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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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PROLOGUE › Structure of this Catechism
"...baptismal profession of faith (the Creed), the sacraments of faith, the life of faith (the Commandments), and the prayer of the believer (the Lord's Prayer)."
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PROLOGUE › Structure of this Catechism
"...and through conduct that fulfils the twofold commandment of charity, specified in God's Ten Commandments (Section Two)."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE
"...as confessed in the Creed, celebrated in the liturgy and lived in observance of God's commandments and in prayer, we must first ask what "to believe" means. Faith is man's response to God, who reveals himself and gives himself to man, at the same time bringing man a..."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER › I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEA...
"...to God. the other articles of the Creed all depend on the first, just as the remaining Commandments make the first explicit. the other articles help us to know God better as he revealed himself progressively to men. "The faithful first profess their belief in God."[2]"
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER › I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEA...
"The sabbath is at the heart of Israel's law. To keep the commandments is to correspond to the wisdom and the will of God as expressed in his work of creation."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD › "JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WA...
"...institutions of the Chosen People: - submission to the whole of the Law in its written commandments and, for the Pharisees, in the interpretation of oral tradition; - the centrality of the Temple at Jerusalem as the holy place where God's presence dwells in a special way;..."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD › "JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WA...
"...the law, until all is accomplished. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.[329]"
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD › "JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WA...
"...it in its all embracing detail - according to his own words, down to "the least of these commandments".[330] He is in fact the only one who could keep it perfectly.[331] On their own admission the Jews were never able to observe the Law in its entirety without violating the..."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN LIFE EVERLASTING"
"...its first words: "I believe." To believe is to say "Amen" to God's words, promises and commandments; to entrust oneself completely to him who is the "Amen" of infinite love and perfect faithfulness. the Christian's everyday life will then be the "Amen" to the "I believe"..."
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THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION › THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST
"...they may be, so that we may be found righteous by our life and actions, and faithful to the commandments, so as to obtain eternal salvation.
When the prayers are concluded we exchange the kiss.
Then someone brings bread and a cup of water and wine mixed together to him who..."