LESSON 34 —Eighth Commandment

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Read the following references to further clarify the central ideas of this lesson. Look in other places as well as these; this is not an exhaustive list of the resources needed to answer the questions.

Father Hardon’s Catholic Catechism

Pages 399-418 (Eighth Commandment)

Father Hardon’s Question and Answer Catechism

#789-837 (Eighth Commandment)

Revised Basic Course Manual

Page 90-95 (The Eighth Commandment)

Catechism of the Catholic Church

#2464-2513 (The Eighth Commandment)

Modern Catholic Dictionary Vocabulary –

Review the following terms in your Modern Catholic Dictionary reference book (or online version at TheRealPresence.org – go to the bottom of the page, click on “Dictionary”). 

Listed in Advanced Course Manual:
Calumny
Detraction
Inter Mirifica
Lying
Mental Reservation
Morality in Media
Perjury
Prejudice
Proclamation
Rash Judgment
Revealing Secrets
Revelation
Seal of Confession
Slander
Truth

Second Vatican Council:

Decree on the Media of Social Communications (Inter Mirifica) Blessed Paul VI, 4 December 1963.