If the Seventh Day Sabbath is the true Sabbath, why did God allow the Catholic church to change it?

God did, indeed, warn His faithful children and predict that a power will persecute the saints and will also attempt to change God’s Law: “And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws” (Daniel 7:25).

A. How has the papacy tried to change God’s laws?

In three different ways: In her catechisms she has (1) omitted the second commandment against veneration of images, and (2) shortened the fourth (Sabbath) commandment from 94 words to just eight. The Sabbath commandment (Exodus 20:8-11) clearly specifies Sabbath as the seventh day of the week. As changed by the papacy, the commandment reads: “Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day.” Written thus, it can refer to any day. And, finally, she (3) divided the tenth commandment into two commandments.

B. How has the papacy attempted to change God’s times?

In two ways: (1) She has changed the time of the Sabbath from the seventh day to the first day. (2) She has also changed God’s “timing” for the beginning and closing hours of the Sabbath. Instead of counting the Sabbath day from sundown Friday night to sundown Saturday night as God mandates (Leviticus 23:32), she adopted the pagan Roman custom of counting the day from midnight Saturday night to midnight Sunday night. God predicted these “changes” would be attempted by the beast, or Antichrist.

Notice the following section from a Catholic catechism:

Question: Which is the Sabbath day?

Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath day.

Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?

Here is another Catholic statement: “The Church is above the Bible and this transference of Sabbath observance from Saturday to Sunday is proof positive of that fact.” The Catholic Record (London, Ontario, Canada, Sept. 1, 1923).

The papacy is saying in these references that its successful change of Sabbath observance to Sunday worship is proof that its authority is greater, or “above,” Scripture.

We ask the papacy, “Did you really change Sabbath to Sunday?”

She replies, “Yes, we did. It is our symbol, or mark, of authority and power.”

We ask, “How could you even think of doing that?”




“If protestants would follow the Bible, they should worship God on the Sabbath Day, that is Saturday. In keeping Sunday they are following a law of the Catholic Church.” Albert Smith, chancellor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, replying for the cardinal in a letter of Feb. 10, 1920.

In His service,
BibleAsk Team





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