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Third Commandment

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noun

  1. “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain”: third of the Ten Commandments.


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Arthur Kennedy as a newsman turned phony evangelist, in Ben Hecht's play The Third Commandment.

From Time Magazine Archive

THE Third Commandment bids us sanctify the Lord's day; but in what that sanctification shall consist, it does not say.

From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by John H. (John Henry) Stapleton

A. The Third Commandment forbids all unnecessary servile work and whatever else may hinder the due observance of the Lord's day.

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Thomas L. Kinkead

The duty of the Third Commandment is to acknowledge and to preach the doctrine of God’s Word; the contrary is blaspheming of God, to be silent and not to confess the truth when need requireth.

From Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther by Captain Henry Bell

This has been considered in the examination on the Third Commandment.

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Thomas L. Kinkead

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