The Ten Commandments (CCC 2052-2055)
Pillar: PART 3 LIFE IN CHRIST
Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life? To the young man who asked this question, Jesus answers first by invoking the necessity, recognized by all Jews, of acknowledging God as the unique Good, and then by telling him: "If you would enter life, keep the commandments."
Magisterial Citation: Council of Trent (Sess. VI c. 19)
Doctrinal Classification: Moral Law