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Which Day is the Sabbath?
By
James Scott Trimm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most Christians today profess that Sunday is the Sabbath. Others will say that the Sabbath has been done away with and replaced by Sunday \u201cthe Lord\u2019s Day\u201d as the day of worship for the \u201cChurch\u201d(1). This belief has been widely accommodated even in the mainline of the Messianic Jewish movement. For example regarding Sunday worship Daniel Juster writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026Sabbath is a day of crucial significance to Jewish identity.<\/em>
The principle of weekly rest, worship and renewal is one<\/em>
of universal significance. In this sense, the Sabbath<\/em>
principle is a spiritual and humanitarian guide for all peoples.<\/em>
Christians are free to incorporate this principle on Sunday<\/em>
or other days. The seventh day Sabbath for Israel is<\/em>
a special central sign of the Covenant between Israel and God.\u201d<\/em>
(Jewish Roots p. 195)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even the First Fruits of Zion publication Take Hold says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is nothing wrong with worshiping on Sunday.<\/em>
There is nothing biblically wrong with going to a place<\/em>
of worship on a Sunday and becoming as much involved<\/em>
as one desires\u2026. It [the Sabbath] can be honored<\/em>
fully, even if one worships on Sunday or any other<\/em>
day of the week\u2026. we suggest you inform your friends\u2026<\/em>
that you do not have a problem with worshiping on a<\/em>
Sunday just as long as they do not insist that it be<\/em>
called \u2018the Sabbath.’\u201d<\/em>
(Take Hold by Ariel and D\u2019vorah Berkowitz pp. 239-240)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And David Stern writes in his Jewish New Testament Commentary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are today all kinds of sects and denominations<\/em>
that likewise create false guilt by non scriptural teaching\u2013<\/em>
for example\u2026 that observing one day rather than another<\/em>
as a day of worship is a sin\u2026\u201d<\/em>
(JNT Commentary p. 280)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it really true that the Sabbath is just a principle that gentile
Christians are free to incorporate on Sunday? Is it really only crucial
to Jewish identity? Is it really OK to make Sunday our day of
worship? Is it really unscriptural to teach that observing the seventh
day (Saturday) rather than Sunday as a day of worship is a sin? To
find the answer to this question, lets leave what all of these men have
said behind, and see what the Scriptures actually say about this issue.
Which day is the Sabbath? What day is our day of worship? Is it only
a principle? Is it only for Jews?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sabbath was Created<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In speaking of the Sabbath Yeshua said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And he said to them, The Sabbath was created<\/em>
for a son of man, and not a son of man for the Sabbath.<\/em>
Thus also, the Son of Man is the Adonai of the Sabbath.<\/em>
(Mark 2:27-28)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now there is a lot of information packed into this saying of Yeshua.
First of all Yeshua tells us that the Sabbath was \u201ccreated\u201d. When
Elohim created the universe, he did not just create space, but time as
well. The Sabbath was actually \u201ccreated\u201d. Now if we turn to
Colossians 1:16 we read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And by him (Messiah) was created everything that<\/em>
is in heaven and on earth, and all that is seen, and<\/em>
all that is not seen\u2026<\/em>
(Col. 1:16)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore the Sabbath was created by Messiah. Yeshua is Adonai of
the Sabbath because he created the Sabbath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When did Messiah create the Sabbath? The answer is found in the
Torah:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And on the sixth day Elohim finished His work which<\/em>
He made; and he rested on the seventh day from all His<\/em>
work which he had made.<\/em>
And Elohim blessed the seventh day, and set it apart;<\/em>
because that in it He rested from His work which Elohim<\/em>
in creating had made.<\/em>
(Gen. 2:2-3)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elohim finished his work on the sixth day, but he finished his creation
on the seventh day. Elohim created the Sabbath not by working, but
by resting. Notice that he blessed the seventh day and set it apart. Not just that seventh day, but every seventh day throughout time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t Tread on Me<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Seventh day was set apart from the time of creation. It was set
apart because it\u2019s Creator was Adonai of the Sabbath and was
empowered as the Creator to make it set apart. What does it mean for something to be \u201cset apart\u201d (often translated \u201choly\u201d or \u201csacred\u201d)?
