Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 350.
(Youcat answer) No. The Ten
Commandments form a unity. One commandment refers to another. You cannot
arbitrarily toss out individual commandments. Someone who breaks one
commandment is violating the whole Law.
A
deepening through CCC
(CCC 2069) The Decalogue forms a coherent
whole. Each "word" refers to each of the others and to all of them;
they reciprocally condition one another. The two tables shed light on one
another; they form an organic unity. To transgress one commandment is to
infringe all the others (Cf. Jas 2:10-11). One cannot honor another person
without blessing God his Creator. One cannot adore God without loving all men, his
creatures. The Decalogue brings man's religious and social life into unity.
Reflecting
and meditating
(Youcat comment) What is
remarkable about the Ten Commandments is that all of human life is included
within them. Indeed, we men are related at the same time to God (Commandments
1-3) and to our fellow men (Commandments 4-10); we are religious and social
beings.
(CCC
Comment)
(CCC 2079) The Decalogue forms an organic
unity in which each "word" or "commandment" refers to all
the others taken together. To transgress one commandment is to infringe the
whole Law (cf. Jas 2:10-11).
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