Does the Roman Catholic church claim to have changed the Sabbath?

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"And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time." Daniel 7:25

Recall that the "feet part of iron and part of clay," of "iron mixed with miry clay" (Daniel 2:33,41) and the "little horn" having "eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things" "against the most High" (Daniel 7:8,25) is papal Rome or the church of Rome. Recall also that the "great words against the most High", the "think to change [the most High's] times and laws" refer to the Sabbath, the Sabbath being the only "time" and "law" in God's most prominent of laws, the Ten Commandments!

Question: Does the Roman Catholic church claim to have changed the Sabbath?

Gasparri, 1932:

(205) Why is the Sabbath day not observed under the New Testament?

   The Sabbath day is not observed under the New Testament, because in its place the Church keeps Sunday in honour of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, and the coming down of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; the Church also adds other festival days.

Gasparri, Pietro, The Catholic Catechism, Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., 1932, pp. 120-121.

Geiermann, 1910:

   Q. Which is the Sabbath day?

   A. Saturday is the Sabbath day.

   Q. Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?

   A. We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 363), transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday.

Geiermann, Peter, The Convert's Cathecism of Catholic Doctrine, 2nd ed., St. Louis, Mo.; Freiburg (Baden), Germany; London, W. C.: Published by B. Herder, 1910, p. 50.

Gibbons, 1899

   The Divine institution of a day of rest from ordinary occupations and of religious worship, transferred by the authority of the Church from the Sabbath, the last day, to Sunday, the first day of the week, has always been revered in this country, has entered into our legislation and customs, and is one of the most patent signs that we are a Christian people.

Shea, John Gilmary; Macdonald, John L.; Gibbons, James, The cross and the flag, our church and country: heroic deeds for the old Faith and the new land, from the discovery of America to the dawn of the twentieth century: comprising a full, true, and strictly impartial history of the United States, New York: Published for the Catholic Historical League of America, 1899, pp. 24-25.

The Catholic Mirror, 1893:

[...] The Catholic Church for over one thousand years before the existence of a Protestant, by virtue of her Divine mission, changed the day from Saturday to Sunday. [...]

Catholic Mirror, The Christian Sabbath, the genuine offspring of the union of the Holy Spirit, and the Catholic church, His spouse; the claims of Protestantism to any part therein proved to be groundless, self-contradictory and suicidal: consisting of four editorials on the above subject published in the issues of the Catholic Mirror of September 2d, 9th, 16th, and 23d, 1893, 5th ed., Baltimore: Published by the Catholic Mirror, [1893], p. 29.

Gibbons, 1879

[...] is not every Christian obliged to sanctify Sunday, and to abstain on that day from unnecessary servile work? Is not the observance of this law among the most prominent of our sacred duties? But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify.

Gibbons, James, The faith of our fathers: being a plain exposition and vindication of the church founded by our Lord Jesus Christ, 10th rev. ed., Baltimore: Published by John Murphy & Co.; London: R. Washbourne, 1879, p. 108.

Mgr. Segur, 1868

   It is worth its while to remember that this observance of the Sabbath [Sunday],—in which, after all, the only Protestant worship consists,—not only has no foundation in the Bible, but it is in flagrant contradiction with its letter, which commands rest on the Sabbath, which is Saturday. It was the Catholic Church which, by the authority of Jesus Christ, has transferred this rest to the Sunday in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. Thus the observance of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the Church.

Segun, Louis Gaston de, Plain talk about the Protestantism of to-day From the French of Mgr. Segur, Boston: Patrick Donahoe, 1868, p. 225.

Keenan, 1849:

   Q. Have you any other way of proving that the Church has power to institute festivals of precept?

   A. Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with her,—she could not have substituted the observance of Sunday the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday the seventh day,—a change for which there is no scriptural authority.

Keenan, Stephen, Controversial catechism: or, Protestantism refuted, and Catholicism established, by an appeal to the Holy Scriptures, the testimony of the holy fathers, and the dictates of reason; in which such portions of Scheffmacher's catechism as suit modern controversy are embodied, 2nd ed., rev. & enlrg., Edinburgh: John Boyle, 1849, p. 108.

Challoner, 1737:

   Q. What warrant have you for keeping the Sunday preferable to the ancient Sabbath, which was the Saturday?

   A. We have for it the authority of the Catholic Church, and apostolical tradition.

Challoner, Richard; Middleton, Conyers, The Catholic Christian instructed, in the sacraments, sacrifice, ceremonies, and observances of the church: by way of question and answer, London: Printed and published by Keating and Brown, 1827, pp. 358-359.

