The Christian Faith
This section of the website provides more extended teaching on larger content areas, such as the Creed and the Sacraments. It begins with Introduction·to the Christian Faith. More content will be added in due course.
The section entitled Short Talks comprises stand-alone talks and articles on different aspects of the Christian Faith, including the teaching of Jesus, the seasons of the Church’s Year and Feasts and Festivals.·
Fifth: Honour other people
Obedience
The most famous of all English admirals was Nelson. As the admiral Lord St Vincent said, “It does not become me to make comparisons, there is but one Nelson”. Besides his great skill, he was completely fearless and in battle he wore, as usual, his admiral’s uniform bearing on the left of his chest four stars with which he had been decorated at various times. His officers saw that these stars made him a prominent target for the riflemen posted high up in the rigging of the enemy’s ships, and they suggested that, if he would not change his uniform, he ought at least to cover up the stars. But Nelson’s reply was, “In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them”.
Sixth: You shall not kill
Human life
Human life is a most precious gift from God who made us all and cares for us from the moment of our earliest existence, even before we were born, and all through our lives (see Jeremiah 1:5; Psalm 22:9,10). So human life should be protected and cared for at all stages, including unborn babies, disabled people, and elderly people.
Seventh: You shall not commit adultery
Adultery
The Seventh Commandment is “You shall not commit adultery”. Adultery is the sin of taking another man’s wife or another woman’s husband. This is a very serious sin, especially for anyone who has been married in church and has taken the Christian marriage vows of lifelong loyalty. The man vows to forsake all others and to be faithful to her, as long as they both shall live. And the woman, for her part, takes the same oath regarding him. So if one of them commits the sin of adultery by going off with someone else, he or she also commits the sin of breaking a vow which was solemnly made before God in the presence of witnesses.