Posted on 07/03/2025 5:38:42 PM PDT by Angelino97
I have just finished reading “The Old Covenant: Revoked or Not Revoked?” by Dr. Robert Sungenis. It is a study debunking the notion, now regnant in liberal theological circles, that the Old Covenant still stands side-by-side with the New Covenant.
According to this novelty, in essence, God’s “A Plan” and God’s “B Plan” are both currently pleasing to Him and both fully in effect.
Opposed to this, the Catholic Faith teaches that the Old Law — itself good, holy, and of divine origin — was a preparation for the New, and that the New Law superceded and fulfilled the Old.
Indeed, as Dr. Sungenis shows, Pope John Paul II affirmed the traditional teaching in a not-much-quoted passage of Redemptoris Mater: “Christ fulfills the divine promise and supersedes the old law.”
Years ago, I made an effort at debunking this vogue theology in an article on the Epistle to the Hebrews: A Better Testament. Dr. Sungenis quotes from Hebrews, but he does not limit himself to this, as the pilfered quotations below adequately show.
The following is a series of scriptural, patristic, and magisterial citations from “The Old Covenant: Revoked or Not Revoked?“:
Hebrews 7:18: “On the one hand, a former commandment is annulled because of its weakness and uselessness…”;
Hebrews 10:9: “Then he says, ‘Behold, I come to do your will.’ He takes away the first [covenant] to establish the second [covenant]…”;
2 Corinthians 3:14: “For to this day when they [the Jews] read the Old Covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away”;
Hebrews 8:7: “For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another”;
Colossians 2:14: “Having canceled the written code, with its decrees, that was against us and stood opposed to us; He took it away nailing it to the cross”;
Pope Pius XII, Mystici Corporis, para. 29: “…the New Testament took the place of the Old Law which had been abolished…but on the gibbet of His death Jesus made void the Law with its decrees fastened the handwriting of the Old Testament to the Cross”;
The Catechism of the Council of Trent: “…the people, aware of the abrogation of the Mosaic Law…”;
Council of Florence: “that the matter pertaining to the law of the Old Testament, of the Mosaic law…although they were suited to the divine worship at that time, after our Lord’s coming had been signified by them, ceased, and the sacraments of the New Testament began”;
Council of Trent: “but not even the Jews by the very letter of the law of Moses were able to be liberated or to rise therefrom”;
Cardinal Ratzinger: “Thus the Sinai [Mosaic] Covenant is indeed superseded” (Many Religions – One Covenant, p. 70).
St. John Chrysostom: “Yet surely Paul’s object everywhere is to annul this Law….And with much reason; for it was through a fear and a horror of this that the Jews obstinately opposed grace” (Homily on Romans, 6:12); “And so while no one annuls a man’s covenant, the covenant of God after four hundred and thirty years is annulled; for if not that covenant but another instead of it bestows what is promised, then is it set aside, which is most unreasonable” (Homily on Galatians, Ch 3);
St. Augustine: “Instead of the grace of the law which has passed away, we have received the grace of the gospel which is abiding; and instead of the shadows and types of the old dispensation, the truth has come by Jesus Christ. Jeremiah also prophesied thus in God’s name: ‘Behold, the days come, says the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah…’ Observe what the prophet says, not to Gentiles, who had not been partakers in any former covenant, but to the Jewish nation. He who has given them the law by Moses, promises in place of it the New Covenant of the gospel, that they might no longer live in the oldness of the letter, but in the newness of the spirit” (Letters, 74, 4);
Justin Martyr: Now, law placed against law has abrogated that which is before it, and a covenant which comes after in like manner has put an end to the previous one; and an eternal and final law – namely, Christ – has been given to us, and the covenant is trustworthy…Have you not read…by Jeremiah, concerning this same new covenant, He thus speaks: ‘Behold, the days come,’ says the Lord, ‘that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah…’” (Dialogue with Trypho, Ch 11).
Did the Catholic Mirror manufacture these statements? Did the SDA church change even one of their words from the original articles? Nope.
