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Explanation of the Ten Commandments
— A Classic — Includes Active Table of Contents — Includes Religious Illustrations
These are the ten precepts to which Our Lord referred when He “If you would enter into life, keep the commandments” (Mt 19:17). There are two main principles of all the Commandments, namely, love of God and love of neighbor. The man that loves God must necessarily do three (1) he must have no other God. And in support of this is the “You shall not have strange gods”; (2) he must give God all honor. And so it is “You shall not take the name of God in vain”; (3) he must freely take his rest in God. “Remember that you keep holy the Sabbath day.”
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These are the ten precepts to which Our Lord referred when He “If you would enter into life, keep the commandments” (Mt 19:17). There are two main principles of all the Commandments, namely, love of God and love of neighbor. The man that loves God must necessarily do three (1) he must have no other God. And in support of this is the “You shall not have strange gods”; (2) he must give God all honor. And so it is “You shall not take the name of God in vain”; (3) he must freely take his rest in God. “Remember that you keep holy the Sabbath day.”
Aeterna Press
60 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 23, 2015
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Thomas Aquinas
2,667 books1,144 followersPhilosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas, a Dominican friar and theologian of Italy and the most influential thinker of the medieval period, combined doctrine of Aristotle and elements of Neoplatonism, a system that Plotinus and his successors developed and based on that of Plato, within a context of Christian thought; his works include the
Summa contra gentiles
(1259-1264) and the
Summa theologiae
or theologica (1266-1273).
Saint Albertus Magnus taught Saint Thomas Aquinas.
People ably note this priest, sometimes styled of Aquin or Aquino, as a scholastic. The Roman Catholic tradition honors him as a "doctor of the Church."
Aquinas lived at a critical juncture of western culture when the arrival of the Aristotelian corpus in Latin translation reopened the question of the relation between faith and reason, calling into question the modus vivendi that obtained for centuries. This crisis flared just as people founded universities. Thomas after early studies at Montecassino moved to the University of Naples, where he met members of the new Dominican order. At Naples too, Thomas first extended contact with the new learning. He joined the Dominican order and then went north to study with Albertus Magnus, author of a paraphrase of the Aristotelian corpus. Thomas completed his studies at the University of Paris, formed out the monastic schools on the left bank and the cathedral school at Notre Dame. In two stints as a regent master, Thomas defended the mendicant orders and of greater historical importance countered both the interpretations of Averroës of Aristotle and the Franciscan tendency to reject Greek philosophy. The result, a new modus vivendi between faith and philosophy, survived until the rise of the new physics. The Catholic Church over the centuries regularly and consistently reaffirmed the central importance of work of Thomas for understanding its teachings concerning the Christian revelation, and his close textual commentaries on Aristotle represent a cultural resource, now receiving increased recognition.
Saint Albertus Magnus taught Saint Thomas Aquinas.
People ably note this priest, sometimes styled of Aquin or Aquino, as a scholastic. The Roman Catholic tradition honors him as a "doctor of the Church."
Aquinas lived at a critical juncture of western culture when the arrival of the Aristotelian corpus in Latin translation reopened the question of the relation between faith and reason, calling into question the modus vivendi that obtained for centuries. This crisis flared just as people founded universities. Thomas after early studies at Montecassino moved to the University of Naples, where he met members of the new Dominican order. At Naples too, Thomas first extended contact with the new learning. He joined the Dominican order and then went north to study with Albertus Magnus, author of a paraphrase of the Aristotelian corpus. Thomas completed his studies at the University of Paris, formed out the monastic schools on the left bank and the cathedral school at Notre Dame. In two stints as a regent master, Thomas defended the mendicant orders and of greater historical importance countered both the interpretations of Averroës of Aristotle and the Franciscan tendency to reject Greek philosophy. The result, a new modus vivendi between faith and philosophy, survived until the rise of the new physics. The Catholic Church over the centuries regularly and consistently reaffirmed the central importance of work of Thomas for understanding its teachings concerning the Christian revelation, and his close textual commentaries on Aristotle represent a cultural resource, now receiving increased recognition.
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November 14, 2018
Un bon commentaire, agréablement surpris pour de l'exégèse médiévale. Interraction avec les pères et les apocryphes.
Thomas commente la première table, puis les 2 commandements de la charité (aime Dieu et ton prochain) puis la deuxième table.
Étonné de découvrir que Thomas est sabbatarien dans son commentaire du 3ème (4ème) commandement : le samedi fêtait la première création, dit-il, le dimanche célèbre la nouvelle création.
Thomas commente la première table, puis les 2 commandements de la charité (aime Dieu et ton prochain) puis la deuxième table.
Étonné de découvrir que Thomas est sabbatarien dans son commentaire du 3ème (4ème) commandement : le samedi fêtait la première création, dit-il, le dimanche célèbre la nouvelle création.
September 27, 2024
Excellent in every way. He lists out the spiritual significance of all the commandments, particularly the third which I found very interesting. St Thomas says that we can only rest in God after we have rested from our sin, our passions, and then our worldly cares. He also has a great point that while Jesus has sanctified the new creation and so the Lord's day is Sunday, we still save Saturdays for the veneration of the glorious Virgin, in honor of her faith while Christ was in the tomb.
January 20, 2026
''Three things are necessary for man to be saved: knowledge of what is to be believed, knowledge of what is to be desired, and knowledge of what is to be done. The first is taught in the Creed, where knowledge of the articles of faith is given; the second is in the Lord’s Prayer; the third is in the Law.''
- St. Thomas Aquinas, Prologue to the Explanation of the Ten Commandments
This little commentary serves as both a tool for catechesis and practical personal purposes. The explanations are simply sufficient, the fruits of their demonstrations are shown in practice, and he summarized the reason for both the whole and the particulars of the law.
Being short work by the medieval Angelic Doctor, I highly recommend it. Again, it is no wonder why he is so treasured by the Catholic Church, for his simplicity, piety, and intellectual life. It is why the Pope's have highly praised him. Leo XIII says that ''he is rightly and deservedly esteemed the special bulwark and glory of the Catholic faith” (Aeterni Patris).'' It would be worth visiting ''The Interior Life of St. Thomas Aquinas,'' by Dr. Martin Grabmann, translated by Nicholas Ashenbrener, O.P.
You will get a greater grasp of understanding the Ten Commandments from this work alone.
- St. Thomas Aquinas, Prologue to the Explanation of the Ten Commandments
This little commentary serves as both a tool for catechesis and practical personal purposes. The explanations are simply sufficient, the fruits of their demonstrations are shown in practice, and he summarized the reason for both the whole and the particulars of the law.
Being short work by the medieval Angelic Doctor, I highly recommend it. Again, it is no wonder why he is so treasured by the Catholic Church, for his simplicity, piety, and intellectual life. It is why the Pope's have highly praised him. Leo XIII says that ''he is rightly and deservedly esteemed the special bulwark and glory of the Catholic faith” (Aeterni Patris).'' It would be worth visiting ''The Interior Life of St. Thomas Aquinas,'' by Dr. Martin Grabmann, translated by Nicholas Ashenbrener, O.P.
You will get a greater grasp of understanding the Ten Commandments from this work alone.
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