Brief Statement of the Doctrinal Position 
of the Missouri Synod. [Adopted 1932]
(St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, N.D.) Pt. 15 

Of Sunday

41. We teach that in the New Testament God has abrogated the 
Sabbath and all the holy days prescribed for the Church of the Old 
Covenant, so that neither ``the keeping of the Sabbath nor any 
other day'' nor the observance of at least one specific day of the 
seven days of the week is ordained or commanded by God, Col. 2:16; 
Rom. 14:5 (Augsburg Confession, Triglot, p. 91, Paragraphs 51-60; 
M., p. 66).

The observance of Sunday and other church festivals is an 
ordinance of the Church, made by virtue of Christian liberty. 
(Augsburg Confession, Triglot, p. 91, Paragraphs 51-53, 60; M., p. 
66; Large Catechism, Triglot, p. 603, Paragraphs 83, 85, 89, M., 
p. 401.) Hence Christians should not regard such ordinances as 
ordained by God and binding upon the conscience, Col. 2:16; Gal. 
4:10. However, for the sake of Christian love and peace they 
should willingly observe them, Rom. 14:13; 1 Cor. 14:40. (Augsburg 
Confession, Triglot, p. 91, Paragraphs 53-56; M., p. 67.) 

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