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title: 'John Thomson on Sanctification of the Sabbath'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2026-01-05
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2026-john-thomson-on-sanctification-of-the-sabbath
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# John Thomson on Sanctification of the Sabbath

“All should be careful to sanctify the Sabbath, but such as have rule or jurisdiction over others are especially obliged not only to sanctify it themselves, but also to see to the due sanctification of it by all under their jurisdiction: such as parents, masters, ministers, magistrates.” — [**John Thomson**](/authors/john-thomson), *An Explication of the Shorter Catechism* (1749, 2025), p. 181