Well when YHWH addressed Moshe from the burning bush He told
Moshe \u201cput off your shoes from off your feet, where the place you
stand is set apart ground.\u201d (Ex. 3:5). This ground was set apart, it
belonged to YHWH not to man, it was to be treated with respect, it
was not to be trampled on. In the same way the Sabbath is set apart. It belongs to YHWH not to man, it is to be treated with respect and is not to be trampled on. As we read in Isaiah 58:13-14:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you turn away your foot because of the Sabbath,<\/em>
from pursuing your business on My set apart day;<\/em>
and call the Sabbath a delight,<\/em>
and the set apart of YHWH honorable;<\/em>
and shall honor it, not doing your wonted ways,<\/em>
nor pursuing your business, nor speaking thereof;<\/em>
Then shall you delight yourself in YHWH,<\/em>
and I will make you to ride upon the high places of the earth,<\/em>
and I will feed you with the heritage of Ya\u2019akov your father;<\/em>
for the mouth of YHWH has spoken it.<\/em>
(Is. 58:13-14)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sabbath is set apart because it is His set apart day. It is not our
day to do with as we please. We must not trample on the Sabbath and
treat it as our own, it belongs to YHWH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who was Sabbath Made for?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another important question is \u201cwho was the Sabbath made for?\u201d.
Some have taught that the Sabbath was first given as part of the
Mosaic Covenant on Mount Sinai and is for the Jews only. Daniel
Juster alludes to this idea when he says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026Sabbath is a day of crucial significance to Jewish identity.<\/em>
The principle of weekly rest, worship and renewal is one<\/em>
of universal significance. In this sense, the Sabbath<\/em>
principle is a spiritual and humanitarian guide for all peoples.<\/em>
Christians are free to incorporate this principle on Sunday<\/em>
or other days. The seventh day Sabbath for Israel is<\/em>
a special central sign of the Covenant between Israel and God.\u201d<\/em>
(Jewish Roots p. 195)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what does Messiah say? Who was the Sabbath made for? Why
did YHWH rest on the Sabbath\u2026 was He tired? Clearly He was not
tired as we read that He \u201cfaints not, neither is weary\u201d (Is. 40:28). So
although he rested on the Shabbat from his work, this was to set the
example for us, he did not need to rest so he did not create the Sabbath for himself. Messiah said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026The Sabbath was created<\/em>
for a son of man, and not a son of man for the Sabbath.<\/em>
Thus also, the Son of Man is the Adonai of the Sabbath.<\/em>
(Mark 2:27-28)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The one who created the Sabbath tells us who he created the Sabbath
for. He did not create the Sabbath for the Jews only but he created the Sabbath for \u201ca son of man\u201d (all men). When the commandment to
keep the Sabbath was given at Sinai (Ex. 20:8) YHWH said
\u201cRemember the Sabbath\u2026\u201d How could YHWH ask them to
remember something they had never heard of before? In fact the
children of Israel were already observing the Sabbath in Exodus 16
before the ten commandments were given in Exodus 20. The Sabbath
transcends the Mosaic Covenant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However even if the Sabbath had been part of the Mosaic Covenant, it would not have meant that the Sabbath was only for Jews. The Torah says that \u201cOne Torah shall be to him that is home born, and unto the stranger that sojourns among you.\u201d (Ex. 12:49). Yeshua sent his Jewish talmidim (disciples) out to \u201cteach all the goyim (gentiles)\u2026
and teach them to observe all that I have commanded you.\u201d (Mt.
