FAQs Mondays: "What is the Nature of the Law?"

Last week, we finished looking at part one of A Catechism for Boys and Girls. You can read that post here. Now we turn our attention to part two which deals with the 10 Commandments. Over the course of the next few weeks we will explore those commandments. Today, we will look at questions and answers that help us to understand the nature of the 10 Commandments?

How many commandments did God give on Mount Sinai?

Ten commandments.

What are the Ten Commandments sometimes called?

God's moral law.

What do the first four commandments teach?

Our duty to God.

What do the last six commandments teach?

Our duty to our neighbors.

What do you learn from the Ten Commandments?

To love God with all my heart and my neighbor as myself.

Who are you neighbors?

All the people around me are my neighbors.


The 10 Commandments express God's moral law. The law teaches us how we are to relate to God and to others. The sum of the Law is to love God and to love our neighbors. Next week, we will answer the larger question, "What do the first four commandments teach?"