The answers below come from Luther's Small Catechism. The Lutheran church numbers the commandments differently than most Protestant denominations, which is why the title of this article refers to the seventh commandment, but the answers below list indicate sixth.
Seventh Commandment
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The questions and answers below are copied from different catechisms. Please see the note at the end of each question for the reference.
Eighth Commandment
The eighth commandment is, "Thou shalt not steal." (Exodus 20:15)
The answers below come from Luther's Small Catechism. The Lutheran church numbers the commandments differently than most Protestant denominations, which is why the title of this article refers to the ninth commandment, but the answers below list indicate eighth.
Ninth Commandment
Most of the answers below come from Luther's Small Catechism. The Lutheran church numbers the commandments differently than most Protestant denominations, which is why the title of this article refers to the tenth commandment, but the answers below list indicate ninth and tenth.
Tenth Commandment
Very easily, since we can reduce it to two heads. The former is to love God with all our heart, and soul, and strength — the latter, to love our neighbours as ourselves. (Mark 12:30; Luke 10:27)
To love him as God should be loved — that is, recognizing him as at once our Lord, and Father, and Preserver. Accordingly, to the love...
Even though there are many catechisms, most of them teach the same basic topics:
The order of the topics in different catechisms vary. I started this series with the Ten Commandments because I expected the answers would be similar in different...
God is the first and best of beings. (Isaiah 44:6; Psalm 8:1; 97:9)
God is the Creator of heaven and earth, and of all things.
God had no beginning; He always was and He always will be.
God is everywhere.
We do not see God, because He is a pure spirit and...
Yes; there is but one God.
There can be but one God, because God, being supreme and infinite, cannot have an equal.
There are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one God, the same in essence, equal in power and glory. (1 Corinthians 8:6; John 10:30; John 14:9; Acts...
I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the second Person of the Blessed Trinity, true God and true man.
Jesus Christ is true God because He is the true and only Son of God the Father.
We mean that Jesus is the only perfect image of the Father, and shows us the...
The Holy Spirit is the third person in the Holy Trinity, true God with the Father and the Son—therefore not merely the power or energy of God (Matthew 28:19).
Because the Scriptures clearly call Him God, teaching that:
