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Roman Catechism
“Of Them That Hate Me”
The words of them that hate me display the grievousness of sin. What more wicked, what more detestable than to hate God, the supreme goodness and sovereign truth? This, however, is the crime of all sinners; for as he that hath God’s commandments and keepeth them, loveth God, so he who despises His law and violates His Commandments, is justly said to hate God.
Of Them That Love Me
The concluding words: And to them that love me, point out the manner and motive of observing the law. Those who obey the law of God must needs be influenced in its observance by the same love and charity which they bear to God, a principle which should be brought to mind in the instructions on all the other Commandments.