The Reformation Flow

Selected Sabbath and Sunday Developments in Church History

"Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues."

-- Revelation 18:4

Revelation 18 condemns a city's corruption, luxury, trade and bloodshed. Applying that warning to a later church requires an argument. A worship day alone does not identify Babylon.

This selection compares different kinds of evidence: biblical scenes, worship accounts, laws and confessions. The numbers count entries on this page, not Christians, congregations or centuries. The final prophetic application is considered separately.

Read Revelation 18 in full.

Read the biblical arguments: Genesis 2:1-3, Exodus 20:8-11, Mark 2:23-28 and Colossians 2:8-23.

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Seventh-day practice
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Both days present
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Sunday practice
Seventh-day practice attested
Saturday and Sunday both present
Sunday practice or rule attested

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