Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment.
And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Matthew 22:34-40
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Well, this doesn't really seem to answer my question in a manner I can operate on. My problem would seem, at first blush, to be pretty straightforward. I want to know which specific laws laid down by God are "ceremonial" and are therefore invalid, and can be ignored. Does your formulation mean that, so long as I love my neighbor as myself--as long as all concerned want ardently for me to do it--, it's ok to commit adultery? Or does it mean all the other laws still apply, along with this one? Or does it mean something in between? If it means something in between, than--not to be too tedious--where is the list or algorithm by which I may know which laws are valid?