy Scriptures or in Christian antiquity.”—Article “Sabbath,” Smith and Cheetham.
“Cyclopedia of Biblical Theology:” “It must be confessed that there is no law in the New Testament concerning the first day.”—Article “Sabbath,” McClintock and Strong.
Methodist Episcopal “Theological Compend,” by Amos Binney: “It is true, there is no positive command for infant baptism.... Nor is there any for keeping holy the first day of the week.”—Pages 180, 181.
Protestant Episcopal “Manual of Christian Doctrine:” “Is there any command in the New Testament to change the day of weekly rest from Saturday?—None.”—Page 127.
Protestant Episcopal “Explanation of Catechism:” “The day is now changed from the seventh to the first day; ... but as we meet with no Scriptural direction for the change, we may conclude it was done by the authority of the church.”
6. What influence do the Bible and history show working in the church immediately after apostolic days?
“Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.” Acts 20:30.
Note.—“In the interval between the days of the apostles and the conversion of Constantine, the Christian commonwealth changed its aspect.... Rites and ceremonies of which neither Paul nor Peter ever heard, crept silently into use, and then claimed the rank of divine institutions.”—Dr. W. D. Killen's (Presbyterian) “The Ancient Church,” Preface.
7. What did Christ say of worship based upon the commandments of men?