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Decalogue

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Decalogue: see Ten Commandments Ten Commandments or Decalogue [Gr.,=ten words], in the Bible, the summary of divine law given by God to Moses on Mt. Sinai. They have a paramount place in the ethical system in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
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The second section includes three reflections on the Decalogue in relationship to contemporary society, treating the law "as gift," examining the relationship between biblical law and the origins of democracy, and asking whether the Ten Commandments should be mounted in the public realm (No, says ethicist Nancy Duff).
The Ten Commandments: The Reciprocity of Faithfulness by Seitz, Jonathan A. / Currents in Theology and Mission
Legislators in Louisiana wanted to pass a bill allowing for the display of the Ten Commandments in government buildings but weren't sure which version of the Decalogue to endorse.
Memo to Louisiana: thou shalt not rewrite the Ten Commandments by Church & State
So while commandments from the second half of the Decalogue are included (2.
Social memory and the Didache by Williams, Ritva H. / Biblical Theology Bulletin
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