The second Commandment is to not take the Lord’s name in vain, but I was just reading the Catechism and it says this commandment also extends to saints.
Does anyone know why exactly? Blasphemy of a saint is not quite nearly the same as blasphemy of Jesus.
Oh, I suppose. I didn’t take it to that level when I was thinking about it last night. Some of the teachings of the Church are not immediately apparent but require putting a few things together logically. ” title=”Wink” />
Well, I primarily wanted an answer, but if a discussion arose out of it that would be cool.
I was asking because I am writing a series of articles about the 10 Commandments and I stumbled upon that in the Catechism so I decided to ask about it here. ” title=”Wink” />
Those are the two systems for determining the numbering of the Ten Commandments. The Protestants and Orthodox adopted the Greek numbers while Catholics and German Lutherans use the Augustinian ones.