YOUCAT Question n. 452 – Part III. What does the Eighth Commandment require of us?
(Youcat
answer - repeated) The Eighth Commandment teaches us not to lie. Lying means
consciously and intentionally speaking or acting against the truth. Someone who
lies deceives himself and misleads others who have a right to know the full
truth of a matter.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 2484)
The gravity of a lie is measured
against the nature of the truth it deforms, the circumstances, the intentions
of the one who lies, and the harm suffered by its victims. If a lie in itself
only constitutes a venial sin, it becomes mortal when it does grave injury to
the virtues of justice and charity. (CCC 2465) The Old Testament attests that God is the source of all truth. His Word
is truth. His Law is truth. His "faithfulness endures to all
generations" (Ps 119:90; Cf. Prov 8:7; 2 Sam 7:28; Ps 119:142; Lk 1:50).
Since God is "true," the members of his people are called to live in
the truth (Rom 3:4; cf. Ps 119:30).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) Every lie is an offense against justice and
charity. Lying is a form of violence; it introduces the seed of division into a
community and undermines the trust on which every human community is based.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 2466)
In Jesus Christ, the whole of God's truth has been made manifest. "Full of
grace and truth," he came as the "light of the world," he is the Truth (Jn 1:14; 8:12; cf. 14:6).
"Whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness" (Jn 12:46). The
disciple of Jesus continues in his word so as to know "the truth [that]
will make you free" and that sanctifies (Jn 8:32; cf. 17:17). To follow
Jesus is to live in "the Spirit of truth," whom the Father sends in
his name and who leads "into all the truth" (Jn 16:13). To his
disciples Jesus teaches the unconditional love of truth: "Let what you say
be simply 'Yes or No.'" (Mt 5:37).
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