28:19-20).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sabbath was not created simply for \u201cthe Jews\u201d but for all
mankind. Thus when there was a debate over whether gentiles needed to be circumcised to be saved, the Jerusalem assembly commented:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Moshe, from the first generations, had proclaimers<\/em>
in every city in the synagogues, who read him on every<\/em>
Sabbath.<\/em>
(Acts 15:21)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They assumed that gentile believers would be going to synagogue and hearing \u201cMoses\u201d (the Torah; the Five Books of Moses) read every
Sabbath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sabbath was created and set apart for all mankind at the time of
creation. It was therefore kept by such as Adam, Enoch, Noah and
Avraham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who Done It?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So if the Sabbath was created and set apart by Messiah at the time of
creation, who changed the day of worship to Sunday?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many people have been misled into believing that Constantine was
responsible for the corruption and Gentilization of Christianity and
moving the day of worship to Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 7 March 321, Constantine I did in fact decree that Sunday was to
be observed as the Roman day of rest saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the venerable day of the Sun let the magistrates and people<\/em>
residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the<\/em>
country however persons engaged in agriculture may freely and<\/em>
lawfully continue their pursuits because it often happens that<\/em>
another day is not suitable for grain-sowing or vine planting;<\/em>
lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the<\/em>
bounty of heaven should be lost.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Constantine certainly added to the apostasy of early
Christianity, he was not the first. It was in fact Ignatius of
Antioch who rebelled against the Jerusalem Council, usurped their
authority, seceded from Judaism, declared the Torah to have been
abolished, replaced the Seventh Day Sabbath with Sunday worship and founded a new, non-Jewish religion which he named \u201cChristianity\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul said to the Ephesians on his last visit to them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch, therefore, over your nefeshot<\/em>
and over the flock which the Ruach HaKodesh<\/em>
has appointed you overseers [bishops]<\/em>
that you feed the assembly of Messiah,<\/em>
which he purchased by his blood.<\/em>
I know that after I am gone<\/em>
fierce wolves will enter in among you<\/em>
without mercy upon the flock.<\/em>
And also from among you there will rise up men speaking<\/em>
perverse things, so that they might turn away the talmidim<\/em>
to follow after them.<\/em>
(Acts 20:28-30)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul seems to indicate that after his death leaders would begin to
rise up from the overseers [Bishops] in his stead that would draw
people to follow themselves and draw them away from Torah. In fact
Paul died in 66 C.E. and the first overseer (Bishop) of Antioch to
take office after his death was Ignatius in 98 C.E.. Ignatius
fulfilled Paul\u2019s words precisely. After taking the office of Bishop
over Antioch Ignatius sent out a series of epistles to other
assemblies. His letters to the Ephesians, Magnesians, Trallianns,
Romans, Philadelphians and Smyrnaeans as well as a personal letter
to Polycarp overseer of Smyrnaea have survived to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ancient Nazarene Historian and commentator Hegesippus (c. 180  CE) writes of the time immediately following the death of Shim\u2019on, who succeeded Ya\u2019akov HaTzadik as Nasi of the Nazarene Sanhedrin and who died in 98 CE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up to that period (98 CE) the Assembly had remained like a<\/em>
virgin pure and uncorrupted: for, if there were any persons who<\/em>
were disposed to tamper with the wholesome rule of the<\/em>
proclaiming of salvation, they still lurked in some dark place of<\/em>
concealment or other. But, when the sacred band of Emissaries<\/em>
had in various ways closed their lives, and that generation of<\/em>
men to whom it had been vouchsafed to listen to the inspired<\/em>
Wisdom with their own ears had passed away, then did the<\/em>
confederacy of godless error take its rise through the treachery<\/em>
of false teachers, who, seeing that none of the emissaries any<\/em>
longer survived, at length attempted with bare and uplifted<\/em>
head to oppose the proclaiming of the truth by proclaiming<\/em>
\u201cknowledge falsely so called.\u201d<\/em>
(Hegesippus the Nazarene; c. 185 CE; quoted by Eusebius in<\/em>
Eccl. Hist. 3:32)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hegisippus indicates the apostasy began the very same year that
Ignatious became bishop of Antioch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up until the time of Ignatius, matters of dispute that arose at
Antioch were ultimately referred to the Jerusalem Council (as in
Acts 14:26-15:2). Ignatius usurped the authority of the Jerusalem
council, declaring himself as the local bishop as the ultimate
authority over the assembly of which he was bishop, and likewise
declaring the same as true of all other bishops and their local
