2538. The tenth commandment requires that envy be banished from the human heart. When the prophet Nathan wanted to spur King David to repentance, he told him the story about the poor man who had only one ewe lamb that he treated like his own daughter and the rich man who, despite the great number of his flocks, envied the poor man and ended by stealing his lamb.322 Envy can lead to the worst crimes.323 “Through the devil’s envy death entered the world”:324
We fight one another, and envy arms us against one another…. If everyone strives to unsettle the Body of Christ, where shall we end up? We are engaged in making Christ’s Body a corpse…. We declare ourselves members of one and the same organism, yet we devour one another like beasts.325
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
251. How is Christian initiation brought about?
472. Why must society protect every embryo?
484. In danger of war, who has the responsibility for the rigorous evaluation of these conditions?
128. Why is the Resurrection at the same time a transcendent occurrence?
451. How did Jesus act in regard to the Sabbath?
593. What is the specifically Christian sense of this petition?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
Justification by Faith: What Does the Bible Say? (Romans 1:17)
What is the relationship between love and obedience according to the Bible?
How important is the reorganization of the Jerusalem temple described in 2 Maccabees 10:1-9?
What is the meaning of David’s song of gratitude to God?
What does Malachi 4:1 say about the punishment of the wicked?
Who are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and what is their significance?
