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The First Commandment |
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What is the First Commandment? |
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The first Commandment is, 'I am the Lord
thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, and out of
the house of bondage. Thou shalt not have
strange gods before me. Thou shalt not make to thyself any
graven thing, nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven
above, nor in the earth
beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the
earth. Thou shalt not adore them nor serve them. |
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What are we commanded to do by the first Commandment? |
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By the first Commandment we are commanded
to worship the one, true, and living God, by Faith, Hope,
Charity, and Religion. |
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What are the sins against Faith? |
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The sins against Faith are all false
religions, wilful doubt, disbelief, or denial of any article
of Faith, and also culpable ignorance of the doctrines of the
Church. |
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How do we expose ourselves to the danger of losing our Faith? |
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We expose ourselves to the danger of losing
our Faith by neglecting our spiritual duties, reading bad
books, going to non-Catholic schools. |
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What are the sins against Hope? |
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The sins against Hope are despair and
presumption. |
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What are the chief sins against Religion? |
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The chief sins against Religion are the
worship of false gods or idols, and the giving to any creature
whatsoever the honor which belongs to
God alone. |
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181. |
Does the first Commandment forbid the making of images? |
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The first Commandment does not forbid the
making of images, but the making of idols; that is, it forbids
us to make idols to be adored or honored
as gods. |
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182. |
Does the first Commandment forbid dealing with the devil and
superstitious practices? |
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The first Commandment forbids all dealing
with the devil and superstitious practices, such as consulting
spiritualists and fortune-tellers, and
trusting to charms, omens, dreams, and such like fooleries. |
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183. |
Are all sins of sacrilege and simony also forbidden by the first
Commandment? |
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All sins of sacrilege and simony are also
forbidden by the first Commandment. |
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184. |
Is it forbidden to give divine honor or worship to the Angels and
Saints? |
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It is forbidden to give divine honor or
worship to the Angels and Saints, for this belongs to God
alone. |
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185. |
What kind of honor or worship should we give to the Angels and
Saints? |
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We should pay to the Angels and Saints an
inferior honor or worship, for this is due to them as the
servants and special friends of God. |
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186. |
What honor should we give to relics, crucifixes, and holy
pictures? |
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We should give to relics, crucifixes, and
holy pictures a relative honor, as they relate to Christ and
his Saints, and are memorials of them. |
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187. |
Do we pray to relics and images? |
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We do not pray to relics or images, for
they can neither see, nor hear, nor help us. |
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