“But He answered and said, Every plant, which My Heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.” Verse 13.
Note.—What is true of the fifth commandment is true of every other commandment. If through tradition men set aside any other of God's commandments, the words of Christ to the Pharisees are equally applicable to them. They are guilty of making void the commandment of God, and of instituting vain worship.
6. When, and by whom, was the Sabbath “planted”?
“For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.” Ex. 20:11.
7. Who claims to have planted the Sunday institution?
“Question.—Has the [Catholic] church power to make any alterations in the commandments of God?
“Answer.—... Instead of the seventh day, and other festivals appointed by the old law, the church has prescribed the Sundays and holy days to be set apart for God's worship; and these we are now obliged to keep in consequence of God's commandment, instead of the ancient Sabbath.”—“Catholic Christian Instructed,” by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Challoner, page 211.
Note.—“We Catholics, then, have precisely the same authority for keeping Sunday holy, instead of Saturday, as we have for every other article of our creed; namely, the authority of ‘the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth’ (1 Tim. 3:15); whereas, you who are Protestants have really no authority for it whatever; for there is no authority for it in the Bible, and you will not allow that there can be authority for it anywhere else. Both you and we do, in fact, follow tradition in this matter; but we follow it, believing it to be a part of God's word, and the church to be its divinely appointed guardian and interpreter; you follow it, denouncing it all the time as a fallible and treacherous guide, which often ‘makes the commandment of God of none effect.’ ”—“Clifton Tracts,” Vol. IV, article “A Question for All Bible Christians,” page 15.
For further quotations on this, see pages [441], [444], [455], [456].
8. When is final salvation to be brought to God's people?