assemblies. Ignatius writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026being subject to your bishop\u2026<\/em>
\u2026run together according to the will of God.<\/em>
Jesus\u2026 is sent by the will of the Father;<\/em>
As the bishops\u2026 are by the will of Jesus Christ.<\/em>
(Eph. 1:9, 11)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026your bishop\u2026I think you happy who are so joined to him,<\/em>
as the church is to Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ is to the<\/em>
Father\u2026 Let us take heed therefore, that we not set ourselves<\/em>
against the bishop, that we may be subject to God\u2026.<\/em>
We ought to look upon the bishop, even as we would<\/em>
upon the Lord himself.<\/em>
(Eph. 2:1-4)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026obey your bishop\u2026<\/em>
(Mag. 1:7)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your bishop presiding in the place of God\u2026<\/em>
\u2026be you united to your bishop\u2026<\/em>
(Mag. 2:5, 7)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026he\u2026 that does anything without the bishop\u2026<\/em>
is not pure in his conscience\u2026<\/em>
(Tral. 2:5)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Do nothing without the bishop.<\/em>
(Phil. 2:14)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See that you all follow your bishop,<\/em>
As Jesus Christ, the Father\u2026<\/em>
(Smy. 3:1)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By exalting the power of the office of bishop (overseer) and
demanding the absolute authority of the bishop over the assembly,
Ignatius was actually making a power grab by thus taking absolute
authority over the assembly at Antioch and encouraging other Gentile  overseers to follow suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover Ignatius drew men away from Torah and declared the Torah to have been abolished, not only at Antioch but at other Gentile assemblies to which he wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be not deceived with strange doctrines;<\/em>
nor with old fables which are unprofitable.<\/em>
For if we still continue to live according to the Jewish Law,<\/em>
we do confess ourselves not to have received grace\u2026<\/em>
(Mag. 3:1)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if any one shall preach the Jewish law unto you,<\/em>
hearken not unto him\u2026<\/em>
(Phil. 2:6)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is also Ignatius who first replaces the Seventh Day Sabbath with
Sunday worship, writing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026no longer observing sabbaths, but keeping the Lord\u2019s day<\/em>
in which also our life is sprung up by him, and through<\/em>
his death\u2026<\/em>
(Magnesians 3:3)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having seceded from the authority of Jerusalem, declared the Torah
abolished and replacing the Sabbath with Sunday, Ignatius had created a new religion. Ignatius coins a new term, never before used, for this new religion which he calls \u201cChristianity\u201d and which he makes
clear is new and distict religion from Judaism. He writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

let us learn to live according to the rules of Christianity,<\/em>
for whosoever is called by any other name<\/em>
besides this, he is not of God\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is absurd to name Jesus Christ, and to Judaize.<\/em>
For the Christian religion did not embrace the Jewish.<\/em>
But the Jewish the Christian\u2026<\/em>
(Mag. 3:8, 11)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of the first century Ignatius of Antioch had fulfilled
Paul\u2019s warning. He seceded from Judaism and founded a new religion
which he called \u201cChristianity\u201d. A religion which rejected the
Torah, and replaced the Seventh Day Sabbath with Sunday Worship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wasn\u2019t Yeshua Raised on Sunday?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reason most Christians give for observing Sunday as the day of
worship is that Sunday is the day that Messiah was raised from the
Dead. The well known Dispensationalist Theologian F.F. Bruce in
answering the question \u201cWhy do Christians observe Sunday\u2026 instead of Saturday?\u201d writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 we need not look for a reason for that when we<\/em>
consider that our Lord\u2019s resurrection took place<\/em>
on that day.<\/em>
(Answers to Questions; F. F. Bruce; p. 242)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now some Sabbatarians have argued that the resurrection was not on Sunday but on Saturday, but that is not really the point. Sabbath
keepers are guilty of having allowed Sunday keepers to change the
subject. The question is not \u201cwhich day was Messiah resurrected?\u201d
because there is not one word in the Scriptures about observing that
day as the day of worship in place of the Sabbath. The only question
before us is \u201cwhich day is the Sabbath?\u201d and does man have authority
to make another day set apart and transplant the day of worship to that other day?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is Sunday Worship Mentioned in the \u201cNew Testament\u201d?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Absolutely not. Sabbath is repeatedly represented as the day of
worship (Acts 13:14-15, 42-44; 15:21; 16:12-15; 18:1-14). However
there are three texts which Sunday keepers have cited to support
Sunday keeping. F. F. Bruce cites Acts 20:7; 1Cor. 16:2 and Rev. 1:10
as supposed examples of Sunday keeping in the \u201cNew Testament\u201d.
