Sabbatarianism

The United States wrestled with Sabbatarianism through the latter half of the 19th century and well into the 20th century, but by the 1950s, the Puritan Sunday had given way to enormous pressures for leisure, entertainment, commerce and sports.

mjh's blog — 2007 — June 2007

Sabbatarianism, though considerably worn away, is still influential enough to produce a general appearance of Sabbath observance.

The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004

One of the notable features of the age was the Sabbatarianism which forbade not only drink and games but even secular reading on

Dictionary of the History of Ideas WILLIAM A. MADDEN 1968

Sabbatarianism appeared within the bounds of the association at an early date and Seventh-day Baptist churches were formed (1705 onward).

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various

Lord Ashley was a well-known philanthropist, and his consistent support and patronage of many religious and charitable societies had naturally given him popularity among the Protestant clergy of all denominations, -- a popularity heightened in the case of the Evangelical and Calvinistic ministers by his Lordship's strict Sabbatarianism and his belief in cold dinners on

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 Various

His name is not even mentioned here, and when it is mentioned in these years is too often coupled with tasteless gibes at Lord Shaftesbury's proclivities and Sabbatarianism.

Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857 Charles Larcom 1921

A whole book has been written on his attitude towards the Church; in another section of this chronicle I have dealt at some length with his hostility to Pluralism, Sabbatarianism, Ritualism, and endeavoured to show how a generally tolerant and "hang theology" attitude was in the early 'fifties exchanged for one of fierce anti-Vaticanism.

Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857 Charles Larcom 1921

Punch's views on their recreations, therefore, were necessarily governed by his views on Sunday observance, Sunday trading and Sabbatarianism generally.

Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857 Charles Larcom 1921

Sabbatarianism, with the Lord's Day Alliance, a Canadian invention, in the van; then the gradual tightening of the laws against sexual irregularity, with the unenforceable New York Adultery Act as a typical product; and lastly, the general ploughing up and emotional discussion of sexual matters, with compulsory instruction in "sex hygiene" as its mildest manifestation and the mediaeval fury of the vice crusade as its worst.

A Book of Prefaces 1918

In America the Baptists who profess Sabbatarianism are known as Seventh-Day Baptists.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913