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Sabbatarianism could refer to either:

A practice of researching a seventh day (Friday's sunset to Saturday's sunset) as a Sabbath (which happens to be Judaism's Shabbat as well). By this definition, religious (ordinarily Orthodox) Jews, Seventh-day Adventists, and Seventh Day Baptists are "sabbatarians". Nonindulgent observance of the Sabbath in Sunday by this definition most conservative Christians are "sabbatarians". Occasionally super liberal Reform Jews observe Sunday as their "Sabbath" getting adopted Christian-style customs. The split from either Unitarianism in Central Europe to adopt Mosaic law and customs, including the Sabbath. It was founded inside Transylvania at the prevent of the 16th century by a Eössi András. A Unitarian Church condemned Sabbatarianism as innovatiinside (forbidden per Transylvanian law on religious toleration) in 1618. A endure Sabbatarian congregation inside Transylvania disappeared in the 19th century and a left over Sabbatarians joined the existent Jewish communities. Sabbatarianism besides expanded to Russia, where it were known as [http://molokane.org/subbotniki/ Subbotniki], & to more countries. It was besides expert among Dissenters in England under the leadership of John Traske (1586-1636).

Sabbatarians, Sabbatarianism
Defines Sabbatarianism as a rigorist conflation of the Christian Sunday with the Jewish Sabbath, devotes attention to Seventh-Day Sabbatarianism as well.

Sabbatarianism Re-Examined
Robert Brinsmead explores the fallacies behind sabbatarianism in a landmark 1981 paper.

Sabbatarians
Historical information on Sabbatarianism, in particular, the English Sabbatarians of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Calvin in the Hands of the Philistines, or, Did Calvin Bowl on the Sabbath?
Seeks to illuminate Calvin's actual teaching on Sabbath observance and recreation by unraveling the origins of an anecdote about John Knox supposedly finding Calvin bowling on the Lord's Day.

Sabbath Observance
1923 article from an Ontario newspaper about the hubbub caused by a suggestion to allow children to use a municipal swimming pool during a heat wave.

The Bible Sabbath Association
Non-denominational organization to promote fellowship and cooperation between Seventh-Day Sabbath keepers. Sells the Directory of Sabbath-Observing Groups. Includes articles.

Mid-South Sabbatarians
Established to promote greater awareness of, and fellowship between, sabbatarians of various stripes, and to promote the biblical seventh day Sabbath.

Assorted Flavors of 7th day Sabbatarians
Church links, ministries, fellowships and resources.

7th Day Sabbath Believers Directory
Assemblies, resources, and personal ministries.

Sabbatarianism
Definition of the term. Distinguishes between strict or literal sabbatarianism, which can only apply to the seventh-day sabbath, and semisabbatarianism, which transfers the demands of the sabbath to Sunday.


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