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Truth Triumphant - Benjamin G. Wilkinson

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Reformation they conformed to certain<br />

shortcomings of the Reformers. The Reformation<br />

was a mighty influence for good as far as it went;<br />

but it is widely recognized that it did not go far<br />

enough.[26] Others than the pioneer Reformers<br />

were obliged to labor for the further restoration of<br />

primitive Christian beliefs and practices in the<br />

churches that were sincerely following the<br />

Master’s precepts.<br />

Did the Early Waldenses Keep the Sabbath?<br />

Before taking up the specific cases of the<br />

observance of the Sabbath by the ancient<br />

Waldenses, it would be profitable to glance at the<br />

status of Sunday observance at the end of what is<br />

usually reckoned to be the first period of church<br />

history, terminating in the Council of Nicaea (A.D.<br />

325).<br />

Constantine, who was the first Christian ruler<br />

of the Roman Empire at the time when the church<br />

and the state were coming together in perfect<br />

union, issued his now-famous Sunday law (A.D.<br />

585

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