This “official” enough for you?
http://www.roman-catholic-catechism.com/catholic-ten-commandments.html
>> So whatever the large history of Catholics and the Bible is, this particular point you made was false.<<
No, it’s not false as I illustrate in the above referenced site. Your “shortened version” stands as evidence of the subtle yet effective method the RC uses. They try to cover themselves now that the Bible has been made so readily available but it stands that they have “traditionally” attempted to hide or at least deemphasize parts of the Ten Commandments. Your comment about memorizing the “shortened version” would also illustrate.
I don’t care “who started it” or who uses it. Eliminating or attempts to minimize sections of scripture is tantamount to deceit.
Pointing to differences between Catholic teaching and scripture is not damaging to anyone other then Catholic teaching.
Well, it does sort of make all y'all look a little silly, too, so that's helpful.
That's not 'official at ALL!
This is lunacy! Did you read the Our Story section? I skimmed it and it looks like a family decided to develop a catechetical product top make teaching little ones easier. They're not a whole lot more official than I am.
And look at the sneaky way they come right out and say that what they've posted is made short so it would be easy to memorize:
Did you know that the Catholic Ten Commandments are not a direct quote from the Catholic Bible? We didn't.This is obviously a site pitched to children and especially to preparation for first reconciliation around age 7 or 8, and STILL it says clearly that what they're presenting is shortened to make it easy to memorize.
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The Decalogue as seen in the Baltimore Catechism is extracted from Exodus in a concise way so as to convey the meaning of the text in an easy to memorize way.
Your “shortened version” stands as evidence of the subtle yet effective method the RC uses.
Ah. The evil, sneaky Catholics, cruelly depriving their second and third graders of the opportunity to memorize two versions of the ten commandments! Yes, that's it! We're warping children's minds! Stop me before I warp again!
I don't know to what group you belong, but I have to ask: is it your expectation that 7 and 8 year olds be able to understand and to recite both the Exodus and the Deuteronomy version of the Decalogue?