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Commandments of the Church

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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In a broad sense, the laws or Precepts issued by the Church in pursuance of her office of authentic and authorized organ and interpreter of Revelation, binding on the faithful universally, with the gravest sanction; in a restricted sense, a particular code of precepts, limited in number, broad in character, moral and ecclesiastic, rather than doctrinal in content. The Church has defined nothing concerning the form and number of these commandments, although recommending in a general way the observance of such a code. Theologians in drawing up lists of these technical commandments have varied in details. The six commandments of the Church noted in the catechisms officially promulgated in the United States and prescribed in substantially their present form by the Fathers of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore (1886) are the following:

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Entry for 'Commandments of the Church'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​c/commandments-of-the-church.html. 1910.
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