lso the moral laws of the Jews abolished when the
Christian religion was established?
A. The moral laws of the Jews could not be abolished by the
establishment of the Christian religion because they regard truth and
virtue and have been revealed by God, and whatever God has revealed as
true must be always true, and whatever He has condemned as bad in itself
must be always bad.

LESSON THIRTIETH.
ON THE FIRST COMMANDMENT.

Q. 1140. {315} What is the first Commandment?
A. The first Commandment is: I am the Lord thy God: thou shalt not have
strange gods before me.

Q. 1141. What does the commandment mean by "strange gods"?
A. By strange gods the commandment means idols or false gods, which the
Israelites frequently worshipped when, through their sins, they had
abandoned the true God.

Q. 1142. How may we, in a sense, worship strange gods?
A. We, in a sense, may worship strange gods by giving up the salvation
of our souls for wealth, honors, society, worldly pleasures, &c., so
that we would offend God, renounce our faith or give up the practice of
our religion for their sake.

Q. 1143. {316} How does the first Commandment help us to keep the great
Commandment of the love of God?
A. The first Commandment helps us to keep the great Commandment of the
love of God because it commands us to adore God alone.

Q. 1144. {317} How do we adore God?
A. We adore God by faith, hope, and charity, by prayer and sacrifice.

Q. 1145. By what prayers do we adore God?
A. We adore God by all our prayers, but in particular by the public
prayers of the Church, and, above all, by the Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass.

Q. 1146. {318} How may the first Commandment be broken?
A. The first Commandment make be broken by giving to a creature the
honor which belongs to God alone; by false worship; and by attributing
to a creature a perfection which belongs to God alone.

Q. 1147. What is the honor which belongs to God alone?
A. The honor which belongs to God alone is a divine honor, in which we
offer Him sacrifice, incense or prayer, solely for His own sake and for
His own glory. To give such honor to any creature, however holy, would
be idolatry.

Q. 1148. How do we offer God false worship?
A. We offer God false worship by rejecting the religion He has
instituted and following one pleasing to ourselves, with a form of
worship He has never authorized, approved or sanctioned.

Q. 1149. Why must we serve God in the form of religion He ha