Ten Commandments (Pt 20)

The Sabbath and Constantine

Topics covered in Part 20 include:

- Fourth Century Christianity in the Roman Empire

- The Edict of Milan - From persecution to freedom

- The Venerable Day of the Sun

- Blending Christianity with paganism

- Constantine and Sol Invictus

- The Council of Nicaea - Mixing the Holy with the profane

- The creation of Easter Sunday

- Anti-Semitism in the Church

- Abandoning The Passover

- The Council of Laodicea - The codification of anti-Semitism in the church

- The persecution of Jews and Torah keeping Christians

- Pope Gregory the Great - Sabbath keepers as antichrists

- The Converts Catechism of Catholic Doctrine overriding scripture

- Plain talk about Protestantism of today

- Transgressing the Commandments of God with tradition and rendering the word of God of no effect

- Vain worship

Bible Verses Covered:

- Matthew 15:1-9

Other Sources Cited:

- Constantine (The Edict of Milan 313ad)

- Constantine (March 7th, 321ad)

- Dr Gilbert Murray (History of Christianity in the Light of Modern Knowledge)

- Council of Nicaea 325ad

- Eusebius of Caesarea

- Council of Laodicea (Canon XXXVII, XXXVIII, XXIX)

- A Prayer to Our Father (Nehemiah Gordon) REF. R.A. Pritz, Nazarene Jewish Christianity)

- Pope Gregory the Great

- Converts Catechism of Catholic Doctrine

- A Doctrinal Catechism by Reverend Steven Kennen, Pg 174

- Abridgement of Christian Doctrine by Reverend Henry Tuberville, D.D. of Douay College Pg 58

- Plain Talk About Protestantism of Today by Monsignor Segur