1. You shall have no other gods.
2. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God.
3. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
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The other seven Commandments are concerned with peoples' relationships with each other:
4. Honor you father and your mother.
5. You shall not murder.
6. You shall not commit adultery.
7. You shall not steal.
8. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
9. You shall not covet your neighbor's house.
10. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his man-servant or maid-servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
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When I joined the Lutheran church, I was a bit taken aback by the changes Martin Luther made in the Ten Commandments. Who gave him the authority to do such a thing? He gave it to himself, evidently.
He seems to leave out the Commandment against making graven images, although Lutherans would say it is part of the first Commandment. Luther was a Catholic, and they use lots of images.
As for "Thou shall not covet", Luther gave the concept of 'coveting thy neighbor's house' its own single Commandment........I'm a bit stumped by that. Why split up the coveting Commandment? Maybe it was so he could regain the command he lost when he dropped the graven image one.
6 comments:
Ah, that Luther. He was a complicated guy. I never knew that he altered the commandments.
So what were you before you were Lutheran?
Hi, Ruth!
I was raised American Baptist.
How's the weather in Illinois? We have rain, rain, and flood warnings.
We've had rain, thunder, tornado warnings (spent a while in the basement last night) and more rain.
I was raised North American Baptist. Something in common.
Ruth,
Oh, I'm sorry to hear you've been under the storm gun, too. I hope you don't live in an area that floods!
We might be from the same Baptist background.....our church was a member of the Northern Baptist Convention of the American Baptist Church.....(I think that's how it was). We supported Judson College.
Another lovely stained glass window! And, an informative post; I learned something new today (about Luther.)
Hi, Pat!
Thanks for swinging by! Yes, Martin Luther was an interesting character......a very bold fellow.
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