Tuberville, 1680:

   Q. How prove you that the Church hath power to command feasts and holidays?

   A. By the very act of changing the sabbath into Sunday, which Protestants allow of; and therefore they fondly contradict themselves, by keeping Sunday strictly, and breaking most other feasts commanded by the same Church.

Turberville, Henry, An abridgment of the Christian doctrine: with proofs of scripture on points controverted, by way of question and answer, composed in 1649 by Rev. Henry Tuberville, New York: Published by John Doyle, 1833, p. 58.

   Q. How prove you, that the Church hath power to command Feasts and holy Dayes?

   A. By this very act of changing the Sabbath in to the Sunday, which Protestants allow of; and therefore they fondly contradict themselves, by keeping Sunday so strictly, and breaking most other Feasts commanded by the same Church.

Turberville, Henry, An abridgment of Christian doctrine: with proofs of scripture for points controverted, catechistically explained, by way of question and answer, last ed., w. adds., Basileae, 1680, pp. 131-132.

Council of Trent, 1545-1563:

   But the Church of God has in her wisdom ordained that the celebration of the Sabbath should be transferred to "the Lord's day:" as on that day light first shone on the world, so by the resurrection of our Lord on the same day, by whom was thrown open to us the gate to eternal life, we were called out of darkness into light; and hence the Apostle would have it called "the Lord's day." [...]

Donovan, Jeremiah, tr., The Catechism of the Council of Trent: published by command of Pope Pius the Fifth, 1st Amer., fr. Dubl. ed., Baltimore: Published by James Myres, 1833, p. 358.

   But it pleas'd the Church of God, that the Worship and Celebration of the Sabbath-day should be transferr'd to the Lord's-day. 

Catholic Church; Pius V, Pope, 1504-1572, The Catechism for the Curats, Compos'd by the Decree of the Council of Trent, and publish'd by command of Pope Pius the fifth, faithfully translated into English, London: Printed by Henry Hills, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty for His Houshold and Chappel, for him and Matthew Turner, 1687, p. 376.

[...] Placuit autem Ecclesiæ Dei, ut diei sabbathi cultus, & celebritas in Dominicum transferretur diem. nam ut eo die primum lux orbi terrarum illuxit: sic Redemptoris nostri, qui ad uita æternam nobis aditum patefecit, resurrection, quæ eo die fuit, e te nebris ad lucem uita nostra reuocata est. unde & Dominicum diem Apostoli dici uoluerunt. [...]

Catholic Church; Pius V, Pope, 1504-1572, Catechismus, Ex Decreto Concilii Tridentini, Ad Parochos, Pii Quinti Pont. Max. iussu editus, Romae: In aedibus Populi Romani, apud Paulum Manutium, cum privilegio Pii V. Pont. Max., 1566, p. 247.

Eck, 1533:

   By what arguments Dr. Eck refuted the Reformers, appears from the following:---

   "Concerning the Authority of the Church.---The Scripture teaches: Remember that you keep the Saturday; six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God, etc. However, the church has transferred the observance from Saturday to Sunday by virtue of her own power, without Scripture, without doubt under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit."

   "Concerning Holidays and Fast-Days.---the Sabbath is commanded in various places in the Scriptures. But there is no mention of the cessation of the Sabbath and the institution of Sunday in the Gospels, or in Paul’s writings, or in all the Bible; therefore this has taken place by the apostolic church instituting it without Scripture."

   "If, however, the church has had power to change the Sabbath of the Bible into Sunday and to command Sunday-keeping, why should it not have also this power concerning other days, many of which are based on the Scriptures --- such as Christmas, circumcision of the heart, three kings, etc. If you omit the latter, and turn from the church to the Scriptures alone, then you must keep the Sabbath with the Jews, which has been kept from the beginning of the world."

Andrews, John Nevins; Conradi, L. R, History of the Sabbath and first day of the week, 4th ed., rev. & enlrg., Washington, D.C.; South Bend, Ind.; New York, N.Y.: Review & Herald Publishing Association, 1912, p. 587.

   Dr. J. Eck, the great Catholic champion in the controversy with Luther, makes the following admission: "The church has changed the observance of the Sabbath to Sunday on its own authority, without Scripture, doubtless under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit."

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