Catechetical Instructions: Explanation of the Ten Commandments
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The Catechetical Instructions
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THE FIRST COMMANDMENT: "Thou Shalt Not Have Strange Gods Before Me."
- WHY WE SHOULD ADORE ONE GOD
SECOND COMMANDMENT: "Thou Shalt Not Take the Name of the Lord Thy God in Vain."
- THE MEANING OF IN VAIN
- CONDITIONS OF A LAWFUL OATH
- TAKING GOD'S NAME JUSTLY
THE THIRD COMMANDMENT: "Remember that You Keep Holy the Sabbath Day."
- REASONS FOR THIS COMMANDMENT
- FROM WHAT WE SHOULD ABSTAIN ON THE SABBATH
- WITH WHAT THE SABBATH AND FEASTS SHOULD BE OCCUPIED
- THE SPIRITUAL SABBATH
- THE HEAVENLY SABBATH
THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT: "Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest be long-lived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee."
- WHAT CHILDREN OWE PARENTS
- REWARDS FOR KEEPING THIS COMMANDMENT
- THE DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS OF FATHER
THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT: "Thou Shalt Not Kill."
- THE SIN OF KILLING
- THE SIN OF ANGER
THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT: "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery."
- WHY ADULTERY AND FORNICATION MUST BE AVOIDED
THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: "Thou Shalt Not Steal."
- WHY STEALING MUST BE AVOIDED
THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT: "Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness Against Thy Neighbour."
- WAYS OF VIOLATING THIS COMMANDMENT
- SPECIAL EFFECTS OF TELLING LIES
THE NINTH (TENTH) COMMANDMENT: "Thou shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbour’s Goods."
THE TENTH (NINTH) COMMANDMENT: "Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbour’s Wife."
- WAYS TO OVERCOME CONCUPISCENCE
