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== Biblical references == | == Biblical references == | ||
The Rule of St. Benedict is based on a number of Scripture texts, the first of which are the [[wikipedia:Ten Commandments|Ten Commandments]]. | The Rule of St. Benedict is based on a number of Scripture texts, the first of which are the [[wikipedia:Ten Commandments|Ten Commandments]] and the [[wikipedia:Great Commandment|Great Commandment]]. | ||
=== The Greatest Commandment === | |||
{{Bible quote|ref=Matthew 22:37-39|inline=false}} | |||
See also the other two synoptic gospels, {{Bible quote|ref=Mark 12:28-31}} and {{Bible quote|ref=Luke 10:25-28}}. | |||
Jesus is quoting these two Old Testament passages: | |||
==== The Greatest Commandment part 1: Love of God ==== | |||
{{Bible quote|ref=Dt 6:5|inline=false}} | {{Bible quote|ref=Dt 6:5|inline=false}} | ||
==== The Greatest Commandment part 2: Love of neighbour ==== | |||
{{Bible quote|ref=Leviticus 19:18|inline=false}} | {{Bible quote|ref=Leviticus 19:18|inline=false}} | ||
{{Bible quote|ref= | === The Ten Commandments === | ||
{{Bible quote|ref=Exodus 20:2-17|inline=false}} | |||
See also {{Bible quote|ref=Deuteronomy 5:6–21}}. | |||
=== Honor all people === | |||
{{Bible quote|ref=1 Peter 2:17|inline=false}} | |||
=== The Golden rule === | |||
[[wikipedia:Hillel the Elder|Hillel the Elder]] (c. 110 BCE – 10 CE),<ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=730&letter=H Jewish Encyclopedia: Hillel]: "His activity of forty years is perhaps historical; and since it began, according to a trustworthy tradition (Shab. 15a), one hundred years before the destruction of Jerusalem, it must have covered the period 30 BCE–10 CE<!--B.C. in the original-->"</ref> used the aforementioned verse of '''Leviticus 19:18''' as a most important message of the [[wikipedia:Torah|Torah]] for his teachings. Once, he was challenged by a gentile who asked to be converted under the condition that the Torah be explained to him while he stood on one foot. Hillel accepted him as a candidate for [[wikipedia:conversion to Judaism|conversion to Judaism]] but, drawing on Leviticus 19:18, briefed the man: | |||
{{quote|What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow: this is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn.|[[wikipedia:Babylonian Talmud|Babylonian Talmud]]<ref>{{sourcetext|source=Babylonian Talmud|book=Shabbath|chapter=folio|verse=31a}}</ref>}} | |||
Hillel recognized brotherly love as the fundamental principle of Jewish ethics. [[wikipedia:Rabbi Akiva|Rabbi Akiva]] agreed, while [[wikipedia:Simeon ben Azzai|Simeon ben Azzai]] suggested that the principle of love must have its foundation in Genesis chapter 1, which teaches that all men are the offspring of Adam, who was made in the image of God.<ref> ([[wikipedia:Sifra|Sifra]], Ḳedoshim, iv.; Yer. Ned. ix. 41c; [[wikipedia:Genesis Rabba|Genesis Rabba]] 24</ref><ref name="a" /> According to [[wikipedia:Adam in rabbinic literature|Jewish rabbinic literature]], the first man [[wikipedia:Adam|Adam]] represents the ''unity of mankind''. This is echoed in the modern preamble of the [[wikipedia:Universal Declaration of Human Rights#Preamble|Universal Declaration of Human Rights]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Sanhedrin.4?lang=en|title=Mishnah Seder Nezikin Sanhedrin 4.5|publisher=sefaria.org|access-date=17 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toseftaonline.org/Tractate-Sanhedrin-chapter-8-tosefta-4|title=Tosefta on Mishnah Seder Nezikin Sanhedrin 8.4–9 (Erfurt Manuscript)|publisher=toseftaonline.org|date=2012-08-21}}</ref> And it is also taught, that Adam is last in order according to the evolutionary character of God's creation:<ref name="a">{{cite web|url=http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=758&letter=A&search=adam#1 |title=ADAM |publisher=JewishEncyclopedia.com |access-date=12 September 2013}}</ref><blockquote>Why was only a single specimen of man created first? To teach us that he who destroys a single soul destroys a whole world and that he who saves a single soul saves a whole world; furthermore, so no race or class may claim a nobler ancestry, saying, 'Our father was born first'; and, finally, to give testimony to the greatness of the Lord, who caused the wonderful diversity of mankind to emanate from one type. And why was Adam created last of all beings? To teach him humility; for if he be overbearing, let him remember that the little fly preceded him in the order of creation.<ref name="a" /></blockquote> | |||
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