History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week - John N. Andrews

western division of that church:--
"But it was otherwise of old in the church of
Rome, where they did labor and fast. . . . And this,
with little opposition or interruption, save that
which had been made in the city of Rome in the
beginning of the seventh century, and was soon
crushed by Gregory then bishop there, as before we
noted. And howsoever Urban of that name the
second, did consecrate it to the weekly service of
the blessed virgin, and instituted in the council held
at Clermont, A.D. 1095, that our lady's office
should be said upon it, and that upon that day all
Christian folks should worship her with their best
devotion."[44]
It would seem that this was a crowning
indignity to the Most High. The memorial of the
great Creator was set apart as a festival on which to
worship Mary, under the title of mother of God! In
the middle of the twelfth century, the king of
England was admonished not to suffer men to work
upon Sunday. Henry II. entered on the government
about the year 1155.
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