Protestant Achilles' Heel

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God:

Exodus 20:10

 

"The Council of Trent convened in March, 1545. But the proceedings went on slowly, and with interruptions, until 1561, ending in 1564.

Gasper del Fosso, archbishop of Rheggio, turned the tide in favor of tradition, in the opening speech of the seventeenth session on January 18, 1562. He said:

"Such is the condition of the heretics today that they appeal to no other matter more than that they, under the pretense of the word of God, overthrow the [Roman] church; as though the [Roman]

church, which is the body of Christ, could be opposed to this word, or the head to the body.
The Sabbath, the most glorious day in the law, has been changed into the Lord's day...This and other similar matters have not ceased by virtue of Christ's teaching but they have been changed by virtue of the authority of the [Roman] church. Should this authority cease (which would surely please the heretics), who would then witness for truth, and confound the obstinacy of the heretics ?"—"Sacrosancta Concilia," Labbei and Cossartii, Vol. 14, cols. 1252-1254, Paris, 1672; also "Amplissima Collectio Conciliorum," by Mansi, Vol. 33, cols. 529, 530, Paris and Leipzig, 1902.

Thus we see plainly the vulnerable heel of the Protestant Achilles exposed to the darts of the papal foe. At the same time this enemy recognizes that the Sabbathkeeper, by adhering firmly to the Sabbath of the decalogue, "more logically" maintains the principle of the Bible, and the Bible only, as the rule of Christian faith and doctrine." Ministry-10/1929