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What is a commandment?

What is a commandment? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (archaic) Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.
  2. (obsolete) The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
  3. (law) The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
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My mind sped from the first commandment to Paul's advice about eating food offered to idols.
The minimum that one can give to fulfill this commandment is one-third of a shekel per year.
Where the commandment does fall down is its lack of relevance to tenement life.
He immediately points out that sins against this commandment include not helping one's neighbor in preventing unchastity.
They are so structured that acceptance of the relationship created by the first commandment entails obedience to all the rest.
The second commandment also relates to the problem of idolatry and warns us against worship of the true God in a false way.

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