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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
"...This reply does not do away with the first: following Jesus Christ involves keeping the Commandments. the Law has not been abolished,[3] but rather man is invited to rediscover it in the person of his Master who is its perfect fulfillment. In the three synoptic Gospels,..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
"Ever since St. Augustine, the Ten Commandments have occupied a predominant place in the catechesis of baptismal candidates and the faithful. In the fifteenth century, the custom arose of expressing the commandments of the Decalogue in rhymed formulae, easy to memorize and in..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
"The Ten Commandments state what is required in the love of God and love of neighbor. the first three concern love of God, and the other seven love of neighbor.
As charity comprises the two commandments to which the Lord related the whole Law and the prophets . . . so the Ten..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
"The commandments of the Decalogue, although accessible to reason alone, have been revealed. To attain a complete and certain understanding of the requirements of the natural law, sinful humanity needed this revelation:
A full explanation of the commandments of the Decalogue..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON › THE VIRTUES
"Fruit of the Spirit and fullness of the Law, charity keeps the commandments of God and his Christ: "Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love."[99]"
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LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE
"...which the saving truths of the faith cannot be preserved, expounded, or observed.
The Ten Commandments
Exodus 20 2-17
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
"...Good and the source of all good. Then Jesus tells him: "If you would enter life, keep the commandments." and he cites for his questioner the precepts that concern love of neighbor: "You shall not kill, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
"Jesus acknowledged the Ten Commandments, but he also showed the power of the Spirit at work in their letter. He preached a "righteousness [which] exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees"[5] as well as that of the Gentiles.[6] He unfolded all the demands of the Commandments...."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
"...and a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the prophets."[9] The Decalogue must be interpreted in light of this twofold yet single commandment of love, the fullness of the Law:
the commandments:..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
"...great liberating event at the center of the Old Covenant. Whether formulated as negative commandments, prohibitions, or as positive precepts such as: "Honor your father and mother," the "ten words" point out the conditions of a life freed from the slavery of sin. the..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
"The Commandments take on their full meaning within the covenant. According to Scripture, man's moral life has all its meaning in and through the covenant. the first of the "ten words" recalls that God loved his people first:
Since there was a passing from the paradise of..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
"The division and numbering of the Commandments have varied in the course of history. the present catechism follows the division of the Commandments established by St. Augustine, which has become traditional in the Catholic Church. It is also that of the Lutheran confessions. the..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
"The Council of Trent teaches that the Ten Commandments are obligatory for Christians and that the justified man is still bound to keep them;[28] The Second Vatican Council confirms: "The bishops, successors of the apostles, receive from the Lord . . . the mission of teaching all..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
"Since they express man's fundamental duties towards God and towards his neighbor, the Ten Commandments reveal, in their primordial content, grave obligations. They are fundamentally immutable, and they oblige always and everywhere. No one can dispense from them. the Ten..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS › YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
"...another even as I have loved you."[1]
In response to the question about the first of the commandments, Jesus says: "The first is, 'Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON › MORAL CONSCIENCE
"...in reference to the supreme Good to which the human person is drawn, and it welcomes the commandments. When he listens to his conscience, the prudent man can hear God speaking."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON › SIN
"...act; or according to the virtues they oppose, by excess or defect; or according to the commandments they violate. They can also be classed according to whether they concern God, neighbor, or oneself; they can be divided into spiritual and carnal sins, or again as sins in..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON › SIN
"Grave matter is specified by the Ten Commandments, corresponding to the answer of Jesus to the rich young man: "Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and your mother."[132] The gravity of sins is more or..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › THE HUMAN COMMUNION › THE PERSON AND SOCIETY
"...to that end, engenders unjust structures which "make Christian conduct in keeping with the commandments of the divine Law-giver difficult and almost impossible."[11]"
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LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE › THE MORAL LAW
"...Law is the first stage of revealed Law. Its moral prescriptions are summed up in the Ten Commandments. the precepts of the Decalogue lay the foundations for the vocation of man fashioned in the image of God; they prohibit what is contrary to the love of God and neighbor and..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE › THE MORAL LAW
"The Law of the Gospel fulfills the commandments of the Law. the Lord's Sermon on the Mount, far from abolishing or devaluing the moral prescriptions of the Old Law, releases their hidden potential and has new demands arise from them: it reveals their entire divine and human..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE › THE MORAL LAW
"...New Law also includes the evangelical counsels. the traditional distinction between God's commandments and the evangelical counsels is drawn in relation to charity, the perfection of Christian life. the precepts are intended to remove whatever is incompatible with charity...."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE › THE MORAL LAW
"...and strengths, as charity requires; for it is charity, as queen of all virtues, all commandments, all counsels, and, in short, of all laws and all Christian actions that gives to all of them their rank, order, time, and value.[33]"
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LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE
"...Law is the first stage of revealed law. Its moral prescriptions are summed up in the Ten Commandments."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE
"...brings it to perfection: its promises, through the Beatitudes of the Kingdom of heaven; its commandments, by reforming the heart, the root of human acts."