16. What striking testimony is borne by Neander, the noted church historian, regarding the origin of
the Sunday Sabbath?
Answer
"Opposition to Judaism introduced the particular festival of Sunday very early, indeed, into the place of the
Sabbath. . . . The festival of Sunday, like all other festivals, was always only a human ordinance, and it was
far from the intentions of the apostles to establish a divine command in this respect, far from them, and
from the early apostolic church, to transfer the laws of the Sabbath to Sunday. Perhaps at the end of the
second century a false application of this kind had begun to take place; for men appear by that time to have
considered laboring on Sunday as a sin."-Neander's "Church History," Rose's translation, page 186.
What is the basis of faith?
What are the commandments of God declared to be?
How are those described who accept this message?
What will result if correction is withheld?
Why do the inhabitants of heaven worship God?
What reason is given for making the new covenant?
Unto whom are God's people to be gathered?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle