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2148\u00a0<\/b>Blasphemy\u00a0<\/em>is directly opposed to the second commandment. It consists in uttering against God \u2013 inwardly or outwardly \u2013 words of hatred, reproach, or defiance; in speaking ill of God; in failing in respect toward him in one\u2019s speech; in misusing God\u2019s name. St. James condemns those \u201cwho blaspheme that honorable name [of Jesus] by which you are called.\u201d The prohibition of blasphemy extends to language against Christ\u2019s Church, the saints, and sacred things. It is also blasphemous to make use of God\u2019s name to cover up criminal practices, to reduce peoples to servitude, to torture persons or put them to death. The misuse of God\u2019s name to commit a crime can provoke others to repudiate religion.<\/span><\/p>\n
Blasphemy is contrary to the respect due God and his holy name. It is in itself a grave sin.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
How good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell together in unity.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2026is magically highlighted in a single paragraph from the Catechism: 2148\u00a0Blasphemy\u00a0is directly opposed to the second commandment. It consists in uttering against God \u2013 inwardly or outwardly \u2013 words of hatred, reproach, or defiance; in speaking ill of God; in failing in respect toward him in one\u2019s speech; in misusing God\u2019s name. St. James condemns […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[323],"class_list":["post-91041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-satanic-ecumenism"],"yoast_head":"\n
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