The Role of the Fourth Commandment in the Historical Sabbath-keeping Churches of God. No 170

No. 170 - The Role of the Fourth Commandment in the Historical Sabbath-keeping Churches of God
It is conveniently assumed by the Sabbath-keeping churches of the last two centuries that the central theme and identifying mark of Christianity was the Sabbath and that the churches throughout history were persecuted for their adherence to the Sabbath. This position is at best only partly true and at worst hides the true fundamental aspects of the faith for which the Church of God was persecuted and those other aspects which form the signs of the elect. This paper shows that there are in fact a series of signs identifying the elect and which were used to isolate them and to extract them from society over the periods of persecution generally referred to as the Inquisitions.
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