FIRST COMMANDMENT § 77. The law condemns all who have other gods before the true God,1 especially those who are ignorant of or deny the true God,2 or who do not fear,3 love,4 or trust in5 God above all things, …
Category: 1 OUTLINES IN DOCTRINAL THEOLOGY
78 – Second Commandment
SECOND COMMANDMENT § 78. The Law condemns all those who take the name of God in vain,1 especially by blaspheming,2 cursing,3 false or irreverent swearing,4 witchcraft,5 false doctrine,6 religious hypocrisy,7 or open denial of the true faith,8 or by refusing …
79 – Third Commandment
THIRD COMMANDMENT § 79. The Law condemns all those who neglect the proper use of the Word of God and the Sacraments, especially when and where they are publicly administered, or who fail to contribute toward the maintenance of the …
80 – Fourth Commandment
FOURTH COMMANDMENT § 80. The Law condemns all those who refuse or neglect to honor and duly1 obey those whom God has endowed with authority over them in the family,2 the church,3 and the state,4 or who, being in authority, …
81 – Fifth Commandment
FIFTH COMMANDMENT § 81. The Law condemns every one who neglects to have the welfare and safety of his neighbor’s life and health at heart,1 or who maliciously harms or desires to harm his own or another’s life or health,2 …
82 – Sixth Commandment
SIXTH COMMANDMENT § 82. The Law condemns every one who carnally knows himself,1 or a brute,2 or another person of the same sex,3 or a person of the other sex with whom he is not4 or, because of a prohibited …
83 – Seventh Commandment
SEVENTH COMMANDMENT § 83. The Law condemns every one who by theft, fraud, usury, or aleatory devices, obtains or seeks to obtain what is or should be another’s property,1 all covetousness,2 prodigality,3 idleness,4 and him by whose fault his neighbor …
84 – Eighth Commandment
EIGHTH COMMANDMENT § 84. The Law condemns every one who violates the truth by maliciously thinking1 or uttering2 what he does not know to be true or knows to be untrue, or pretending to be, to do or to intend …
85 – Ninth and Tenth Commandments
NINTH AND TENTH COMMANDMENTS § 85. The Law condemns all men even because of the evil inclinations and moral impurities of their hearts. Exodus 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor …
86 – Natural Law and Conscience
NATURAL LAW AND CONSCIENCE § 86. The natural moral Law, which is binding upon all men1 and was originally inscribed in the human heart,2 was by the fall of our first ancestors obscured,3 but not entirely effaced,4 and, being transmitted …