Catechism of the Catholic Church (original) (raw)

CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
SECOND EDITION

PART THREE LIFE IN CHRIST

SECTION TWO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

CHAPTER ONE
"YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND"

2083 Jesus summed up man's duties toward God in this saying: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind."1 This immediately echoes the solemn call: "Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God is one LORD."2

God has loved us first. The love of the One God is recalled in the first of the "ten words." The commandments then make explicit the response of love that man is called to give to his God.

1 Mt 22:37; cf. Lk 10:27:". . . and with all your strength."
2 Deut 6:4.

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