Constantine and the Week
Constantine and the Week
A Witty Invention that Changed Times and Laws
Caesar Augustus, more commonly referred to as Constantine the Great, in A.D. 321-325, legislated his new updated version of the early Roman solar calendar, first introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C. This calendar was the first step in developing the worship rhythm for His new “Christian” religion. It was unapologetically crafted outside the boundaries of Scriptural constraints. Constantine caused it to appear he was honoring the story of the crucifixion and resurrection of our Messiah but instead altered its time-centric appointed layout to elevate his own ego. But let’s digress for a moment as we establish the roots of this momentous calendar replacement.
Julius Caesar Removed the Moon from Measuring Time
“In the mid-1st century B.C., Julius Cæsar [Roman Emperor] invited Sosigenes, an Alexandrian [Egypt] astronomer, to advise him about the reform of the calendar, and Sosigenes decided that the only practical step was to abandon the lunar calendar altogether. Months must be arranged on a seasonal basis, and a tropical [solar] year used, as in the Egyptian calendar.” Encyclopedia Britannica, The Julian Calendar, Paragraph 1. https://www.britannica.com/science/calendar/The-Western-calendar-and-calendar-reforms
From that year forward, Julius Caesar, following the advice of the Egyptian astronomer Sosigenes, eliminated the lunar phases from all time-measuring. To this day, the Roman Empire has maintained this TOTAL DIVORCEMENT OF THE MOON from their time-measuring except when locating Easter Sunday. This ensured it never fell on the same day as the Jewish “Wave Sheaf Offering, as recorded in the Torah Law of Scripture. Never again would the Romans or their calendar utilize its lunar phases for demarcating the start of MONTHS, the count of DAYS, the count of WEEKS, or the start of YEARS. To all appearances, they were now free to do as they pleased. Moreover, they wanted nothing to do with the Yahudim (Jews), whom they hated, or their lunar calendar ordained by the Most High.
Council of Nicaea in A.D. 321-325
Fast-forward nearly 400 years. From the black and white marble halls of Roman power, an entirely new Religion was fashioned and realized at the five-year summit meeting of the notorious Council of Nicaea. Upon this premise, the original astro-luni-solar calendar of Scripture, as previously kept by the obedient Hebrews, was taken captive. Utilizing only a solar planetary calendar, it was designed to replace all things within the Hebrew TORAH. Together, the solar planetary calendar and the introduction of His new god “Jesus Christ,” became Rome’s ready replacements of Yahusha HaMashiach (the true Messiah), along with His preordained lunar appointed worship rhythm ordained as the time-centric Plan of Salvation, as revealed throughout Scripture.
Many other doctrines were spawned at that council, including the Trinitarian doctrine and “Good Friday and Easter. These were crafted as replacements for the lunar date stamped Passover (Pasch) on the 14th day counted from the New Moon and the authentic day of the resurrection. Each harbored a new replacement theology of the Roman pagan kind. All that was left to do was to sell it to the empire and beyond. And for those who weren’t buying, he utilized force under the penalty of death.
Thus, the planetary week with its unending cycle was designed and legislated to replace the Scriptural week, initially marked by quarter lunar phases, as set forth at creation, which was proclaimed and counted from one full New Moon to another. Here is the evidence for this.
In 321 A.D., Constantine, emperor of Rome . . . by civil enactments made “the venerable day of the Sun,” which day was then “notable for its veneration,” the weekly rest day of the empire . . . The enforcement of the weekly observance of Sunday gave official recognition to the [NEW] week of seven days and resulted in the introduction of it into the official civil calendar of Rome. The Romans passed that calendar down to us, and in it we have still the ancient planetary titles of the days of the week. Odom, op. cit., p. 243-244, emphasis supplied.
Council of Laodicea, Forty Years Later
Forty years later, in A.D. 363-364, under the rulership of Julian, the last Constantinian Emperor, the Council of Laodicea convened.
The popularized version of Canon 29 from the Council of Laodicea is central to Sabbatarian doctrine. Unrecognized by most, this Canon has been FALSELY translated, perpetuating “Sunday sacredness” as the first day and “Saturday” as the seventh day of the Biblical week sequence:
“Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday, but shall work on that day; but the Lord’s Day [Sunday] they shall especially honor, and, as being Christians, shall, if possible, do no work on that day. If however, they are found Judaizing, they shall be shut out from Christ.” Council of Laodicea, Canon 29
Two important points can be drawn from this ancient quote from the Council of Laodicea.
- Sunday, of the new Roman solar calendar is here introduced as “The Lord’s Day.” This connection is never made in Scripture or prior to A.D. 321 for two reasons: 1) The earliest Roman cycling planetary week was eight days in length. 2) Later, when the eight-day cycling week was first modified prior to Constantine and A.D. 321, the order of its days were changed. But until then Saturday was the first day of the week and Sunday was the second, as shown below. It was only after that date that Sunday became day one and Saturday day seven.
