Third Commandment

American  

noun

1. “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain”: third of the Ten Commandments.

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Example Sentences

Arthur Kennedy as a newsman turned phony evangelist, in Ben Hecht's play The Third Commandment.

From Time Magazine Archive

The duty of the Third Commandment is to acknowledge and to preach the doctrine of God’s Word; the contrary is blaspheming of God, to be silent and not to confess the truth when need requireth.

From Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther by Bell, Captain Henry

A. By the Third Commandment we are commanded to keep holy the Lord's Day and the holy days of obligation, on which we are to give our time to the service and worship of God.

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Kinkead, Thomas L.

The Third Commandment The third commandment is, to keep the Sabbath holy.

From Spiritual Life and the Word of God by Swedenborg, Emanuel

A. The Third Commandment forbids all unnecessary servile work and whatever else may hinder the due observance of the Lord's day.

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Kinkead, Thomas L.