Continuation of last post to Happily Catholic:
The website
Catholic Basic Training includes the Sabbath as part of its discussion of the Mosaic law."A number of people may say that – even if
worship is to be undertaken on Sunday – a general avoidance of work is mandated for Saturday,
according to the Mosaic Law. The truth of the matter is that
the Church – which has authority to legislate – has shifted what elements of the Mosaic observance of the Sabbath to Sunday. This is an example of the changes involving the Mosaic law as it applies to Christianity."
Again the Catholic Encyclopedia, under the section on
“Moral Aspect of Divine Law” We again see the Ten Commandments as being considered part of the Mosaic Law.The Divine Law of the
Old Testament, or the
Mosaic Law, is commonly divided into civil, ceremonial,
and moral precepts. The civil legislation regulated the relations of the people of
God among themselves and with their neighbours; the ceremonial regulated matters of religion and the worship of
God; **the moral was a Divine code of ethics. In this article we shall confine our attention exclusively to the moral
precepts of the Divine Law. In the
Old Testament it is contained for the most part and summed up in the **
Decalogue (
Exodus 20:2-17;
Leviticus 19:3, 11-18;
Deuteronomy 5:1-33).
Finally, at the
Catholic Review online, we find Archbishop O’brien referring to what I was talking about earlier as the Mosaic law… the one law of the Jews or 613 commands, which included the 10 commandments.As we look at the Old Testament today, the 613 precepts of Mosaic law seem quite burdensome in dictating every facet of Jewish life.You can find the 613 precepts of the Mosaic law here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/613_Mitzvot
you will notice that all the ten commandments are included and the Sabbath is number 87-88.
From the same page we read at the ver top:
The
613 Mitzvot (“commandments”) (also “
613 Mitzvos”
Hebrew: תרי"ג מצוות) are statements and principles of law and ethics contained in the
Torah or Five Books of Moses. These principles of Biblical law are sometimes called commandments (
mitzvot) or collectively as the “Law of Moses” (
Torat Moshe, תרת משה), “Mosaic Law,” or simply “the Law.”
What I am trying to show you is that the Catholic Church recognizes one single law (Covenant), and within that law there are ceremonial and moral aspects to many of the commands contained in that law. But although some commands had a dual nature, they still are one law, because the same command can have both a moral and ceremonial aspect.
Adventists claim there are two laws, that are seperate and one was done away with…(The ceremonial or Mosaic Laws) and one is still in effect… the Law of God (as opposed to the law of Moses) or Ten Commandments.
Hope this helps…