- There is a translation error as highlighted in red above. It has been consistently ignored by translators and Theologians alike for nearly 1,700 years. Whether intentional or unintentional, it has served as a convenient lie, helping cement Sunday as the first day of their continuous weekly cycle invention, and Saturday as the seventh day of that same week. Then when the Jews, under pressure from the Romans ultimately adopted Saturday as their seventh-day Sabbath, the deception was complete. Now all the world perceive that the Roman solar calendar with its Saturday as the seventh day, is one and the same as the one ordained at creation and recorded in Scripture. Yet, to the decerning mind, it is all smoke and mirrors.
The Evidence of a Falsified Narrative
The following expose` may shock many who have trusted the English translation of Canon 29. But according to Karl J. von Hefele, a Catholic Bishop and scholar, in his book, History of the Councils of the Church from the Original Documents, reveals that the word “Saturday” (dies Saturni) DOES NOT EXIST either in this Greek or Latin text. Instead, the word “Saturday” was supplied in the English translation to replace the word Sabbato, which describes the “ancient Hebrew lunar Sabbath only.” Please do not believe me, but do your due diligence and check this out yourself. Here is the original Latin text:
“Quod non oportet Christianos Judaizere et otiare in Sabbato, sed operari in eodem die. Preferentes autem in veneratione Dominicum Diem si vacre voluerint, ut Christiani hoc faciat; quod si reperti fuerint Judaizere Anathema sint a Christo.” Council of Laodicea, Canon 29
When the Julian calendar was being enforced upon the early believers for religious purposes, absolutely no one confused the word “dies Saturni” with “Sabbato.” Everyone then recognized these two terms as unique names for two separate days, as found on two distinctly different time-measuring calendar models.
It is only as this evidence from history has been forgotten and overwritten during the translation with the pretext of Saturday being changed to Sunday that Saturday has been assumed to be the seventh-day Sabbath of Scripture. This is partly due to the fact that the planetary week was adopted (A.D. 358) by the Yahudim (Jews) in conformity with the demands of their Roman Constantinian captors. Coupled with this, the promotion of the entire Roman calendar model throughout the land shows why ALL THE WORLD has now followed the Beast into a fraudulent pagan worship rhythm, wholly unaware of its origin. How crafty was this?
“These . . . eventually led Jewish rabbis to call Saturn “Shabbti,” “the star of the Sabbath.” It was not until the first century [4th century correction] of our era, when the planetary week had become an established institution, that the Jewish Sabbath seems always to have corresponded to Saturn’s Day [Saturday].” Rest Days, p.244 by Hutton Webster
“This planetary week was paganism’s counterfeit of the true, Biblical week instituted by the Creator in the beginning of earth’s history. In the counterfeit week employed in ancient paganism “the venerable day of the Sun” was esteemed by the heathen above the other six days because it was regarded as sacred to the Sun, the chief of the planetary deities . . . Just as the true Sabbath is inseparably linked with the Biblical week, so the false Sabbath of pagan origin needed a weekly cycle. Thus we have found that the planetary week of paganism is Sunday’s twin sister, and that the two counterfeit institutions were linked together …” Odom, op. cit., p. 243-244, emphasis supplied.
Constantine applied Deis Solis (Sunday) to the Resurrection of our Messiah as His contribution to replacing the Scriptural calendar, which had been utilized previously by the Yahudim (Jews). The monumental outcome was to the untrained eye, ignorant of history’s past, that the Scriptural seventh day (Sabbath) must be “Saturday” of the Roman calendar. This was accomplished simply by ensuring that every year, Easter occurs on Sunday, the first day of the new Roman planetary week cycle. Yet, by extension, it caused Saturday (Deis Saturnis) of the same week cycle to appear to be the seventh day, which had never been so, according to Scripture.
“The long-term effect was that ‘Easter Sunday’ entered [established the new] the Christian paradigm as ‘The Day of Christ’s Resurrection.’ The corollary to this realignment of time calculation was that the day preceding Easter Sunday, Saturday, became forever after the [perceived] ‘True [seventh-day] Bible Sabbath.’ This is the true significance of Constantine’s ‘Sunday law’ and it laid the foundation for the modern assumption that a continuous weekly cycle has always existed.” eLaine Vornholt & Laura Lee Vorholt-Jones, Calendar Fraud, “Biblical Calendar Outlawed.”
Neither Saturday nor Sunday
When the historical and time-centric facts of the Julian (and later Gregorian) calendar are comprehended, it becomes apparent that Sunday is not the only false worship day established upon paganism. For Saturday, dies Saturni, now attributed to the sacred Sabbath of Scripture, is also an outright lie. The mere fact that it is the seventh day of the man-made Roman continuous weekly cycle sets it in opposition to the original and authentic lunar appointed seventh-day Sabbath of Torah Scripture, as ordained to be portrayed by counting from the New Moon.
