Ten Commandments | Ask Fr Francis

Let us look at this point by point:

1. While it is true that the Pharisees had added extra man-made traditions to the Mosaic law (the law God revealed to Moses), it is not true that God gave only the Ten Commandments (“Decalogue”) to the Jews…

The title “Father” for Catholic priests – This title goes back to apostolic times. In the letters of St. Paul to Timothy and to the Galatians, he referred to himself as being a “father” to them.

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Mark 7:1-13 mentions that other than the ten commandments, the Pharisees added extra laws and rules that Jews should follow. Is our church today not doing the same thing, such as harsh rules on the divorce and mandatory mass of some feast days?

Is it a sin against the first and fourth commandments for giving a priest equality with God my Father and my earthly father whom I am to honour?