2060. The gift of the commandments and of the Law is part of the covenant God sealed with his own. In Exodus, the revelation of the “ten words” is granted between the proposal of the covenant 22 and its conclusion – after the people had committed themselves to “do” all that the Lord had said, and to “obey” it.23 The Decalogue is never handed on without first recalling the covenant (“The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.”).24
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295. Why did Christ institute the sacraments of Penance and the Anointing of the Sick?
267. What is the essential rite of Confirmation?
30. Why is faith a personal act, and at the same time ecclesial?
522. How does one bear witness to the truth?
256. In what does the essential rite of Baptism consist?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What do Daniel’s visions of the ram and the goat in Daniel 8 mean?
How can faith influence Christian behavior according to 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12?
What is Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem described in Mark 11:1-11?
What does the Song of Songs teach us about the search for the loved one?
What is the importance of gratitude and contentment according to the book of Ecclesiastes?
What does God’s sovereignty over human history mean, as described in Zephaniah 1:15?
