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The Catechism in Questions & Answers
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- 280. What is the function of God’s commandments?
- 281. With what attitude should human beings obey the commandments of God?
- 282. What is the greatest commandment?
- 283. What is the basis of man’s love for God?
- 284. What does the commandment to love God demand, and what does this require?
- 285. What is the commandment to love one’s neighbour?
- 286. What does the commandment to love one’s neighbour demand?
- 287. Who is this “neighbour”?
- 288. Did Jesus say anything else about the commandment to love one’s neighbour?
- 289. What does the “golden rule” state?
- 290. How is the love for one’s neighbour to be revealed in the congregation?
- 291. What does this “love for one another” produce in the congregation?
- 292. What is the text of the Ten Commandments?
- 293. To whom were the Ten Commandments given?
- 294. What significance did the Ten Commandments hold for the people of Israel?
- 295. Did Jesus and His Apostles comment on the Ten Commandments?
- 296. To whom do the Ten Commandments apply?
- 297. How are God’s commandments to be seen in relationship to the laws of the state?
- 298. What does it mean to violate the commandments of God?
- 299. How can the whole law be fulfilled?
- 300. What is the First Commandment?
- 301. What does the First Commandment mean?
- 302. What is the significance of the First Commandment in the Old Testament?
- 303. What does the prohibition to worship other gods imply?
- 304. How are we to understand the prohibition of producing and worshipping images?
- 305. Are we forbidden to paint pictures or take photographs?
- 306. What is the significance of the First Commandment in the New Testament?
- 307. What does the First Commandment mean for us today?
- 308. What is the Second Commandment?
- 309. What does the Second Commandment mean?
- 310. What is the significance of the Second Commandment in the Old Testament?
- 311. What is the significance of the Second Commandment in the New Testament?
- 312. What does the Second Commandment mean for us today?
- 313. How might one take the name of God in vain?
- 314. What is the consequence of violating the Second Commandment?
- 315. Is it a violation of the Second Commandment to swear while invoking the name of God?
- 316. What is the Third Commandment?
- 317. What is the meaning of the Third Commandment?
- 318. What is the significance of the Third Commandment in the Old Testament?
- 319. What is the significance of the Third Commandment in the New Testament?
- 320. Why do Christians hallow the Sunday as the “Sabbath”?
- 321. How do we keep the Sunday holy?
- 322. What is the Fourth Commandment?
- 323. What is the meaning of the Fourth Commandment?
- 324. What is the significance of the Fourth Commandment in the Old Testament?
- 325. What is the significance of the Fourth Commandment in the New Testament?
- 326. What does the Fourth Commandment mean for us today?
- 327. How is the promise of a “long life” to be understood today?
- 328. Does the Fourth Commandment also imply certain duties for the parents?
- 329. What is the Fifth Commandment?
- 330. What is the meaning of the Fifth Commandment?
- 331. What is the significance of the Fifth Commandment in the Old Testament?
- 332. What is the significance of the Fifth Commandment in the New Testament?
- 333. What is the significance of the Fifth Commandment for us today?
- 334. Is an abortion a violation of the Fifth Commandment?
- 335. Does the Fifth Commandment also apply to suicide?
- 336. Is killing in self-defence a violation of the Fifth Commandment?
- 337. What does the commandment say about killing in war?
- 338. Is euthanasia a violation of the Fifth Commandment?
- 339. How should the death penalty be assessed from the perspective of the Fifth Commandment?
- 340. Does the Fifth Commandment also apply to the killing of animals?
- 341. What is the Sixth Commandment?
- 342. What is the meaning of the Sixth Commandment?
- 343. What is the significance of the Sixth Commandment in the Old Testament?
- 344. What is the significance of the Sixth Commandment in the New Testament?
- 345. What does the New Testament have to say about divorce?
- 346. What does the Sixth Commandment mean for us today?
- 347. What is the position of the New Apostolic Church toward divorced individuals?
- 348. What is the Seventh Commandment?
- 349. What is the meaning of the Seventh Commandment?
- 350. What is the significance of the Seventh Commandment in the Old Testament?
- 351. What is the significance of the Seventh Commandment in the New Testament?
- 352. What does the Seventh Commandment mean for us today?
- 353. What is the Eighth Commandment?
- 354. What is the meaning of the Eighth Commandment?
- 355. What is the significance of the Eighth Commandment in the Old Testament?
- 356. What is the significance of the Eighth Commandment in the New Testament?
- 357. What does the Eighth Commandment mean for us today?
- 358. What duties result for Christians from the Eighth Commandment?
- 359. What are the Ninth and Tenth Commandments?
- 360. Why are the Ninth and Tenth Commandments often summarised into one?
- 361. What is the meaning of the Ninth and Tenth Commandments?
- 362. What is the significance of the Ninth and Tenth Commandments in the Old Testament?
- 363. What is the significance of the Ninth and Tenth Commandments in the New Testament?
- 364. What is the meaning of the Ninth and Tenth Commandments for us today?
337. What does the commandment say about killing in war?
Killing in war is a violation of the Fifth Commandment. For the individual, the commandment implies a responsibility to avoid killing wherever possible. In individual cases it may be that one’s actions barely incur any guilt before God in such situations.
Guilt before God: see Question 230.