Catholic and Protestant Sabbath Quotations
The Quote Wall
This collection brings together Catholic newspapers, catechetical writers, councils, individual theologians, and Protestant sources discussing Sabbath, Sunday, Scripture, and church authority. A quotation represents its named source and context; it should not automatically be treated as a universal or magisterial statement for an entire communion.
Let the sources speak in their own words.
The Authority Question Remains
After examining New Testament Sabbath and first-day passages, the Catholic Mirror, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Baltimore during Cardinal Gibbons's tenure, concluded that "not a shadow of pretext can be found in the Sacred Volume for the Biblical substitution of Sunday for Saturday."
That is a polemical claim by a particular publication, not a substitute for exegesis. The New Testament contains real first-day evidence, including the resurrection narratives, the gathering in Acts 20:7, and the first-day instruction in 1 Corinthians 16:2. Catholic and Protestant traditions combine such passages with different accounts of covenant, apostolic practice, and church authority. Test the cumulative arguments by asking what each text commands, describes, or leaves to church practice.
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Print version: Appendix C: Catholic and Protestant Accounts of Sunday Authority