2071. The commandments of the Decalogue, although accessible to reason alone, have been revealed. To attain a complete and certain understanding of the requirements of the natural law, sinful humanity needed this revelation:
A full explanation of the commandments of the Decalogue became necessary in the state of sin because the light of reason was obscured and the will had gone astray.32
We know God’s commandments through the divine revelation proposed to us in the Church, and through the voice of moral conscience. the obligation of the Decalogue
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147. What does the word Church mean?
163. How are non-Catholic Christians to be considered?
306. Why can venial sins also be the object of sacramental confession?
336. With what authority is the priestly ministry exercised?
502. What are the offenses against the dignity of marriage?
460. What are the duties of parents toward their children?
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What do Daniel’s visions of the ram and the goat in Daniel 8 mean?
What does Baruch 6:2-5 teach us about the danger of trusting ourselves instead of trusting God?
How was the defeat of the Maccabees at the Battle of Elasa described in 1 Maccabees 6:17-47?
How is the humility and grace of God manifested in the Christian’s life, according to Psalm 138:6-7?
How are God’s justice and mercy revealed in Isaiah? (Isaiah 58:1-14)