The SDA did change the words as I pointed out above.
Adventism is filled with lies, like your false belief in Investigative Judgement
——>The SDA did change the words as I pointed out above.
Both original articles are available from the Catholic Mirror. Not one word or punctuation mark was changed in any reprint, including ROME’S CHALLENGE. Saying that the SDA church altered these original CATHOLIC AUTHORED articles in any way is a pathetic lie.
https://www.biblelightinfo.com/Sources/Christian-Sabbath.pdf
The truth, that both Cardinal Gibbons and Rev O’Keefe state, is that there is not one shred of biblical evidence to support Sunday-keeping over the 7th-day-Sabbath. And that the CHANGE from Sabbath to Sunday came purely from the expressed AUTHORITY of the Papacy to do so. For that reason, Protestants are called hypocrites for keeping Sunday, OTHER THAN SDA’S and other Sabbath-keepers.
No human can change the law or times of God. Yet Daniel 7 says that the Little Horn/Antichrist power will think it can. There is no religious power on this earth, throughout history, OTHER THAN THE PAPACY, that claims to have done so.
“Is Saturday the seventh day according to the Bible and the Ten Commandments? I answer yes. Is Sunday the first day of the week and did the Church change the seventh day -Saturday – for Sunday, the first day? I answer yes . Did Christ change the day’? I answer no!
“Faithfully yours, J. Card. Gibbons”
James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore (1877-1921), in a signed letter.
“The Catholic Church for more than one thousand years before the existence of a Protestant, by virtue of her divine mission, changed the day from Saturday to Sunday.” –The Catholic Mirror, September 1893
“Nowhere in the Bible is it stated that worship should be changed from Saturday to Sunday …. Now the Church … instituted, by God’s authority, Sunday as the day of worship. This same Church, by the same divine authority, taught the doctrine of Purgatory long before the Bible was made. We have, therefore, the same authority for Purgatory as we have for Sunday.”
Martin J. Scott, Things Catholics Are Asked About (1927),p. 136
“Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday… was chosen, not from any directions noted in the Scriptures, but from the Church’s sense of its own power…” – Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21, 1995
“It is well to remind the Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, and all other Christians, that the Bible does not support them anywhere in their observance of Sunday. Sunday is an institution of the Roman Catholic Church, and those who observe the day observe a commandment of the Catholic Church.” – Priest Brady, The Elizabeth, NJ ‘News’ March 18, 1903
Jesuits are liars and will say anything to hide the truth.
——>Sunday worship is apostolic (Acts 20:7)
Nope. “Quod probat nimis, probat nihil” 🤣🤣🤣😆😆
O’KEEFE: And the apologists for the change of day call attention to Acts 20:7: “And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread,” etc. the application of the axiom in logic, “Quod probat nimis, probat nihil” (What proves too much, proves nothing), puts a quietus on this text when I introduce words from the Acts: “ And they continuing daily . . . in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house,” etc., (2:46) which shows that this was a daily practise which is claimed in this instance for Sunday.
GIBBONS: Once more, the Biblical apologists for the change of day call our attention to the Acts, chapter 20, verses 6 and 7; “And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread.” etc. To all appearances the above text should furnish some consolation to our disgruntled Biblical friends, but being a Marplot, we cannot allow them even this crumb of comfort. We reply by the axiom: “Quod probat nimis, probat nihil”- “What proves too much, proves nothing.” Let us call attention to the same, Acts 2:46; “And they, continuing daily in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house,” etc. Who does not see at a glance that the text produced to prove the exclusive prerogative of Sunday, vanishes into thin air—an ignis fatuus—when placed in juxtaposition with the 46th verse of the same chapter? What the Biblical Christian claims by this text for Sunday alone the same authority, St. Luke, informs us was common to every day of the week; “and they, continuing daily in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house.”
——>not a papal change.
Your own church says it is.
-—>Produce one New Testament verse mandating Saturday worship or a papal decree changing the Sabbath.
