The last post, sharing Christian Edwardson's research, concluded with "Patrick must have been a Sabbath keeper, because the churches he established in Ireland, as well as the mother church in Scotland and England, followed the apostolic practice of keeping the seventh day Sabbath and of working on Sunday as we soon shall see......"
OK -- lets see....
Returning to Edwardson's book "Facts of Faith"
?They worked on Sunday, but kept Saturday in a Sabbatical manner.? - "A History of Scotland from the Roman Occupation,? Vol. I, p. 96. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Co., 1900.
Dr. A. Butler says of Columba: (Another early non-papal, missionary in Scotland)
"Having continued his labours in Scotland thirty-four years, he clearly and openly foretold his death,
and on Saturday, the ninth of June, said to his disciple Diermit: 'This day is called the Sabbath, that is,
the rest day, and such will it truly be to me; for it will put an end to my labors."' - "Butler's Lives of the
Saints," Vol. I, A. D. 597, art "St. Columba," p. 762. New York: P. F. Collier.
Professor James C. Moffatt, D. D., Professor of Church History at Princeton, says:
"It seems to have been customary in the Celtic churches of early times, in Ireland as well as Scotland,
to keep Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, as a day of rest from labour. They obeyed the fourth
commandment literally upon the seventh day of the week." - "The Church in Scotland," p. 140.
Philadelphia: 1882.
And yes, Rome took her revenge --
If anyone is interested (it's too long to post here)
They can read it at
Facts on FaithChapter 13 -- starting on page 80 on that website and continuing to page 87
In the original book it is page 134-146
