Why did the Catholics change the ten commandments ? Most notably the second commandment .

The Catholic version of the second commandment .. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.

The Protestant version of the second commandment ... 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.'

I am aware that images , idols and saints are an important part to the Catholic faith and I am left wondering if it is because of there desire to practice such forms of worship that caused them to change the ten commandments ?

catholics preceeded protestants (they left the catholic church in protest of what it was doing)

unless The Church changed the commandments after the protestant reformation, it was the protestants who changed the commandment.

im guessing they changed it to fit the jewish ten commandments better. judaism is where it all started anyways.


[edit on 5-11-2009 by ELECTRICkoolaidZOMBIEtest]

I was raised a Catholic but am Agnostic.

However I must say that Christians tend to bicker and argue over the most irrelevant things.
Maybe if you all concentrated on the things that unite you rather than that which divides maybe, just maybe, you would be able to do something positive in this world.

Hey, I believe that Catholics go directly against the bible when praying to mother mary and all the saints. First off that is idoltry because they are praying to mother mary for forgiveness not god. Secondly they pray to saints for material objects and good luck.

What does it matter? Are any of you Catholic? Every Religion on this planet has changed something or everything to fit their own beliefs. After all, who wrote all these documents......MAN.
Just like the person said in their reply above....we have better things to do than argue over nonsense like this.

Peace

The common misconception is that Catholocism was the 1st and only church (which is irrelevent, because TRUTH is what matters). If one actually cared about the subject matter and did a slight bit of reseaech, they will find this was not the case (even in Europe). Here are a few topics to search for: "Waldenses", "Albigensis", "Coptics". The first Christian churches started in Greece, Israel, North Africa 300+ years prior to Constantine. The reformation wasn't simply about rebelling from the Catholic system, but actually about returning to Orthodox Christianity.

Problem for the Catholics is that we still have all the manuscripts that the Bible was translated from. One of many examples of how they remove material to fit their pagan system, is the removal of Acts 8:37. It pretty much spits in the face of their infant baptism policy.

And to anyone else that wants to get on their soapbox about "we need to just come together in agreement, we're all Christians..." Perhaps you should first look at the differences, and then you will see that Biblical Christianity and Roman Catholocism are irreconcileable. Do a search on: "infused vs imputed righteousness (grace vs works)", "Is Mary co-redemptrix?", "The mass is a re-sacrifice of Christ", "Praying to saints is heresy", "Jesus, not the pope is the head of the church", "The lie of purgatory"... Again all of this can be easily researched, but I guess it is easier to just sit back and wallow in ignorance. What possibly is more important than eternity?

Originally posted by ELECTRICkoolaidZOMBIEtest
unless The Church changed the commandments after the protestant reformation, it was the protestants who changed the commandment.

The Roman Catholic Church did not change the way they are written in the Bible, they only changed how they follow them doctrinally. The reason for this is simple enough. The Roman Catholic Church came from the Roman Empire, and many of the Romans were still Pagans when the Church became the “State” Religion. Since they did not want to have a internal religious war, and since they did not want to go against all the decrees of the pervious emperors, they canonized certain pagan rituals into the Catholic Church of the time. That is why we still have pagan holidays like Easter and Christmas in many Christian Religions. This included allowing for Idols, or graven images. The Chruch itself used such images to express its influence, power, and authority over the people for the next thousand years until the protestant reformation. Personally, it is not something I agree with, and I am glad that many of the Protestant Religions went back to the original teachings of the Bible. Catholicism, to this day, follows both the Bible, and tradition (Pagan Roman tradition), you can ask any Catholic this and they will agree minus the part were I call it “pagan” tradition.

Originally posted by ELECTRICkoolaidZOMBIEtest
Im guessing they changed it to fit the jewish ten commandments better. judaism is where it all started anyways.

I've always thought the commandments were conveniently 'borrowed' from the Egyptian book of the dead:

BIBLE

Have no other gods before me

Make no idols

Do not misuse the name of God

Keep the Sabbath holy

Honor your mother and father

Do not kill

Do not commit adultery

Do not steal

Do not lie

Do not covet another’s property




BOOK OF THE DEAD

I do not tamper with divine balance

I stop not a god when he comes forth

I do not offend the god who is at the helm

(Egyptians had no Sabbath)

I do not harm my kinsmen

I do not kill

I am not an adulterer

I do not rob

I do not tell lies instead of truth

I do no wrong or mischief to others