Let us examine each of these:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acts 20:7 \u201cAnd on the first day of the week, when we were assembled<\/em>
to break bread, Paul spoke with them because the next day he was<\/em>
ready to depart, And he continued to speak until the middle of the<\/em>
night.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact this meeting cannot refer to a Sunday morning \u201cchurch service\u201d
because it says \u201che continued to speak until the middle of the night\u201d
(20:7). Certainly we are not to believe that Paul was so long winded
as to have spoken for well over twelve hours! Clearly this was an
evening meeting. This is also evidence in the next verse which states
\u201cthere were many lamps burning in the upper room in which they were assembled\u201d (20:8). Jewish days run from evening to evening (Gen. 1:5-31; Lev. 23:27, 32). (Thus the Sabbth runs from sundown Friday until sundown Saturdy). An evening meeting on the \u201cfirst day of the week\u201d by Jewish reckoning would be what we call Saturday night. In fact Jews have always and still do gather on Saturday night for a service called Havdalah. Havdalah is a service held to mark the end of the Sabbath and initiate the beginning of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul had been resting on the Sabbath and was prepared to leave at
daybreak (i.e. \u201cthe next day\u201d). This usage of the phrase \u201cthe next day\u201d
or \u201ctomorrow\u201d to refer to daybreak rather than the next calendar day is common in ancient Jewish usage (Gen. 19:34 for example).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1Corinthians 16:2 On every first of the week, each man from you in
his home, let him lay aside and keep that which he is able, lest when I
should come then collections will occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is another passage which F. F. Bruce (and other Sunday Keepers)
cite as a supposed \u201cSunday Worship\u201d service. However there is
nothing in 1Cor. 16:2 to indicate a Sunday meeting is involved. In fact
the Aramaic text of 1Cor. 16:2 says plainly htybb \u201cin his home\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately the Greek translator rendered this with par eautw \u201cby
himself\u201d or \u201cat home\u201d. Many English translations from the Greek
have omitted this phrase entirely. Surprisingly F. F. Bruce, who cites
this passage as support for Sunday worship, admits in his commentary that this was not taking place in a Sunday assembly at all. He writes about this verse:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nor were the individual sums to be taken to church<\/em>
and handed over to the community treasurer: each<\/em>
member is to put something aside par\u2019 heauto,<\/em>
\u2018at home\u2019, and store it up there.<\/em>
(1 and 2 Corinthians; F. F. Bruce; p. 158)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In one book Bruce cites 1Cor. 16:2 as evidence of a Sunday Church
service, then in his own commentary to the same verse he admits that
this passage takes place in individual homes and that the \u201csums\u201d (more likely it was food) were never even \u201ctaken to church\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This passage is simply telling us that on the first day of each week, the Corinthians were to start out their work week by setting aside
whatever food they are able to so that no collection would need to be
made at the last minute when Paul arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Revelation 1:10 And I was in the spirit on the first [day] of the week\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Aramaic has \u201cfirst [day] of the week\u201d. The Greek translator
rendered this \u201cthe Lord\u2019s Day\u201d. There is no worship service involved
in this passage. The event took place at the time of the firstfruits
offering, which always occurs on the day after a Sabbath during
Passover (Lev. 23:9-14) it begins the counting of seven seeks (forty
nine days) until Shavuot (Pentecost) (Lev. 23:15-22). The Book of
Revelation is filled with firstfruits and Passover imagery (the lamb, the firstborn etc.). After telling is this was the first day of the week, the text tells us that Yochanan sees seven menorah\u2019s of gold (1:12) (each menorah has seven branches 7\u00d77=49). These were representing the 49 days counted from the firstfruits offering on the first day of the week during Passover, until Shavuot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Would Yeshua Do?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A common T-shirt in Christian circles today says WWJD \u201cWhat
Would Jesus Do?\u201d The implication is that we should act as Yeshua
acted. As the Scripture says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He who says, I am in him, ought to conduct himself<\/em>
according to his conduct.<\/em>
(1Jn. 2:6)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how did Yeshua conduct himself regarding the day of worship?
The Scriptures tell us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And he entered the Synagogue, on the day of<\/em>
the Sabbath, as he was accustomed.<\/em>
(Luke 4:16)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul himself followed this adage himself saying \u201cBe you followers of
me, even as I also am of Messiah\u201d (1Cor. 11:1) thus we also read of
Paul that he was also accustomed to going to Synagogue on the
Sabbath (Acts 17:1-2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ball is now in your court. I heve faithfully presented the Scriptures to you. Is it really true that the Sabbath is just a principle that gentile Christians are free to incorporate on Sunday? Is it really only crucial to Jewish identity? Is it really OK to make Sunday your day of worship? Is it unscriptural to teach that observing Sunday rather than the seventh day (Saturday) as a day of worship is a sin? You now know that that the answer to all of these questions is \u201cno\u201d. The Sabbath was created for you. Will you conduct yourself according to his conduct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(1) For a scriptural understanding of the word \u201cChurch\u201d see the  \u201cWhat do you Mean\u2026 \u2018Church\u2019?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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