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The Ten Commandments are a pillar of Western civilization. They have improved the conduct of billions of people. What would Western society look like without these Commandments?
1) "I am the Lord your God..." has shaped the Western beliefs about God. Pantheism and polytheism, which were excuses for immorality, are out.
2) The 7-day week, including a day of rest for everyone, is thanks to the Fourth Commandment.
3) Without the Fifth Commandment, society might still permit abandoning our aged parents to die.
4) Without the Sixth Commandment, we might still be killing our own children. Aristotle, who was among the greatest of the Greeks, and Seneca, the famous Roman, both write that killing one's young babies is perfectly acceptable; and that was the practice in their societies. Other nations had human sacrifice.
5) The Seventh Commandment (against adultery) is in both the Ten Commandments as well as in civil law. The same holds for the prohibition against stealing and the prohibition against bearing false testimony.
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What is the connection between the ten commandments and the natural law?
The Ten Commandments are a description of the Natural Law.
What are ten sources of law?
The ten commandments.
Are the 10 commandments and the Mosaic law 2 separate laws?
No, they're different because the are 613 mosaic laws and only 10 comandments.
How are ten commandments different from other ancient codes of law?
The ten Commandments were given directly by God to the Israelites.
What is the difference between the ten commandment and other codes of law?
The ten commandments is not a code of law.
Why the ten commandments is nowhere to be found in canon law?
There is no need for the Ten Commandments to be in canon law when it is in the authoritative Scriptures. The Scriptures has authority over the canon law. It is not the other way around.
How are Mosaic Laws similar to the Ten Commandments?
The ten commandments are part of the Mosaic Law. The Mosaic Law was given by God, via Moses, specifically to the nation of Israel (Exodus 19; Leviticus 26:46; Romans 9:4). It was made up of three parts: the Ten Commandments, the ordinances, and the worship system, which included the priesthood, the tabernacle, the offerings, and the festivals (Exodus 20-40; Leviticus 1-7; 23).
Did god reveal the natural law in the ten commandments?
No. Natural Law is scientific and universal. The Law of the Ten Commandments is moral law. Natural Law: gravity, e=mc2, and similar. Moral Law: X is wrong, Y is right, and similar.
What The ten commandments became basis for?
The civil and religious laws of Judaism
What verse says that the ten commandments has been abolished?
Romans 7:6,7 states that "Now we have been discharged from the Law, because ..... Matt. 5:17,21,33,23,27,31,38 says" "do Not think I came to destroy the Law or the prophets, I came, not to destroy, but to fulfill." Jesus, mixed together references from the ten commandments and other parts of the Law, making no distinction between them. He full-filled all the commandments, including the ten. Thus, we are no longer under the ten commandments as a LAW. Of course the principles of the ten commandments are still very valuable. Jesus instituted the new law or commandments at Matt. 22:35-40 that we should love God will all our heart, etc. ....
What is Law according to the bible?
For the most part, when the Bible speaks of 'the law' it is referring to God's Commands summarized in the well known Ten Commandments.
Did the ten commandments get abolished?
The ten commandments were abolished by Jesus Christ death. Matt. 5:17,21,23,27,31,38. "He fulfilled the Law.... Christ is the end of the law. (Romans 10:4) (Colossians 2:13-16)
