Author: Honza Pokorny <me@honza.ca>
Add Dort on the Sabbath
README.md | 1 data/three-forms-of-unity/dort-sabbath.yaml | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cb8a17ea8b27140529c1cee9943a3829bf13584b..d2fe7a1ce8b218e419f7a47716e596f3cf3fcd47 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ * three-forms-of-unity * belgic-confession * canons-of-dort * church-order-of-dort + * dort-sabbath * heidelberg-catechism * westminster * directory-for-family-worship diff --git a/data/three-forms-of-unity/dort-sabbath.yaml b/data/three-forms-of-unity/dort-sabbath.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ef24b9d70d1765cfcd5a104715a06b5ca8acb81b --- /dev/null +++ b/data/three-forms-of-unity/dort-sabbath.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +--- +name: The Synod of Dort on Sabbath Observance +publication_year: 1618 +type: document +markdown: true +chapters: + - name: '' + text: | + Rules on the observation of the Sabbath, or the Lord’s Day, with the + agreement of the brothers from Zeeland the following concepts were + explained and approved by Doctor Professors of Divinity. + + - name: I. + text: | + In the fourth Commandment of the divine law, part is ceremonial, part is + moral. + + - name: II. + text: | + The rest of the seventh day after creation was ceremonial and its rigid + observation peculiarly prescribed to the Jewish people. + + - name: III. + text: | + Moral in fact, because the fixed and enduring day of the worship of God is + appointed, for as much rest as is necessary for the worship of God and + holy meditation of him. + + - name: IV. + text: | + With the Sabbath of the Jews having been abrogated, the Lord’s Day is + solemnly sanctified by Christians. + + - name: V. + text: | + From the time of the Apostles this day was always observed in the ancient + Catholic Church. + + - name: VI. + text: | + This same day is thus consecrated for divine worship, so that in it one + might rest from all servile works (with these excepted, which are works of + charity and pressing necessity) and from those recreations which impede + the worship of God. +...