Just for the record, I’m not Roman Catholic, nor am I endorsing this website, I just thought this was a terrific article about the ethics of Islam toward non-Muslims.
It should be noted that the Roman Catholic & Lutheran numbering of the 10 Commandments differs from ordinary Protestant and Eastern Orthodox numbering. Basically #1 & #2 (1-No other gods, 2-No idols) commands are combined as the 1st Command, so, the Don’t Covet command (#10 in the Protestant version) is divided between (#9)don’t covet your neighbor’s wife, and (#10) don’t covet anything else of your neighbor’s, in order to compile the commands to number 10.
Since the biblical text in Hebrew (Exodus 20, and Deuteronomy 5) has no numbers attached to the Decalogue, though it is referred to elsewhere in the bible as 10 Commandments (or, the 10 Big Things...literally the meaning in Hebrew), there is room for interpretation as to where exactly the 10 divisions in the text are.
The Church Father Augustine favored what is now the Catholic/Lutheran enumeration, whereas the Church Father Origen favored the Eastern Orthodox/Protestant enumeration. Since everyone agrees on the same text...WHERE exactly the numbers are in the 10 Commandments is not considered a matter of dogma.
Modern Jewish sources also have a third different enumeration. All three numberings have their sources from different ancient Jewish traditions, and all rely on the same words in the text.
Just for the record, I’m not Roman Catholic, nor am I endorsing this website, I just thought this was a terrific article about the ethics of Islam toward non-Muslims.
It should be noted that the Roman Catholic & Lutheran numbering of the 10 Commandments differs from ordinary Protestant and Eastern Orthodox numbering. Basically #1 & #2 (1-No other gods, 2-No idols) commands are combined as the 1st Command, so, the Don’t Covet command (#10 in the Protestant version) is divided between (#9)don’t covet your neighbor’s wife, and (#10) don’t covet anything else of your neighbor’s, in order to compile the commands to number 10.
Since the biblical text in Hebrew (Exodus 20, and Deuteronomy 5) has no numbers attached to the Decalogue, though it is referred to elsewhere in the bible as 10 Commandments (or, the 10 Big Things...literally the meaning in Hebrew), there is room for interpretation as to where exactly the 10 divisions in the text are.
The Church Father Augustine favored what is now the Catholic/Lutheran enumeration, whereas the Church Father Origen favored the Eastern Orthodox/Protestant enumeration. Since everyone agrees on the same text...WHERE exactly the numbers are in the 10 Commandments is not considered a matter of dogma.
Modern Jewish sources also have a third different enumeration. All three numberings have their sources from different ancient Jewish traditions, and all rely on the same words in the text.