I believe the Catholic Church removed the idol Command from the Ten Commandments. Although there is no numbering system in the ancient biblical text of the Ten Commandments. I CAN count. There is one missing.
You are counting them according to the system imposed by your tradition. But the Commandments listed in Exodus 20 and Deut 5 contain more than 10 imperatives. Approximately 14 or 15.
If one removes the idol command from the ten then that leaves nine.
Hm? The Douay Rheims is an English Translation Catholic Bible based upon St. Jerome's Latin Vulgate. Let's see what Commanmdents are included therein:
The listing in Exodus 20:
[1] And the Lord spoke all these words: [2] I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. [3] Thou shalt not have strange gods before me.
[4] Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth. [5] Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:
[6] And shewing mercy unto thousands to them that love me, and keep my commandments. [7] Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that shall take the name of the Lord his God in vain. [8] Remember that thou keep holy the sabbath day. [9] Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy works. [10] But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work on it, thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy beast, nor the stranger that is within thy gates.
[11] For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them, and rested on the seventh day: therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it. [12] Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee. [13] Thou shalt not kill. [14] Thou shalt not commit adultery. [15] Thou shalt not steal.
[16] Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. [17] Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house: neither shalt thou desire his wife, nor his servant, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his.
I placed it in bold so that you could see it better.
Now let's look at Deut 5:
[6] I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. [7] Thou shalt not have strange gods in my sight.
[8] Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any things, that are in heaven above, or that are in the earth beneath, or that abide in the waters under the earth. [9] Thou shalt not adore them, and thou shalt not serve them. For I am the Lord thy God, a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon their children unto the third and fourth generation, to them that hate me, [10] And shewing mercy unto many thousands, to them that love me, and keep my commandments.
[11] Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for he shall not be unpunished that taketh his name upon a vain thing. [12] Observe the day of the sabbath, to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. [13] Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy works. [14] The seventh is the day of the sabbath, that is, the rest of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not do any work therein, thou nor thy son nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant nor thy maidservant, nor thy ox, nor thy ass, nor any of thy beasts, nor the stranger that is within thy gates: that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest, even as thyself. [15] Remember that thou also didst serve in Egypt, and the Lord thy God brought thee out from thence with a strong hand, and a stretched out arm. Therefore hath he commanded thee that thou shouldst observe the sabbath day.
[16] Honour thy father and mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee, that thou mayst live a long time, and it may be well with thee in the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee. [17] Thou shalt not kill. [18] Neither shalt thou commit adultery. [19] And thou shalt not steal. [20] Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
[21] Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife: nor his house, nor his field, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his.
Again, the prohibition against making idols is in bold for your convenience.
So, then they split a commandment into two to make ten. And, this appears to be what has happened.
Appearances are deceiving. St. Augustine merely made the most logical order of the Commandments. Commandment #1 in the Catholic system begins with Exodus 20 v2 and ends with v6. Or in Deut, begins with 5 v6-10.
That is all one Commandment to adore God alone. Idols are false gods.
They split the covet command. It reads: You shall not covet your neighbor's house. Note the period. It's as plain as day.
Look at the originals and you will find no period. An ancient form of punctuation was introduced by St. Jerome for his Latin Vulgate. As far as I know that was the first time it was done in a Biblical manuscript.
"Your neighbor" is a man. And, the home was the man's most important possession. Then come the lesser possessions.
Hm? Really? You either have not read much Scripture or you are separating this text from the rest of Scripture for your own purposes.
such as your neighbor's wife, servant, ox or donkey or anything that belongs to him.
Which one of those is called "one flesh" with the man, in Scripture?
Which ever one of those is called one flesh with the man, I would expect to be set aside in a category all by herself, rather than lumped in with the other "possessions", wouldn't you?
Anything that belongs to your neighbor ....Do you agree that the role of the female of the species was considered by God to be of lesser value than that of a male, do you not? You do agree that the female as well as the male's donkey were property of the male, do you not? Like it or not, God was super-sexist.
You can believe what you want, but Moses taught:
Genesis 2:24
Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.
And Jesus taught:
Matthew 19:5
For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.
And for that reason, the Augustinian (which the Catholic Church adopted) arrangement is much more logical than the Philoian or the Josephian, which are the only two which preceded his. And also more logical than the Protestant arrangement which followed all of them.
Sincerely,
De Maria
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