Truth Triumphant - Benjamin G. Wilkinson

to the present day.
As to the charge that certain churches were
Judaizing, the minutes of the synod at Liftinae (the
modern Estinnes), Belgium, 743, give more
particular information. Dr. Karl J. von Hefele
writes: “The third allocution of this council warns
against the observance of the Sabbath, referring to
the decree of the Council of Laodicea.”[34] As
early as the Council of Laodicea, held about the
close of the fourth century, it was decreed that all
who would rest from their labors on Saturday were
Judaizers, and should be excommunicated.
Luxeuil, St. Gaul, and Bobbio
Among the multiplied centers which were
created by Columbanus and his associates, it has
been observed that Luxeuil was the leading center
in France, St. Gaul the leading center in Germany
and Switzerland, while Bobbio held the position
for Italy. There were, however a multitude of other
centers. Of Luxeuil, Benedict Fitzpatrick writes:
“Luxeuil proved to be the greatest and most
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