Why is there confusion about the numbering of the Ten Commandments?

[zamcdonald]

Why is there a difference between the protestant Ten Commandments and the Catholic Ten Commandments? When did the protestants adopt their version of the Ten Commandments?

God Bless,

Zach

 

[Jim_Blackburn]

The Catholic Encyclopedia article Commandments explains that the confusion in the numbering of the commandments “is due to a difference of opinion concerning the initial precept on Divine worship”.

For more detailed explanations see:
The Division of the Ten Commandments
The True Ten Commandments