NEWS FLASH! Neither Saturday nor Sunday nor their continuous weekly cycle are mentioned even once in Scripture. By default, neither can they be the true Sabbath, as they are both fruits of the same fraudulent Roman calendar system built upon the premise of only two kinds of days that cycle without end, regardless of the New Moon Day.
The fact that the New Moon day exists as a third kind of day, which is neither a Sabbath nor a workday (Ezekiel 46:1-3), automatically breaks the cycle of seven-day weeks every 29-30 days. Because each kind of day is counted from the same New Moon measuring line, there are never overlapping days. Add to this the 30th day that occurs in approximately six lunar months each astro-luni-solar year, and you have four kinds of days that make it impossible for the seven-day week to cycle without end.
As a result, neither Deis Saturnis (Saturday) nor Deis Solis (Sunday) was implemented by our Creator in the beginning. Both terms are linked by the same fraudulent planetary week, introduced by Emperor Constantine for the sole purpose of destroying all things Hebrew (Jewish). This hatred of the Jews and all things in the Old Testament Torah Law is fully supported by the Creed of Constantine. Neither the term Saturday nor Sunday is found in Scripture nor their systematic continuous seven-day cycle. Yahuah Alahim ordained His LIGHTS in the shamayim (heavens) to beacon, SIGNS (Sabbaths), LUNAR APPOINTED DATES (#4150 – mo’edim), DAYS, and YEARS (Genesis 1:14).
Constantinian Creed
Creed of Constantinople Church
“I renounce all customs, rites, legalisms, unleavened breads and sacrifices of lambs of the Hebrews, and all the other feasts of the Hebrews, sacrifices, prayers, aspirations, purifications, sanctifications, and propitiations, and fasts and New Moons, and Sabbaths, and superstitions, and hymns and chants, and observances, and synagogues.
Absolutely everything Jewish, every Law, rite and custom and if afterwards I shall wish to deny and return to Jewish superstition, or shall be found eating with Jews, or feasting with them, or secretly conversing and condemning the Christian religion instead of openly confuting them and condemning their vain faith, then let the trembling of Cain and the leprosy of Gehazi cleave to me, as well as the legal punishments to which I acknowledge myself liable. And may I be an anathema in the world to come, and may my soul be set down with Satan and the devils.” Stefano Assemani, Acta Sanctorium Martyrum Orientalium at Occidentalium, Vol. 1, Rome 1748, page 105.
The Roman Constantinian Creed overtly identifies that the foundation of their new Christian religion was proactively designed to have NO CONNECTION to anything taught in the Torah (Law) or entire Old Testament Scriptures. This creed is evidence that neither Saturday nor Sunday was ever designed by Rome to accurately align with the original calendar model of the first week of Creation or anything after that. Instead, with the creation of their new sacred EASTER HOLIDAY, they combined it with their newly ordered Sunday, causing it to appear that Rome’s continuous weekly cycle meets the Scriptural standard, with Sunday as the first day and Saturday as the seventh.
So the question is, was the sacredness of the authentic and original seventh-day Sabbath, as ordained by our Creator, ever changed from Saturday to Sunday? NO! NO! A THOUSAND TIMES, NO! … for the very reason Saturday was NEVER the SABBATH!!!
What the Constantinian Emperors achieved in the fourth century A.D. was to eliminate the Torah (Law) and all things Jewish from their new Christian religion and create their calendar standard based upon the sun rather than on the trinity of sun, moon, and stars. This afforded them the freedom to craft their own spurious sacred day on an entirely different time-measuring calendar model wholly divorced from the New Moon and lunar phases. It was this stunning impostor calendar model that has been proactively proclaimed to ALL THE WORLD by the mother Roman Catholic Church and her daughter Protestant Christian churches alike.
Two Unique Week Models
The planetary week legislated by Constantine that remains divorced from the lunar cycles can NEVER be the ambassador for the FATHER OF LIGHTS (James 1:17) or the first week of Creation, as all His units of TIME are beaconed by the LIGHTS or counted from them. Read more on Three Kinds of Days. Click to enlarge the illustration.
So now let me ask you—is there weighty evidence that the continuous weekly cycle was fabricated by man and not ordained by the Creator? Yes! But the removal of the moon began nearly 400 years before Constantine, who had always marked each year, month, and count of weeks and demarcated each day of the lunar month with its own unique lunar phase.
Who are the Victims of Roman Propaganda?
