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  • Sunday Roots

    04/25/2002 8:22:10 PM PDT · by DouglasKC · 24 replies · 383+ views
    The Bible Sabbath Association ^ | December 2000 | Dr. Sidney Davis
    President's Letter . . . Sunday Roots Dr. Sidney Davis, BSA President In 321 AD "Emperor" Constantine declared Sunday a civil holiday of the Roman Empire; yet, it was later, at the 1st Ecumenical Council of Nicea in Bithynia during June, 325 AD (convened by Constantine), that "the Church" and the State, together, conferred a liturgical sanctification to Sunday: an act which usurped the Sabbath when it expressly denounced and condemned the Jewish roots of the Christian faith. Protestant church historians see this event as the beginning of Roman Catholicism as "the State religion." While this is admitted, many are not familiar with...