How many commandments are there in the Catholic Church?

the Ten Commandments
According to Exodus in the Old Testament, God issued his own set of laws (the Ten Commandments) to Moses on Mount Sinai. In Catholicism, the Ten Commandments are considered divine law because God himself revealed them. And because they were spelled out specifically with no room for ambiguity, they’re also positive law.

What are the 5 Laws of the Catholic Church?

The Catechism of the Catholic Church (1997) lists five: to attend Mass on Sundays and Feasts of Obligation; to go to confession (see Penance) at least once a year; to receive Communion during the Easter season; to keep holy the Feasts of Obligation; and to observe the days of fasting and abstinence.

What are the 10 Commandments Catholic Church?

The Ten Commandments

  • I am the LORD your God: you shall not have strange Gods before me.
  • You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
  • Remember to keep holy the LORD’S Day.
  • Honor your father and your mother.
  • You shall not kill.
  • You shall not commit adultery.
  • You shall not steal.

What are the seven commandment of the Church?

The seven sacraments—Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Communion, Confession, Marriage, Holy Orders, and the Anointing of the Sick—are the life of the Catholic Church.

What are the 7 corporal works of mercy?

The various groups of figures composing the scene symbolically illustrate the seven corporal acts of mercy: to feed the hungry, to give drink to the thirsty, to clothe the naked, to give shelter to travellers, to visit the sick, to visit the imprisoned, and to bury the dead.

Where are the 10 commandments found in the Catholic Bible?

The Old Testament refers to ten individual commandments, even though there are more than ten imperative sentences in the two relevant texts: Exodus 20:1–17 and Deuteronomy 5:6–21.

What are the sixth and ninth commandments?

The Sixth and Ninth Commandments. 321. The sixth commandment is: “Thou shalt not commit adultery”, and the ninth: “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife”. These two commandments regard the proper propagation of life; hence their great importance.

What is the 6th of the 10 Commandments?

The Sixth Commandment of the Ten Commandments could refer to: “Thou shalt not kill” under the Philonic division used by Hellenistic Jews, Greek Orthodox and Protestants except Lutherans, or the Talmudic division of the third-century Jewish Talmud.

Can a Catholic have a tattoo?

Paul makes it perfectly clear that the ceremonial law is no longer binding. I’ll cut to the chase: There is nothing immoral about tattoos. Mother Church has never condemned them, and neither can I. It is one of those areas where a Catholic must follow his or her conscience.