Part — Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884)
On the First Precept of the Decalogue
¶1.
I am the Lord thy God... thou shalt not have strange gods. Exod. 20. 2.
¶2.
This precept, as affirmative, prescribes in the first place the acts of Religion, by which the worship due to the Divinity is rendered; as negative, it prohibits vices opposed to Religion.
Within this part
Chapter I. On the Acts of the Virtue of Religionnn. 257–262
- Article I. On Adorationnn. 257–258
- Article II. On Prayernn. 259–262
Chapter II. On the Vices Opposed to Religionnn. 263–295
Article I. On Superstitionnn. 263–282
- § I. On Idolatryn. 263
- § II. On Vain Observancenn. 264–265
- § III. On Divinationnn. 266–270
- § IV. On Magic and Maleficiumnn. 271–272
- Appendix I. On Rotating Tables (tables tournantes)nn. 273–275
- Appendix II. On Animal Magnetismnn. 276–281
- Appendix III. On the Consultation of Spirits, or on Spiritismn. 282
Article II. On Irreligiositynn. 283–295
- § I. On Tempting Godn. 283
- § II. On Sacrilegenn. 284–287
- § III. On Simonynn. 288–295