Truth Triumphant - Benjamin G. Wilkinson

substitutionary death of Christ on the cross. The
Catholic Encyclopedia states, “‘Vicarious
satisfaction,’ a term now in vogue, is not found
expressly in the church formularies, and is not an
adequate expression of Christ’s mediation.”[50]
7. The Sabbath
The majority of the churches of Syria and of
the East continued to observe Saturday, the
Sabbath of the fourth commandment from the days
of the apostles and throughout the centuries. Hence
the attempt to stigmatise them as Judaizers.
The papacy has always endeavored to
substitute the observance of Sunday for the
sanctification of Saturday, the Sabbath of the
fourth commandment. Pope Gregory 1, in 603,
declared that when Antichrist should come, he
would keep Saturday as the Sabbath.[51]
8. No Union of Church and State
The church organization developed by the
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