",:- ,~ :r. .'," ' .
"' < ' ' ..-"• • . . \.~ _ ; ~ • ''' ~ ' . ~'' , , ' , . . - ~
. " j . "
'of 'ihe seventh-day".saoQath.He·
was'
j
,b{>min:.Carlstadt;Bavar1~'in'1480
ariel:,
"1
,dled)fi,"Basel,"Swltzerland,Olf :
I ·
December 25,1541,
at
'the age of
f j1., .
'~ .ye~rs. G~lsf adtwas a:,persQnalfriend."
• <
and co-wp,rkcrwith Martin'Luther,' "b,ut,1
"'sttemio'usly opposeqhim on the Sabbath"
'I
issue:Carlstadt obSeryed-the seventn-",
-,.daySabbath and taught itsobserVance." ,
:,'D'Aubigne~'saysthat L'l\theFhimself .'
" "adinitted th~t'Carlstadt was'hissuperior' ' .'
" 'c'
inlearning
(Fif ie l d : s H i s! ~ f : y .
Refere~~~:,
, "j
book ,ten,page) 15).:'- ,~::.
i,
;.There jection of .the·S.:abbathatthe\
!'
Coundlof ,Trentatoncecrippledthe' '
,
,advance of the Reforimition.Prot€stants'" ",
< ' •
and'Protestant refomiers willbe~he1d!
'1
, 'responsibleon,Judgment'Dayfortl:H::lr';,·
;'unf ai,thfulriessata time when the.entire, .
',C
Roman Church pivoted towarddiscard-
ingalltradit,iori~~ ,
J . "
','Atthis'point'let'~s..refet,to~f h~, ,
!Ii "
'eminentDoctor'Dowling.' ·.In his
s·. '
"Historyofp' omanism,
bb<ik
two"chapter'
.pni,hesay~:""The,Bible~and'the Bi1:?I,e''.
only, is the religionoLProtesta,nts';",It'
';>'
"is,further,:of no".~..')ccpunt in the:,
I
,',.estimation,of a genu jne Pr:otestap.th,Q'Y.
"early a 40ctrine'·origina,ted. \ f '~t is,not
.i
f O \lnd inthe Bible ..'..':~,Henceif a... '
...doctrine,,'be' .'propoundedfor 4is
~accepf arrce,'he asks,"Is
it
fotindin the':'
'inspired,w~i-d?'Was.iitaughtby,the
,Lord'Jesus'ChEst or His,apostles?" It"
,did,not"matter tohim<'whether'it
had.
. 'been"disCt:>veredinthe:musty folio bf .
'.som~ ancientvisionary,df the third
'o r
"fourth"century, Or::wh~thet;'it emerged
,from'the-fertile brain
of
'$ome modern.,
,vis~onary,of the ~net~enth. If it was~
not
f0~lUd6"
in :the sacred Scriptures,it;'
.presented no valid claim.
(0
be'ree,eiveq
:"\..; :: r ~,
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