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

long enough to make known the necessities of the
case to the "lord pope." But when he came the
second time he brought the divine mandate for
Sunday, and with the commission of the pope,
authorizing him to proclaim that mandate to the
people, and informing them that it was sent to His
Holiness from Jerusalem by those who saw it fall
from Heaven. Had Eustace framed this document
himself, and then forged a commission from the
pope, a few months would have discovered the
imposture. But their genuineness was never
questioned as shown by preservation of this roll by
the best historians of that time. We therefore trace
the responsibility for this roll by the best historians
of that time. We therefore trace the responsibility
for this roll directly to the pope of Rome. The
statement of the pope that he received it from the
hands of those who saw it fall from Heaven is the
guaranty given by His Holiness to the people that
the roll came from God. The historians then living,
who record this transaction, were able to satisfy
themselves that Eustace brought the roll from the
pope; and they believed the pope's statement that
he had received it form Heaven. It was Innocent
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