The Ninth Commandment

JUNIO, Jessica Mae T. MK2A

ARAYATA, Camille R.

The Ninth Commandment of God:

“THOU SHALL NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR’S WIFE”

Questions and Answers:

1. How is the Ninth Commandment related/similar to the Sixth Commandment of God?

Answer:

* Both commandments are concerned with the proper use of human sexuality and upholding one’s purity.

2. What is the difference between the Sixth and the Ninth Commandment?

Answer:

* The Sixth Commandment is what we call perfected acts while the Ninth Commandment is the elicited acts. Basically the Ninth Commandment is concerned with those who desire sexual impurities in thoughts and internal willful behavior and obliges us to protect family life while the Sixth Commandment on the other hand is concerned with those who are already practicing illicit sexual activities to have self-respect.

3. When it comes to its value, which is more important? The Sixth Commandment or the Ninth Commandment?

Answer:

* Both commandments are important and have the same or equal value. They must be done and obeyed thoroughly because they are both commandments of our only God.

4. What is human sexuality?

Answer:

* It is a sacred act between a man and a woman for mutual love for the benefit of being husband and wife and the begetting and proper upbringing of children within the Sacrament of Matrimony.

5. What is the Christian view of sexuality?

Answer:

* Our sexuality is viewed as a fundamental component of personality, a good thing created by God, restored by the power of Jesus Christ and enriched by the saving activity of the Church, and by which the whole person enters into communication with others. Therefore sexuality is not the same as the sex act. All human persons must develop their God-given gift of sexuality. But some freely choose, for the sake of the Kingdom, not to enter into the sex act.

6. What is the Biblical view of sexuality?

Answer:

* The Bible describes how, from the simple innocence of...