1.Catholicism is a MONOTHEISTIC religion.

2.We worship only one God who revealed in 3

Divine Person
3.Worship and adoration is for God alone.
For God:
Worship – The recognition of God’s Lordship.
Adoration – A worship that is due to God
alone.
For Saints:
Veneration – A respectful honoring.
4. Latria (Adoration/Worship)
– for God alone
Hyperdulia (Highest honor/respect)
– for Mary
Dulia (respect/honor)
– for Saints
5. Sins vs. The 1st Commandment:
a. Idolatry – worship something or someone other than God.
b. Divination – special power to predict the future.
c. Superstition – wrong belief.
d. Sorcery – use of magic with the assistance of evil spirit.
e. Sacrilege – using something sacred in a wrong way or
dishonoring sacred persons like clerics and
religious places like Church and sacristy.
f. Simony – buying or selling of spiritual things
g. Atheism – denying the existence of God
h. Agnosticism – is the view that the existence of God is
unknowable.
1.This commandment prescribes RESPECT
for the Lords name.
 Speaking with reverence
 Blessing
 Praising
 Glorifying
2. It forbids:
a.Using the name of the Lord without reverence.
b.Perjury - False oath or willful giving of false
testimony or falsifying to tell the truth.
c. Profanity - The sin against faith which rejects all
teachings of Christian faith.
d.Cursing – calling down punishment on others
e.Blasphemy - An insult or curse against God, His
saints or sacred persons and things.
1.Easter : The New Sabbath
- The Sabbath, the Holy Day of the
Hebrews was replaced by Jesus with
SUNDAY, the day of his resurrection.
• Jn. 20:1-10
• Mt. 28: 1-8
• Mk. 16: 1-8
• Lk. 24: 1-12
2. God’s command:
a.To participate in the Holy Mass
b.To care for the poor and the
suffering.
3. God’s forbids:
c.Unnecessary servile work
d.Without God: to rest, to play, to
enjoy.
Two classification of sin:
Commission – The sin that one commits
intentionally.
Ex. Killing, stealing etc.
Omission – The sin one commits when
a person neglects to help
another in dire need.
1.This commandments requires:
a.Respect to our parents because it is from
them that we have received our life.
b.Obedience to our parents because it from that
we have received our training, education, etc.
c. Assistance and support to our parents since
they have assisted us during our infancy and
needful years.
d.Honoring which includes love, reverence,
proper gratitude, affection and care
2. This commandments forbids:
a.Disrespecting of parents
b.Dishonoring of parents
c.Not to care our parents
1.This commandments forbids:
a.Direct and intentional killing
(murder)
b.Indirect killing (homicide)
c.Exposing someone to mortal
danger without grave reason.
d.Refusing assistance to a person in
danger
2. This commandment requires:
a.Respect of life
b.Protection of Life
c.Care of life
3. Summary of offenses vs. life:
d.Murder – Intentional killing
e.Abortion – termination of a
pregnancy
f. Euthanasia – Mercy killing