Exactly Which Pope
Changed The Sabbath To Sunday?
https://www.biblelightinfo.com/sylvester-I.htm
Archbishop of Reggio’s Sermon
to the Council of Trent on the Power of the Church:
By Our Authority The Sabbath Was Changed To Sunday!
https://www.biblelightinfo.com/bssb-1443-1444.htm
The Sabbath, the most glorious day in the law, has been changed into the Lord’s day...These and other similar matters have not ceased by virtue of Christ’s teaching (for He says He has come to fulfill the law, not to destroy it), but they have been changed by the authority of the church.
The authority of the church could therefore not be bound to the authority of the Scriptures, because the church had changed circumcision into baptism, Sabbath into Sunday, not by the command of Christ, but by its own authority.
Therefore in conformity with the resolution, when the eighteenth day was come, a procession was made of the whole clergy of the city of the divines and prelates, who besides the cardinals were one hundred and twelve that wore the mitre, accompanied by their families and guarded by many of the country people armed, going from St. Peter’s Church to the Cathedral; where the Cardinal of Mantoua sang the Mass of the Holy Ghost and Gasparo dal Fosso, Archbishop of Reggio, made the sermon: His subject was the authority of the Church, the primacy of the Pope, and the power of Councils: he said that the Church had as much authority as the word of God and that the Church had changed the sabbath ordained by God into Sunday, taking away the Circumcision formerly commanded by the divine Majesty, and that the precepts are changed, not by the preaching of Christ, but by the authority of the Church. Turning himself unto the fathers, he exhorted them to labour constantly against the Protestants, being assured, that, as the Holy Ghost could not err, so neither could they be deceived.
“He said that the Church had as much authority as the word of God and that the Church had changed the sabbath ordained by God into Sunday, taking away the Circumcision formerly commanded by the divine Majesty, and that the precepts are changed, not by the preaching of Christ, but by the authority of the Church.”
Whence it must be concluded, little room as there was for such reasoning, not that the Church is equal to the Word of God, BUT THAT IT IS MUCH SUPERIOR.
THE COUNCIL OF TRENT!
THE COUNCIL OF TRENT!
THE COUNCIL OF TRENT!
You lose, JESUIT!
You lose, JESUIT!
You lose, JESUIT!
| Error | Details | Refutation |
|---|---|---|
| False Prophecies | White’s 1856, 1844, 1845 flops. | Deuteronomy 18:22 |
| Investigative Judgment | Denies atonement (*The Great Controversy*, p. 421-422). | Hebrews 9:12 |
| Sabbath Idolatry | Salvific Sabbath unsupported. | Colossians 2:16-17 |
The Catholic Church, founded by Christ (Matthew 16:18-19), worships Him via the Eucharist (John 6:53-56, CCC 1324-1327), fulfilling the Sabbath on Sunday (Acts 20:7, CCC 2174-2176). Your links are White’s propaganda.
Phil, your Sylvester and Trent lies are shredded—Sunday is apostolic (Acts 20:7), fulfilling the Sabbath (Hebrews 4:9-11), not a papal change. Your websites are Adventist distortions, not evidence. Adventism’s evils—White’s false prophecies, heretical judgment, and anti-Catholic venom—mark it as satanic. Produce one New Testament verse mandating Saturday worship or a Trent decree changing the Sabbath. You can’t. Repent, ditch White’s trash, and flee to Christ’s Church (Ephesians 2:8-9). You lose,
Phil, Prince of Dim Light, your Adventist sneer at Acts 20:7 with “Quod probat nimis, probat nihil” and O’Keefe/Gibbons’ quotes, mocking Sunday worship as apostolic, is a feeble dodge rooted in Ellen G. White’s anti-Catholic venom. It's laughable how easy the lies of Adventism come out.
