Part — Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology

On the Second Precept of the Decalogue

¶1.

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. - Exod. xx, 7.

By this precept any irreverence toward God is prohibited, whether through vain usurpation of his most holy Name, or through blasphemy, or through an oath or vow either illicit or violated.

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