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2517 The heart is the seat of moral personality: "Out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication...." ³⁰⁵ The struggle against carnal covetousness entails purifying the heart and practicing temperance:

Remain simple and innocent, and you will be like little children who do not know the evil that destroys man's life. ³⁰⁶

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PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST

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SECTION TWO: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

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CHAPTER TWO: YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF Jesus said to his disciples: "Love one another even as I have loved you." 1

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305 Mt 15:19.

306 Pastor Hermae, Mandate 2, 1: PG 2, 916.

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