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Rather, individual members of the Catholic Church on this forum are oftern obliged to bring the matter up when people palpably ignorant of easily attainable and verifiable history attempt to retroactively rewrite that history (or simply ignore it) to further a disingenuous agenda.

This should be easily attainable concerning these 2 sets of 10 Commandments illustrated below. Could someone tell me first as to why we have these variations. Please also give me a name or names of the persons involved in making this alteration. Because it is an alteration and not simply a misinterpretation

Are there any verifiable canons concerning this change, if so, what is the canon's number? Is this action found in The Canons & Decrees of the Council of Trent?

I found only this one:

Canon 1188. "The practice of displaying sacred images in the churches for the veneration of the faithful is to remain in force..."

There must have been some opposition to prompt a statement like that... what happened here?

Thanks in advance

The Bible's 10 Commandments (Ex 20:1-17)	Roman Catholic Bible's 10 Commandments (based on the Catechism)
1. I am the Lord thy God, thou shalt have no other gods before me.	1. I am the Lord your God. You shall not have strange Gods before me.
2. Thou shall not make unto thee any graven image.	2. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
3. Thou shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.	3. Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day.
4. Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy.	4. Honor your father and your mother
5. Honor thy father and thy mother.	5. You shall not kill
6. Thy shall not kill.	6. You shall not commit adultery.
7. Thou shall not commit adultery.	7. You shall not steal.
8. Thou shall not steal.	8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
9. Thou shall not bear false witness.	9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
10. Thou shall not covet.	10. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.

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Division of the Ten Commandments:

	Jewish Reckoning	Augustinian-Lutheran Reckoning	Orthodox-Reformed Reckoning
Introduction	And God spoke all these words, saying,	And God spoke all these words, saying, "I am the LORD your God."	And God spoke all these words, saying, "I am the LORD your God."
1st Word	"I am the LORD your God."	"You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a graven image"	"You shall have no other gods before me."
2nd Word	"You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a graven image."	"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain."	"You shall not make for yourself a graven image."
3rd Word	"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain."	"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy."	"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain."
4th Word	"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy."	"Honor your father and your mother."	"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy."
5th Word	"Honor your father and your mother."	"You shall not kill."	"Honor your father and your mother."
6th Word	"You shall not kill."	"You shall not commit adultery."	"You shall not kill."
7th Word	"You shall not commit adultery."	"You shall not steal."	"You shall not commit adultery."
8th Word	"You shall not steal."	"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."	"You shall not steal."
9th Word	"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."	"You shall not covet your neighbor's wife."	"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
10th Word	"You shall not covet your neighbor's wife; and you shall not desire anything that is your neighbor's."	"You shall not desire anything that is your neighbor's."	"You shall not covet your neighbor's wife; and you shall not desire anything that is your neighbor's."

This should be easily attainable concerning these 2 sets of 10 Commandments illustrated below. Could someone tell me first as to why we have these variations. Please also give me a name or names of the persons involved in making this alteration. Because it is an alteration and not simply a misinterpretation

Just a simple question. What part of the "deliberate alteration" in the Catholic division of the decalogue would seem to sanction the worshipping of idols?

Would it be: I am the Lord your God. You shall not have strange gods before me.

SD