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This document discusses sins against the Ten Commandments. It explores various sins and their implications from different perspectives including biblical interpretations. A Catholic perspective and some questions are included.

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COMMANDMENTS Sins against the Ten Commandments 1st Commandment- I am the Lord your God: thou shalt have no strange Gods before me. Atheism This is the denial in theory and/or practice that God exists. It is a sin against...

COMMANDMENTS Sins against the Ten Commandments 1st Commandment- I am the Lord your God: thou shalt have no strange Gods before me. Atheism This is the denial in theory and/or practice that God exists. It is a sin against the virtue of faith required by the first commandment of the law. The divinization of a creature in place of God; the substitution of some one (or thing) for God; worshiping a creature (even money, pleasure, or power) instead of the Creator. Idolatry Blasphemy Speech, thought, or action involving contempt for God or the Church, or persons or things dedicated to God. It is directly opposed to the second commandment. 2nd Commandment-You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in Vain. The use of mechanical, chemical, or medical procedures to prevent conception from taking place as a result of sexual intercourse; It is a violation against the openness to procreation required of marriage and also the inner truth of conjugal love. Contraception 5th Commandment-You shall not kill. An action or an omission which, of itself or by intention, causes the death of handicapped, sick, or dying persons sometimes with an attempt to justify the act as a means of eliminating suffering. It violates the fifth commandment of the law of God. Euthanasia Anger An emotion which is not controlled by reason or hardens into resentment and hate, becomes one of the seven capital sins. Christ taught that this is an offense against the fifth commandment. The willful taking of one's own life; a grievous sin against the fifth commandment. A human person is neither the author nor the supreme arbiter of his life, of which God is sovereign master. Suicide Adultery Marital infidelity, or sexual relations between two partners, at least one of whom is married to another party. The sixth commandment and the New Testament forbid this absolutely. 6th Commandment-You shall not commit adultery. Human appetites or desires which remain disordered due to the temporal consequences of original sin, which remain even after Baptism, and which produce an inclination to sin. Concupiscence / Sexual desires The claim that the indissoluble marriage bond validly entered into between a man and a woman is broken. A civil dissolution of the marriage contract but does not free persons from a valid marriage before God; remarriage would not be morally licit. Divorce Sexual intercourse between an unmarried man and an unmarried woman. Fornication is a serious violation of the sixth commandment of God. Fornication 7th Commandment – You shall not steal. Unjustly taking and keeping the property of another, against the reasonable will of the owner. It is a violation of the seventh commandment of God. Stealing/Theft A false statement which harms the reputation of others and gives occasion for false judgments concerning them. Calumny or Slander 8th Commandment-You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour. Disclosure of another's faults and sins, without an objectively valid reason, to persons who did not know about them, thus causing unjust injury to that person's reputation. Detraction Giving one's word under oath falsely or making a promise under oath without intending to keep it. It violates the eighth commandment. Perjury A disordered inclination or desire for pleasure or possessions. One of the capital sins, it is proscribed by the ninth and tenth commandments. Covetousness 10th Commandment- You shall not covet your Neighbour's goods. Resentment or sadness at another's good fortune, and the desire to have it for oneself. One of the seven capital sins, it is contrary to the tenth commandment. Envy Identify the number of the Commandment/s being abuse or disobeyed. Catholic/Lutheran (As per Augustine, around 400 A.D.) I am the Lord your God: you shall not have strange God 1 before me. 2 You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in Vain. 3 Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day. 4 Honour your father and your mother. 5 You shall not kill. 6 You shall not commit adultery. 7 You shall not steal. 8 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour. 9 You shall not covet your neighbour's wife. 10 You shall not covet your Neighbour's goods. disrespect- parents/teacher 4 gossiping 8 prostitution 6/9 extortion 7 abortion 5 ACTIVITY Answer these questions in not more than seven (7) sentences each. Submit your answer to our teams. 1. Are we as Catholics breaking the First Commandment when we venerate statues and images of Jesus? 2. As a Catholic, what can you do to keep The 10 Commandments? 3. How would you avoid the habit, behavior, and attitude that are against The Ten Commandments?

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