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The Ten Commandments (Biblical Hebrew: עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים , romanized: ʿĂsereṯ haDəḇārīm, lit. 'The Ten Words'), or the Decalogue (from Latin decalogus, from Ancient Greek δεκάλογος, dekálogos, lit.
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What is the 6th Commandment in the Bible?
Jun 3, 2012 · The Sixth Commandment “you shall not commit adultery” pertains not only to sexual infidelity but encompasses the whole of human sexuality (2336), and is thus perhaps the most controversial commandment among the Decalogue for a contemporary audience.
TOPIC 35: SIXTH COMMANDMENT OF THE DECALOGUE. 1. Male and female he created them... God’s call to men and women to “be fruitful and multiply” should be understood from the perspective of our creation “in the image and likeness” of God (cf. Catechism 2331, 2334). This entails that human procreation, in the wider context of our ...
THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT OF GOD. 1. In the Sixth Commandment almighty God prohibits everything that might stain our own purity or that of our neighbor. One cannot enlarge upon sins against the Sixth Commandment, for the mere mention of what is impure takes the bloom off our innocence.
THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT : "Thou shalt not commit adultery" The Position Of This Commandment In The Decalogue Is Most Suitable. The bond between man and wife is one of the closest, and nothing can be more gratifying to both than to know that they are objects of mutual and special affection.
The sixth commandment, according to the USCCB, "summons spouses" to an emotional and sexual fidelity they call "essential" to marriage and is reflective of God's "fidelity to us." [ 117 ] According to Church teaching, spousal love is intended to form an unbroken, two-fold end: the union of husband and wife and the transmission of life. [ 118 ]
The sixth commandment is a very short statement and was originally expressed in Hebrew with just two words; God’s command is identical in both versions of the Decalogue.
