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.
Who, therefore, did the speaking through these men?
What experience in the life of a noted prophet indicated the length of Christ's stay in the grave?
How did Noah show his faith in this message?
Who alone went into the second apartment, how often, and for what purpose?
When was the union of church and state formed from which the Papacy grew?
What was Job's confidence concerning Christ's coming?
Under what condition does the Lord not hear prayer?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle