In religion, by what name is the Decalogue better known?
"source were interleaved together, altering JE so that it was now the Ethical Decalogue which was written on the first set of tablets and subsequently destroyed. The alteration, by careful juxtaposition, subtly implied that the second set of tablets also received the Ethical rather than Ritual Decalogue, despite the text saying, immediately after the Ritual Decalogue, Besides its appearance in , where ""[t]raditionally, it is taken as a reference back to the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20"", the phrase """" also appears in , where it is associated with the Ten Commandments of Deuteronomy 5, and in . Some scholars,"
"condensed version of the Ten Commandments. The name Decalogue Stone, comes from the translation of the Hebrew letters that outline the religious and moral codes described in Exodus 20:2-17 and Deuteronomy 5:6-21, which refer to the Decalogue or Ten Commandments. The inscription begins on the front at the top of an arch above the figure of a bearded man who is wearing a turban, robe, and appears to be holding a tablet. It runs down the left side, continues around all sides, and makes its way back to the front up the right side to where it began. This pattern"
"laws and treaties, but is divided over exactly when the Ten Commandments were written and who wrote them. In biblical Hebrew, the Ten Commandments are called (transliterated ) and in Mishnaic Hebrew (transliterated ), both translatable as ""the ten words"", ""the ten sayings"", or ""the ten matters"". The Tyndale and Coverdale English biblical translations used ""ten verses"". The Geneva Bible used ""tenne commandements"", which was followed by the Bishops' Bible and the Authorized Version (the ""King James"" version) as ""ten commandments"". Most major English versions use ""commandments."" The English name ""Decalogue"" is derived from Greek , ""dekalogos"", the latter meaning"
"Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments (, ""Aseret ha'Dibrot""), also known as the Decalogue, are a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship, which play a fundamental role in Judaism and Christianity. The commandments include instructions to worship only God, to honour one's parents, and to keep the sabbath, as well as prohibitions against idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery, theft, dishonesty, and coveting. Different religious groups follow different traditions for interpreting and numbering them. The Ten Commandments appear twice in the Hebrew Bible, in the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy. Modern scholarship has found likely influences in Hittite and Mesopotamian"
"Decalogue. The majority of critical scholars thus support the position that, while the Ritual Decalogue was replaced by the Ethical Decalogue, the Holiness Code was chosen, or designed, to replace the Covenant Code. The holiness code is believed to have been written as a form to avoid sexual deviations, sexually transmitable diseases and other forms of physical illness for the people of Israel with some specified as applicable for Proselytes. Some of its teachings are still in practice in the mainstream Christian denominations, however see Leviticus 18 and Biblical law in Christianity for details. Among evangelical Christians, there is debate"
"34:28 identifies a different list as the ten commandments, that of Exodus 34:11–27. Since this passage does not prohibit murder, adultery, theft, etc., but instead deals with the proper worship of Yahweh, some scholars call it the ""Ritual Decalogue"", and disambiguate the ten commandments of traditional understanding as the ""Ethical Decalogue"". According to these scholars the Bible includes multiple versions of events. On the basis of many points of analysis including linguistic it is shown as a patchwork of sources sometimes with bridging comments by the editor (Redactor) but otherwise left intact from the original, frequently side by side. Richard"
"our hearts under the government of it. Thou shalt not covet ""Thou shalt not covet"" is the most common translation of one (or two, depending on the numbering tradition) of the Ten Commandments or Decalogue, which are widely understood as moral imperatives by legal scholars, Jewish scholars, Catholic scholars, and Protestant scholars. The Book of Exodus and the Book of Deuteronomy both describe the Ten Commandments as having been spoken by God, inscribed on two stone tablets by the finger of God, and, after Moses broke the original tablets, rewritten by God on replacements. In traditions that consider the passage"
"Thou shalt not covet ""Thou shalt not covet"" is the most common translation of one (or two, depending on the numbering tradition) of the Ten Commandments or Decalogue, which are widely understood as moral imperatives by legal scholars, Jewish scholars, Catholic scholars, and Protestant scholars. The Book of Exodus and the Book of Deuteronomy both describe the Ten Commandments as having been spoken by God, inscribed on two stone tablets by the finger of God, and, after Moses broke the original tablets, rewritten by God on replacements. In traditions that consider the passage a single commandment, the full text reads:"
"Dekalog Dekalog (, also known as Dekalog: The Ten Commandments and The Decalogue) is a 1989 Polish television drama series directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigniew Preisner. It consists of ten one-hour films, inspired by the decalogue of the Ten Commandments. Each short film explores characters facing one or several moral or ethical dilemmas as they live in an austere housing project in 1980s Poland. The series, which is Kieślowski's most acclaimed work, was said in 2002 to be ""the best dramatic work ever done specifically for television"" and has won"
"in Scripture that might serve as aids in refuting those persons who denied the Torah. It is in the form of a dialogue between a loyal Jew and an apostate. The loyal Jew claims that the true religion of the Jew may be recognized by the moral conduct of the individual; all Jews are intent on carrying out in their lives the Decalogue; they give no divine honors to any one besides God; do not perjure themselves; commit no murder; and are not robbers. Their children are educated in the fear of God; their women are chaste; the Jews are"
"of Mount Gerizim. The text of the Samaritan tenth commandment follows: Most traditions of Christianity hold that the Ten Commandments have divine authority and continue to be valid, though they have different interpretations and uses of them. The Apostolic Constitutions, which implore believers to ""always remember the ten commands of God,"" reveal the importance of the Decalogue in the early Church. Through most of Christian history the decalogue was considered a summary of God's law and standard of behaviour, central to Christian life, piety, and worship. During his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus explicitly referenced the prohibitions against murder and"
"Decalogue) in the hearing of all Israel. Moses goes up the mountain into the presence of God, who pronounces the Covenant Code (a detailed code of ritual and civil law), and promises Canaan to them if they obey. Moses comes down the mountain and writes down God's words and the people agree to keep them. God calls Moses up the mountain where he remains for 40 days and 40 nights. At the conclusion of the 40 days and 40 nights, Moses returns holding the set of stone tablets. God gives Moses instructions for the construction of the tabernacle so that"
"his doctrine of the Logos. He calls the Logos ""second god [deuteros theos]"" (Questions and Answers on Genesis 2:62), the ""archangel of many names,"" ""taxiarch"" (corps-commander), the ""name of God,"" also the ""heavenly Adam"", the ""man, the word of the eternal God."" The Logos is also designated as ""high priest"", in reference to the exalted position which the high priest occupied after the Exile as the real center of the Jewish state. The Logos, like the high priest, is the expiator of sins, and the mediator and advocate for men: ἱκέτης, and παράκλητος. From Alexandrian theology Philo borrowed the idea"
"which is usually treated separately. This separate treatment stems not from any concern over authorship, but merely because the Ethical Decalogue is treated academically as a subject in its own right. Almost the entirety of Deuteronomy is presented as the last few speeches of Moses, beginning with an historical introduction as well as a second introduction which expands on the Ethical Decalogue, and ending with hortatory speeches and final words of encouragement. Between these is found the law code, at Deuteronomy 12-26. In critical scholarship, this portion, as well as the majority of the remainder of Deuteronomy, was written by"
"According to John Bright, however, there is an important distinction between the Decalogue and the ""book of the covenant"" (Exodus 21-23 and 34:10–24). The Decalogue, he argues, was modelled on the suzerainty treaties of the Hittites (and other Mesopotamian Empires), that is, represents the relationship between God and Israel as a relationship between king and vassal, and enacts that bond. ""The prologue of the Hittite treaty reminds his vassals of his benevolent acts.. (compare with Exodus 20:2 ""I am the your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery""). The Hittite treaty"
"by them, and in this manner a person becomes a receptacle and an abode of the Lord's presence. In this union between man and the Lord the faith becomes a living spiritual faith. All the precepts of how one should live is contained in the precepts of the Decalogue. The first act of faith is repentance, which is a self-examination and acknowledgement of one's sins, and turning away from evil. All of sacred scripture concerns the Lord and his kingdom, and the Lord Himself is the Word. As a corollary doctrine, there are thus three essential doctrines or pillars of"
