Did Catholics Remove the Second Commandment
Did Catholics Remove the Second Commandment Its common to hear Protestants claiming that Catholics removed the second commandment because they are interested in worshipping Graven images. This mistaken notion is comes from the fact that most Protestants do not realize that the Scriptures do not number the commandments and secondly that the numbering of the ten commandments can be done using different methods leading to different numberings. In this article I will deal with the topic mainly showing that the Protestant numbering repeats the same commandment twice. A short summary of the 10 Commandments numbering Catholic and Lutheran Numbering Other Protestants Numbering 1 Do not commit Idolatry Do not commit idolatry 2 Do not use God ‘s name in vain Do not commit Idolatry 3 Keep the sabbath Do not use God ‘s name in vain 4 ...