Expert: Andrew Foley - 11/23/2008

Question
Dear Andrew Foley
What is the list of the verses, of what chapters., of what books, of the Bible, that the Critics of Protestantism  Denomination, teaches are the, does/ do not's, for Christians?
(please just site the location of the verses, that way it will save you time.  I can look up the verses in the Bible.  If you do not have the time for the compleat answer, please list as much as you can. )
Thank you in advance.
May God be with us.
Allen


Answer
I'm sorry- I don't fully understand the question. I couldn't possibly summarize with a few verses_all_the parts of the Bible that contain the does and don'ts for Christians/Catholics. The whole Bible, as well as the living experience of the Church and Spirit-informed logical deduction, go into the body of our moral and spiritual guidelines. However, Christ did sum it all up rather succinctly with His 2 Great Commandments:

""And one of them, a doctor of the Law, putting him to the test, asked him, "Master, which is the great commandment in the Law?" Jesus said to him, "'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind.' This is the greatest and the first commandment. And the second is like it, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.' On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets."" (Matthew 22:35-40) http://www.catholicity.com/baltimore-catechism/lesson15.html

So if you're looking for one Biblical verse that sums up our obligations as Christians, that's it. However, if you were looking for more detail as to how to live those commandments, the Catechism of the Catholic Church breaks it down: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc.htm