Exodus 20:15

• §2056Section Two · The Ten CommandmentsRead at vatican.va

  The word "Decalogue" means literally "ten words." God revealed these "ten words" to his people

Tertullian

• Tertullian, An Answer to the Jews Chapter 2

  “…when given through Moses; that is, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God from thy whole heart and out of thy whole soul; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal; False witness thou shalt not utter; Honour thy father and mother; and, That which is…” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4, 5; Lev. xix. 18; comp. Matt. xxii. 34–40; Mark xii. 28–34; Luke x. 25–28; and for the rest, Ex. xx. 12–17; Deut. v. 16–21; Rom. xiii. 9.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion IV.16Book IV

  “…when He uttered such denunciations as, “Thou shalt do no murder; thou shalt not commit adultery; thou shalt not steal; thou shalt not bear false witness,”—He taught me to refrain from doing to others what I should be unwilling to have done to myself; and therefore the precept developed in the Gospel will belong…” — editor's note: Ex. xx. 13–16.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.12Book V

  “…Himself with having commanded a fraud to be practised against the Egyptians to get their gold and silver at the very time when He was forbidding men to steal,—adopting such methods as they are apt (shamelessly) to charge upon Him in other particulars also.” — editor's note: Ex. xx. 15; see above, book iv. chap. xxiv. p. 387.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.23Conference VIII

  “…“Thou shalt do no murder; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness; Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife,” and many other things besides, in which they anticipated the commands not only of the law but even of the gospel?” — editor's note: Exod. xx. 4–17.

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Origen

• Origen, De Principiis IV.1Book IV

  “And what need is there to speak of the prohibitions, “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” “Thou shalt not steal,” “Thou shalt not bear false witness,” and others of the same kind?” — editor's note: Cf. Ex. xx. 13–16.

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• Origen, De Principiis IV.2Book IV

  “And what need is there to speak of the (prohibitions), “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” “Thou shalt not kill,” “Thou shalt not steal,” “Thou shalt not bear false witness?”” — editor's note: Cf. Ex. xx. 13–16.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, Exhortation to the Heathen Chapter 10

  ““Thou shalt not kill; thou shalt not commit adultery; thou shalt not seduce boys; thou shalt not steal; thou shalt not bear false witness; thou shalt love the Lord thy God.”” — editor's note: Ex. xx. 13–16; Deut. vi. 5.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 75

  “That people received the Law, they received commandments just and good.” — editor's note: Exod. xx. 1–17.

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• Augustine of Hippo, On Lying Chapter 20

  “For where it is laid down, “Thou shalt not steal,” there is also this, “Thou shall not bear false witness.”” — editor's note: Exodus xx. 15, 16

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XVIII.41Book XVIII

  “If it is said, “Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not kill, Thou shall not steal,” and other similar commandments, not human lips but the divine oracles have enounced them.” — editor's note: Ex. xx. 13–15, the order as in Mark x. 19.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 3

  “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife.”” — editor's note: Ex. xx. 3–17.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 49

  “Here you have the written law, and it also is despised: this is the third day of death.” — editor's note: Ex. xx. 12–17.

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Hippolytus of Rome

• Hippolytus of Rome, The Refutation of All Heresies V.15Book V

  “But a law adjudicatory of punishment is that which makes the following declaration: “Thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal;” for a penalty is awarded to each of these acts of wickedness.” — editor's note: Ex. xx. 13–15; Deut. v. 17–19.

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• Deuteronomy 5:17

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.15.

• Deuteronomy 5:18

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.15.

• Deuteronomy 5:19

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.15.

• Mark 10:19

  Cited together in The City of God XVIII.41.

• Genesis 2:16

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.15.

• Genesis 2:17

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.15.

• Genesis 12:1

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.15.