| Error | Details | Refutation |
|---|---|---|
| False Prophecies | White’s 1856, 1844, 1845 flops. | Deuteronomy 18:22 |
| Investigative Judgment | Denies atonement (*The Great Controversy*, p. 421-422). | Hebrews 9:12 |
| Sabbath Idolatry | Salvific Sabbath unsupported. | Colossians 2:16-17 |
Phil, your “Quod probat nimis” trick is shredded—Acts 20:7 proves Sunday’s apostolic root, not your daily-meal fallacy. Adventism’s evils—White’s false prophecies, heretical judgment, and Sabbath idolatry—mark it as satanic. Produce one New Testament verse mandating Saturday worship. You can’t. Repent, ditch White’s trash, and flee to Christ’s Church (Ephesians 2:8-9). Wipe that laugh off—face truth.
| Error | Details | Refutation |
|---|---|---|
| False Prophecies | White’s 1856, 1844, 1845 flops. | Deuteronomy 18:22 |
| Investigative Judgment | Denies atonement (*The Great Controversy*, p. 421-422). | Hebrews 9:12 |
| Sabbath Idolatry | Salvific Sabbath unsupported. | Colossians 2:16-17 |
——>Where’s the New Testament verse mandating Saturday worship for Christians?
Jesuits believe God’s 10 commandments ceased to exist at the moment of Christ’s death, including His 7th-day-Sabbath???
YOUR OWN CHURCH SAYS OTHERWISE.
——>Phil, your “Quod probat nimis” trick is shredded—Acts 20:7 proves Sunday’s apostolic root, not your daily-meal fallacy.
Your own church said it. I just “reprinted it, verbatim.”
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Actually as I showed above, your non Christian Adventist cult mangled whatever excerpts it got from this 19th century newspaper.
——>Phil, your Sylvester and Trent lies are shredded
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
I literally just showed you the documentation FROM YOUR OWN CHURCH.
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
Exactly Which Pope
Changed The Sabbath To Sunday?
https://www.biblelightinfo.com/sylvester-I.htm
Archbishop of Reggio’s Sermon
to the Council of Trent on the Power of the Church:
By Our Authority The Sabbath Was Changed To Sunday!
https://www.biblelightinfo.com/bssb-1443-1444.htm
The Sabbath, the most glorious day in the law, has been changed into the Lord’s day...These and other similar matters have not ceased by virtue of Christ’s teaching (for He says He has come to fulfill the law, not to destroy it), but they have been changed by the authority of the church.
The authority of the church could therefore not be bound to the authority of the Scriptures, because the church had changed circumcision into baptism, Sabbath into Sunday, not by the command of Christ, but by its own authority.
Therefore in conformity with the resolution, when the eighteenth day was come, a procession was made of the whole clergy of the city of the divines and prelates, who besides the cardinals were one hundred and twelve that wore the mitre, accompanied by their families and guarded by many of the country people armed, going from St. Peter’s Church to the Cathedral; where the Cardinal of Mantoua sang the Mass of the Holy Ghost and Gasparo dal Fosso, Archbishop of Reggio, made the sermon: His subject was the authority of the Church, the primacy of the Pope, and the power of Councils: he said that the Church had as much authority as the word of God and that the Church had changed the sabbath ordained by God into Sunday, taking away the Circumcision formerly commanded by the divine Majesty, and that the precepts are changed, not by the preaching of Christ, but by the authority of the Church. Turning himself unto the fathers, he exhorted them to labour constantly against the Protestants, being assured, that, as the Holy Ghost could not err, so neither could they be deceived.
“He said that the Church had as much authority as the word of God and that the Church had changed the sabbath ordained by God into Sunday, taking away the Circumcision formerly commanded by the divine Majesty, and that the precepts are changed, not by the preaching of Christ, but by the authority of the Church.”
Whence it must be concluded, little room as there was for such reasoning, not that the Church is equal to the Word of God, BUT THAT IT IS MUCH SUPERIOR.
THE COUNCIL OF TRENT!
THE COUNCIL OF TRENT!
THE COUNCIL OF TRENT!
You lose, JESUIT!
You lose, JESUIT!
You lose, JESUIT!
——>Actually as I showed above, your non Christian Adventist cult mangled whatever excerpts it got from this 19th century newspaper.
And yet I just proved to you that the articles are VERBATIM REPRINTS from the Catholic Mirror articles.
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