今日真道聖言/2013年11月26日

威斯敏斯特大要理問答

問142: 第八誡命所禁止的罪有哪些 ?

答: 第八誡命所禁止的罪, 除了所要求的責任之外, 還有:

(1) 偷竊搶奪, 搶人口的, 收取贓物;

(2) 詐欺行為, 虛假的天平與法碼, 挪移地界;

(3) 與人訂約或受人之託時, 不公義, 不信實;

(4) 壓榨, 剝削, 高利貸, 賄賂, 誣告纏訟, 非法圍地與侵佔房產, 壟斷貨品抬高物價;

(5) 從事非法職業, 以及一切用不義犯罪方式, 來奪取扣留他人的物品, 或是圖利自己;

Q. 142. What are the sins forbidden in the eighth commandment?

A. The sins forbidden in the eighth commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, are, theft, robbery, man-stealing, and receiving anything that is stolen; fraudulent dealing, false weights and measures, removing landmarks, injustice and unfaithfulness in contracts between man and man, or in matters of trust; oppression, extortion, usury, bribery, vexatious lawsuits, unjust enclosures and depredation; engrossing commodities to enhance the price; unlawful callings, and all other unjust or sinful ways of taking or withholding from our neighbor what belongs to him, or of enriching ourselves; covetousness; inordinate prizing and affecting worldly goods; distrustful and distracting cares and studies in getting, keeping, and using them; envying at the prosperity of others; as likewise idleness, prodigality, wasteful gaming; and all other ways whereby we do unduly prejudice our own outward estate, and defrauding ourselves of the due use and comfort of that estate which God hath given us.

小要理問答

小要理問答17 墮落將人類帶進什麼狀態中？

答： 墮落將人類帶進罪和悲慘的狀態中？

小要理問答18 人墮落至罪惡狀態中，其罪惡在於什麼？

答：人墮落至罪惡狀態中，其罪惡在於：亞當初次犯罪的罪咎，起初仁義的喪失，人性全然的敗壞（通常稱為「原罪」），還有人本身從罪性而發出的一切過犯。

小要理問答19 人墮落至悲慘狀態中，其悲慘是什麼？

答：全人類由於墮落，喪失了與神的交通，落在祂的震怒與咒詛之下，所以，應受今生的一切愁苦、死亡、地獄永遠的痛苦。