"the gnostic demiurge; the second part is attributable to Moses, and the third part to the elders of the Jewish people. In addition, Ptolemy subdivides the part of the Decalogue ascribed to the inferior god into three further sections: This part of the Decalogue includes such precepts as circumcision and fasting and was raised by the saviour from a sensible to a spiritual plane. The god who is the author of the law, insofar as it is not the product of human effort, is the demiurge who occupies a middle position between the Supreme God and the devil. He is"
"from any other Jewish, Catholic, Islamic or Protestant version, by including the commandment: ""Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."" While not in the list of commandments, this admonition appears in the Hebrew Bible in Leviticus 19:18, and five times in the New Testament. In his ""Note on the Decalogue,"" Strang asserted that no other version of the Decalogue contains more than nine commandments, and speculated that his fourth commandment was lost perhaps as early as Josephus' time (circa 37-100 AD). Strang's version of the Decalogue (together with the rest of his teaching) are rejected by all non-Strangite Mormon factions,"
"often used in English as ""-logy""; meaning “word,” “reason,” or “plan”) plural logoi, in Greek philosophy and theology, the divine reason implicit in the cosmos, ordering it and giving it form and meaning.). See Melissa Raphael in ""Encyclopedia of Religion"". Thealogy has areas in common with feminist theology, the study of God from a feminist perspective, often emphasising monotheism. Thus the relation is an overlap as thealogy is not limited to deity in spite of its etymology; the two fields have been described as both related and interdependent. The term's origin and initial use is open to continuing debate. Patricia"
"Sabbath commandment, referring it to eschatological rest rather than observance of a literal day. Such writing, however, did serve to deepen the idea of Christian rest on Sunday, and its practice increased in prominence throughout the early Middle Ages. Thomas Aquinas taught that the Decalogue is an expression of natural law which binds all men, and therefore the Sabbath commandment is a moral requirement along with the other nine. Thus in the west, Sunday rest became more closely associated with a Christian application of the Sabbath, a development towards the idea of a ""Christian Sabbath"" rather than a Hebrew one."
"U.S. civil religion, along with adding the phrase ""under God"" to the Pledge of Allegiance. By the beginning of the twenty-first century in the U.S., however, Decalogue monuments and plaques in government spaces had become a legal battleground between religious as well as political liberals and conservatives. Organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Americans United for Separation of Church and State launched lawsuits challenging the posting of the ten commandments in public buildings. The ACLU has been supported by a number of religious groups (such as the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and the American Jewish Congress), both"
"texts suggests it probably was not a regular biblical scroll, but contained only excerpts from Deuteronomy, possibly for liturgical or devotional purposes. Another explanation, suggested by Dead Sea Scrolls scholar John Strugnell, is that the scroll was repaired incorrectly. The text of the decalogue generally follows Deuteronomy, but is in some places modified to bring it in harmony with the parallel version in Exodus. One significant variant, unique to this manuscript, is the addition of the reason for the institution of the sabbath, normally found only in the account in Exodus. 4Q41 4Q41 or 4QDeuteronomy (often abbreviated 4QDeut or 4QDt),"
"to serve as a preface to the whole Decalogue. In his commentary on the first commandment, Calvin describes superstition as akin to a wife committing adultery in front of her husband. Martin Luther describes the first commandment as prohibiting both the literal honoring of other gods as well as trusting in idols of the heart: money, good works, superstition, etc. Like Calvin, Matthew Henry considers “I am the thy God” to be a preface. Henry explains the preface and the first commandment from a covenant viewpoint: God delivered Israel from Egypt, and they belong to him by mutual agreement, so"
"Menologium Menologium (), also written menology, and menologe, is a service-book used in the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Rite of Constantinople. From its derivation from Greek , ""menológion"", from μήν ""mén"" ""a month"", via Latin ""menologium"", the literal meaning is ""month-set""—in other words, a book arranged according to the months. Like a good many other liturgical terms (e.g., lectionary), the word has been used in several quite distinct senses. ""Menologion"" has several different meanings: One of the most important collections of this kind is that made by Symeon Metaphrastes. Father Delehaye and Albert"
"Book of Deuteronomy The Book of Deuteronomy (literally ""second law,"" from Greek ""deuteros"" + ""nomos"") is the fifth book of the Christian Old Testament and of the Jewish Torah, where it is called ""Devarim"" (Heb. ספר דברים). Chapters 1–30 of the book consist of three sermons or speeches delivered to the Israelites by Moses on the plains of Moab, shortly before they enter the Promised Land. The first sermon recounts the forty years of wilderness wanderings which had led to that moment, and ends with an exhortation to observe the law (or teachings), later referred to as the Law of"
