Exodus 31:18

The Ten Commandments

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

  “They were written "with the finger of God,"” — Catechism footnote: Ex 31:18; Deut 5:22.

• §2058Section Two · The Ten CommandmentsRead at vatican.va

  “These "tables of the Testimony" were to be deposited in "the ark."” — Catechism footnote: Ex 25:16; 31:18; 32:15; 34:29; 40:1-2.

"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"

• §700Article 8 · "I Believe in the Holy Spirit"Read at vatican.va

  “If God's law was written on tablets of stone "by the finger of God," then the "letter from Christ" entrusted to the care of the apostles, is written "with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of human hearts."” — Catechism footnote: Ex 31:18; 2 Cor 3:3.

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 8

  “We read that the law was written with the finger of God, and given through Moses, His holy servant: by which finger of God many understand the Holy Ghost.” — editor's note: Exod. xxxi. 18, xxxiv. 28; Deut. ix. 10. [The “arm of the Lord” is understood by the Fathers of the Son; so also the “right hand of the Lord.” The “finger”…

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

  “And all the guilty are under the law: the right-living are in harmony with the law.” — editor's note: Ex. xxxi. 18.

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• Exodus 32:15

  Cited together in Catechism §2058.

• Exodus 34:29

  Cited together in Catechism §2058.

• Exodus 40:1

  Cited together in Catechism §2058.

• Exodus 40:2

  Cited together in Catechism §2058.

• Deuteronomy 5:22

  Cited together in Catechism §2058.

• Luke 11:20

  Cited together in Catechism §700.

• 2 Corinthians 3:3

  Cited together in Catechism §700.

• Exodus 25:16

  Cited together in Catechism §2058.