All these years later, we have ALL been naïve victims of the deep-seated Roman propaganda from the moment of our birth. The prophetic WORD identifies that “ALL the world would follow after the Beast” (Revelation 13:3). There are almost no exceptions among the nations and organized religions. Only now can we see how this does not exclude the Worldwide Church of God, the Seventh-day Adventists, the Jews, or any other Sabbatarian group, as Saturday CAN NOT be either the Creator’s authentic seventh-day Sabbath or the antidote to receiving the MARK OF THE BEAST!
Strikingly, Saturday is Sunday’s twin sister, and together as a GPS, they pinpoint the Roman Beast calendar and its stylized week as the very SIGN that causes ALL, both small and great, rich and poor, to receive its Mark. How? Because it symbolizes rebellion against the Creator Yahuah Alahim, the highest, while it signifies honor to Satan, who receives worship according to this pagan system.
The Real Antidote to Receiving the Mark of the Beast
If worshiping on Saturday is NOT the antidote to receiving the MARK OF THE BEAST, as some contend, then what is??? This is answered thoroughly in the following articles:
The Mark of the Beast or the Seal of Yahuah Alahim?
Weighed in the Balances and Found Wanting
Once presented with the other half of the story, we can see the full picture and make an informed decision. We can either remain captives of the Beast Power via this witty calendar invention that includes ALL the “Christian” daughter churches or use the keys of the Creator’s astro-luni-solar calendar to unlock our prison bars and escape to freedom. Only one choice will grant you admittance into His Eternal Kingdom through the East Gate (Ezekiel 46:1-3).
“It should be noted that the oldest dated Christian [Roman Catholic] inscription to employ a planetary designation belongs to the year 269 A.D.” Inscriptiones Christianae urbis Romae, ed. De Rossi, 1861, i, No. 1.
There is simply NO RECORD of the Hebrew people maintaining an unbroken, continuous weekly cycle, utterly removed from the trinity of LIGHTS in the shamayim (heavens) when they were obedient to Yahuah. Not only is there no record, but like a G.P.S. unit, the layout of all the lunar appointed Feast Days was intrinsically tied to two things simultaneously. First, Feast Days are consistently tied to their count from the New Moon Day, and second, they were tied in proximity to the lunar seventh-day Sabbaths. Thus, we have two witnesses in Leviticus: Years, Months, Weeks, Sabbaths, and Days, which are all perpetually designated by the moon and her unique lunar phases. Only one calendar system is the Creator’s Standard, setting forth its ordained principles from Year to Year, month to month, and Sabbath to Sabbath (Isaiah 66:23).
Each time Israel went into captivity, they lost the oracles of truth given to them for safekeeping, which included their unique calendar. This is evidenced when in Egypt, Babylon, and later Rome. As a result, we have all been sold a bill of goods that has turned out to be fabricated. And although there are ties that bind each person to this false rhythm of worship, each has a choice to make. Will we follow the sure word of Torah (OT) and Brit Hadasha (NT) Scripture as honored by Moses, David, Daniel, Isaiah, and Yahusha, our Messiah? Or, on the flip side, will we allow the modern voices of Popes, presumed Prophets, Pastors, and denominational organizations to keep us on a perpetual detour by way of a falsified calendar and erroneous week cycle?
Evolution of the Week Days
The image below illustrates the evolution of the seven-day week. Before the current order of weekdays on our modern Roman calendar, it once followed this order. Saturday, represented by the planet Saturn, was the first day of the weekly cycle, while Friday, represented by the planet Venus, held the position of the seventh day. 
Here is another image illustrating the evolution of the order of the planetary days of the Roman pagan week cycle, which is different from the one above.
Today, we choose whether to continue clinging to a pagan “Saturday” Sabbath theory that has followed an evolutionary order over the years. Although it highlights a purported week that cycles without end since creation, that ideology cannot be supported by Scripture by name or by its rhythm. There is no evidence that the continuous weekly cycle has any ties to the Creator of Heaven and Earth. Yet there is much evidence to the contrary.
Likewise, folks can remain content with the tradition of “Sunday sacredness.” Still, according to the facts of Scripture, history, and astronomy, both Saturday and Sunday are sibling daughters of pagan sun worship that, from its core of calendar fraud, stands in mutiny to the Creator Himself. This continuous weekly cycle and erroneous planetary days turn out to be the tie to Babylon and the wide paved pathway leading ALL THE WORLD to receive the Mark of the Beast. For as Scripture is the revealer of the lunar Sabbath truth, both astronomy and history validate it.
This subject is worthy of prayerful and diligent consideration, as it may be that the calendar you choose will determine your eternal destiny. Those who truly love and honor their Creator and Savior will desire to align the rhythm of their soul temples with His principles of TRUTH alone.
Lunar Sabbath’s Stunning Historical Evidence
Constantine’s Easter Controversy with the Messiah’s Obedient Quartodecimen
The Creed of the Constantinople Church – Foundation of All Christian Churches