"Devaloka In Indian religions, a devaloka or deva loka is a plane of existence where gods and devas exist. The deva lokas are usually described as places of eternal light and goodness, similar to the concept of Heaven. Teachers of different Hindu denominations may call such homes of the gods by other names, including Svarga, each differing in non-fundamental aspects. To Hindus, Devaloka is a plane of blissful existence that can be reached as soon as one is sufficiently attuned to light and good. However, to become even better and to learn more, one must return to a life on"
"of Rome. The Ethiopic Didascalia, or Didesqelya, is a book of Church order in 43 chapters, distinct from the Didascalia Apostolorum, but similar to books I–VII of the Apostolic Constitutions, where it most likely finds its origins. There is a project underway to translate the complete Ethiopian canon into English for the benefit of Ethiopian expatriates. Old Testament New Testament Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon The Orthodox Tewahedo churches within the Oriental Orthodox Church currently have the largest and most diverse biblical canon in traditional Christendom. Western scholars have classified the books of the Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon into two categories"
"Book of Revelation The Book of Revelation, often called the Revelation to John, the Apocalypse of John, The Revelation, or simply Revelation, the Revelation of Jesus Christ (from its opening words) or the Apocalypse (and often misquoted as Revelations), is the final book of the New Testament, and therefore also the final book of the Christian Bible. It occupies a central place in Christian eschatology. Its title is derived from the first word of the text, written in Koine Greek: ""apokalypsis"", meaning ""unveiling"" or ""revelation"" (before title pages and titles, books were commonly known by the incipit, their first words,"
"While the exact position of Paul the Apostle and Judaism is still debated, a common view is that in place of the elaborate code of laws (""mitzvah"") set out in Deuteronomy, Paul the Apostle, drawing on , claimed that the keeping of the Mosaic covenant was superseded by faith in Jesus and the gospel (the New Covenant). Deuteronomy in NIV Book of Deuteronomy The Book of Deuteronomy (literally ""second law,"" from Greek ""deuteros"" + ""nomos"") is the fifth book of the Christian Old Testament and of the Jewish Torah, where it is called ""Devarim"" (Heb. ספר דברים). Chapters 1–30 of"
"critical scholarship is concerned, the Covenant Code, and the Ritual Decalogue which partially repeats it, can be seen to form the foundation of the Deuteronomic legislation. This is evident partly from the numerous verbal coincidences, whole clauses, and sometimes even an entire law, being repeated verbatim, and partly from the fact that frequently a law in Deuteronomy consists of an expansion, or application to particular cases, of a principle laid down more briefly in the Covenant Code or Ritual Decalogue. This can, for example, be seen in Deuteronomy 16:1-17, concerning the three annual feasts, which are described very basically in"
"Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"". Deacon A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. Some Christian churches, such as the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Anglican church, view the diaconate as part of the clerical state; in others, the deacon remains a layperson. The word ""deacon"" is derived from the Greek word ""diákonos"" (διάκονος), which is a standard ancient Greek word meaning ""servant"", ""waiting-man"", ""minister"", or ""messenger"". One commonly promulgated speculation as"
"Devachan Devachan (compound word; Sanskrit 'deva', gods, and the Tibetan word 'chan' Wylie: 'can', possessing, having, subject to) is the ""dwelling of the gods"" according to the original teachings of Theosophy as formulated by H.P. Blavatsky. ""Devachan"" is regarded as the place where most souls go after death where desires are gratified, corresponding to the Christian belief in Heaven. However, Devachan is a temporary, intermediate state of being before the soul's eventual rebirth into the physical world. C.W. Leadbeater located the ""Devachan"" on the mental plane many miles far above the surface of Earth. While those souls at the zeroth"
"on Law"","" and has recently been translated into English and published as ""On the Law in General"" (2012). In this work, Zanchius repeatedly references natural law, arguing that its authority is equal to that of the Decalogue: ""Because the Decalogue defines and describes the same things that are called natural law, the Ten Commandments themselves are often called 'natural law.'. . . It must be mentioned that just as Christ is the fulfillment of the entire Mosaic law, so, too, is he the fulfillment of natural law because, as human beings are convicted of sin through the law, they flee"