Abrogated

The fourth commandment is wholly ceremonial and abrogated in Christ — rejected by WCF XXI.7.

This is a contested or rejected alternative.

The Westminster baseline on Sabbath is Lords-Day-Fourth-Commandment-Perpetual. Personas and schools listed below hold this alternative position instead — either because they argued for it at the Assembly (like the Erastians on polity) or because they represent a receiving tradition that departed from the Standards on this point.

Cruxes on this attribute

The Assembly navigated 1 crux that bear directly on Sabbath.

The Strict Sabbath 1645 The Lord’s Day as the perpetual fourth commandment, kept holy whole-day.

Other positions on Sabbath

Lords-Day-Fourth-Commandment-Perpetual WCF A creation ordinance; one day in seven is to be kept holy; changed to the first day of the week from the resurrection of Christ (WCF XXI.7–8) — the strict-Sabbatarian position. Continental-Moral-Only The Sabbath's perpetual element is the principle of regular public worship, not strict cessation; permits ordered recreation after public worship — the Continental Reformed inflection.

Cite this position

Study Reformed, “Abrogated” (Position), Westminster Standards Atlas, version 79a5f9880ac1, https://studyreformed.com/atlas/cite/position/law_sanctification/sabbath/abrogated/.

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