it is more about a choose ,obey God or man . God says shabath is his day ,man says Sunday .So you decide.
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it is more about a choose ,obey God or man . God says shabath is his day ,man says Sunday .So you decide.
Certainly other Christians are able to choose for themselves.
As Catholics, it's not really a choice. It's baked in to being a member.
That is fascinating to me. I have to plead ignorance to a lot of how the Catholic faith works. But wow, what a statement you made man. How does that all work?
This is a big question.
Without going into the weeds, we rely largely on objective truth, which has been spelled out by centuries of religious scholasticism. It gets harder and harder to change the church as it must remain consistent in how it interprets God's will. Part of the faith is that the Church itself is infallible. Individual clergy and members can be fallible, and often are.
Our controversial new Pope Francis who has caused quite a stir has only clarified the existing Catechism to address more present social concerns. What he has stated, while shocking to many, has not changed the catechism. When you go back and compare what he said with what the catechism is, he's not wrong. It may be uncomfortable and new. But it's not wrong. Maybe Pope Francis is a big Socialist. But what he says remains true to Church doctrine.
We have to trust that the Holy Spirit will guide the Church to change when it is necessary to change.
And we see the Church as Christ's bride as is described in Revelation 19:7. To us, questioning the Church is like questioning Christ. We can question a priest. But it would be quite arrogant to question the Church.
So, if the Church says Sunday Sabbath is OK, it is. We believe it because we believe the Church is inspired by the Holy Spirit and by Christ's presence. The Church is Christ's gift to us so that we can become closer to Him. And if we shun the Church, we shun Christ. We don't get to tell Christ the conditions under which we will follow Him. So, like I stated, it's baked in. We are in; or we are out. Do, or do not. There is no try.