decalogue in English

noun
1
the Ten Commandments.
There is considerable debate in the U.S. whether the Decalogue should be posted in public schools, public parks, government offices, etc, and under which circumstances posting is constitutional.

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1. Ten Commandments definition, the precepts spoken by God to Israel, delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai; the Decalogue

2. One interesting aspect of this Daily Decalogue is its emphasis on taking each day as it comes.

3. There is a sense in which the entire Decalogue was limited to the covenant community only.

4. The Ten Commandments, or Decalogue, are rightly revered and practiced by those of Judeo-Christian heritage

5. The traditional explanation is on the right track: the Decalogue is clearly set apart from the rest of the Mosaic legislation.

6. There seems to be a divine spotlight on the Decalogue, as if God wanted to say to Israel, "Here are the really important and crucial commandments;"

7. One very interesting set of resolutions is the "Daily Decalogue" of Pope John XXIII, who was Pope from 1958-1963 and was known as "The Good Pope.

8. The law of nature is substantially identical to the decalogue and was revealed in Eden and is known naturally by all humans such that all are without excuse before God.

9. The Sabbath is included in the Decalogue precisely in order to signal that this is the covenant of works, and that Israel is now on probation in the land ("My rest" – Psalm .

10. This art will be usefull in Blazoning arms on monuments for inscriptions tables of the decalogue over the altars &c as by this method they will be preserved ages from the injuries of the weather

11. The Antinomians took their origin from John Agricola, about the year 1538, who taught that the law was in no wise necessary under the Gospel; that good works do not promote our salvation, nor ill ones hinder it; that repentance is not to be preached from the decalogue, but only from the Gospel.