What commandment is missing in the Catholic religion, and if one is missing, how do they still have ten commandments and why?

mibmob

Nothing missing. Have a look at this which explains everything. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04153a.htm Jan 17 05, 2:35 PM

TabbyTom

The recitation of the Commandments for many English Christians traditionally begins with “I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of bondage.” However, this is not seen in itself as a commandment in the Anglican catechism. For Anglicans, the first commandment is “Thou shalt have none other gods but me”: the second is “Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image …” Roman Catholics regard both of these, together with the sentence beginning “I am the Lord ….” as forming the first commandment. For Anglicans, the tenth commandment is “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is his.” For Roman Catholics, the ninth commandment forbids the coveting of a neighbour’s wife; the tenth forbids the coveting of his goods. Sources: The Catechism of the Book of Common Prayer (the King James Bible wording is slightly different and does not of course number the commandments) and the Catechism of the Catholic Church (English translation 1994). §2066 of the Catholic Catechism says “The division and numbering of the commandments has varied in the course of history. The present Catechism follows the division …. established by St Augustine, which has become traditional in the Catholic Church. It is also that of the Lutheran confessions. The Greek fathers worked out a slightly different division, which is found in the Orthodox churches and Reformed communities.” Incidentally, Roman Catholics and Anglicans have also traditionally differed in their numbering of the Psalms, though both agree that there are 150 of them. Jan 18 05, 2:14 PM