316. Q. How does the first Commandment help us to keep the great
Commandment of the love of God?
A. The first Commandment helps us to keep the great Commandment of the
love of God because it commands us to adore God alone.
317. Q. How do we adore God?
A. We adore God by faith, hope, and charity, by prayer and sacrifice.
318. Q. How may the first Commandment be broken?
A. The first Commandment may be broken by giving to a creature the honor
which belongs to God alone; by false worship; and by attributing to a
creature a perfection which belongs to God alone.
319. Q. Do those who make use of spells and charms, or who believe in
dreams, in mediums, spiritists, fortune-tellers, and the like, sin
against the first Commandment?
A. Those who make use of spells and charms, or who believe in dreams, in
mediums, spiritists, fortunetellers and the like, sin against the first
Commandment, because they attribute to creatures perfections which
belong to God alone.
320. Q. Are sins against faith, hope and charity also sins against the
first Commandment?
A. Sins against faith, hope, and charity are also sins against the first
Commandment.
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