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Of the church council held at Bergen, Norway, August 22, 1435, we read:
"The first matter concerned a superstitious keeping holy of Saturday. It had come to the ear of the archbishop that people in different places of
the kingdom, 'partly from the weakness of nature, partly by the deceptions and promptings of the devil,' had ventured to adopt and keep holydays,
which neither God nor the holy Church had ordained or sanctioned, but on the contrary is against the commands of both, 'namely the keeping holy of
Saturday, which Jews and heathen used to keep, but not Christians.' It is strictly forbidden–it is stated–in the Church-Law, for any one to keep or to
adopt holydays, outside of those which the pope, archbishop, or bishops appoint."–"The History of the Norwegian Church under Catholicism," R. Keyser,
Vol. II, p. 488. Oslo:1858.
At another church conference, held at Oslo, the next year, the same archbishop commanded:
"It is forbidden under the same penalty to keep Saturday holy by refraining from labor"–Id., p. 491.
In another old publication from nearly the same period we find this accusation against the priests:
"Also the priests have caused the people to keep Saturdays as Sundays"– "Theological Periodicals for the Evangelical 'Lutheran Church in Norway,"
Vol. I, p. 184. Oslo. T. Mailings, 1871.
Sabbath-keepers continued to keep the Bible Sabbath in Norway, in spite of persecution, for we read of new laws made against them in 1544:
"I, Christoffer Whitefeldt, [governor] over Bergenhus, Stavanger, and Vaardoem, greet all you peasants kindly and with good wishes, who live in
the district of Bergen. Dear friends: Mr. Gieble Pederson, superintendent of the district of Bergen, related to me that some of you have kept Saturday
holy, especially at Arendal in Sogen, contrary to the ordinance given you last year by Peter Ottesen, my brother, and Niels Bernsen, who had charge of
the palace by my authority, in my absence, in which you have done very wrong, and would receive great damage if I would punish you. But, however,
because of the solicitation of Mr. Gieble, the superintendent, I will still forbear with you. But now it has been determined at the public Parliament
for these two districts, Bergen and Stavanger, that whoever is found keeping Saturday holy shall be fined ten mark in money. So now ye know what ye
have to go by.
"In the next place you are rebellious and disobedient in the Holydays you keep, and are not willing to be satisfied with those which the priest
announces which are contained in the ordinance. We now command you in the name of His Majesty, the King, that you solemnly obey the ordinance of His
Grace. And whoever disobeys, he shall by my sheriff be punished for his rebellion as a rebellious and disobedient citizen, and be fined ten
mark."–"History of King Christian the Third," Niels Kraq and S. Stephanius, Vol. II, "Statutes and Ordinances," p. 379. Copenhagen:1778.
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