First Commandment
Americannoun
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Anyway, the First Commandment of plane eating is: Thou shalt not bring strong-smelling food on a plane.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2020
At this point things really start humming, but at this point must be enforced the First Commandment for whodunits: thou shalt not tell.
From Time Magazine Archive
A. The First Commandment is: "I am the Lord thy God: thou shalt not have strange gods before Me."
From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Kinkead, Thomas L.
And what, indeed, is the entire Psalter but thoughts and exercises upon the First Commandment?
From Martin Luther's Large Catechism, translated by Bente and Dau by Bente, F. (Friedrich)
A. The First Commandment does not forbid us to pray to the saints.
From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Kinkead, Thomas L.
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