Commandments

Great Commandments

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.

You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Ten Commandments

1. I, the Lord, am your God. You shall have no other gods besides me.
2. You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain.
3. Remember to keep holy the Lord's day.
4. Honor your father and your mother.
5. You shall not kill.
6. You shall not commit adultery.
7. You shall not steal.
8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
10. You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Glossary

deism

Belief in the existence of God, but rejecting revelation.

 

gydhja

Priestess. Pronounced "gith-ya." Asatru.

 

immanent

(As applied to god) existing within the universe, space and time.

 

monotheism

Belief in one god.

 

pantheism

Belief that god and the universe, including human beings and all else within, are one and the same.

 

polytheism

Belief in many gods.

 

sacramentals

Holy things or actions with which we ask for God to grant us favors, especially spiritual ones. Examples include: blessings, exorcisms, and blessed devotional objects like holy water, candles, scapulars, medals, rosaries, and pictures of saints. They assist us indirectly to achieve grace. Sacramentals differ from objects of superstition.

 

superstition, objects of

Behind such objects is the idea that they make things happen by a property innate to them, regardless of any other factors in play. A 'bad luck' item is said to bring ill fortune no matter what. Good fortune is said to be absolutely dependent on the possession of a 'good luck charm.' This perception is false. Additionally, grace is not achieved through material acquisition; no material object cancels an evil act.

temporal

In a theological sense -- worldly, of time and space. As opposed to the spiritual and eternal.

 

transcendent

(As applied to god) independent of or beyond the material universe, space and time.

 

will, willing

1) The faculty of conscious and of deliberate action. 2) Wish or desire. 3) Determination to carry out purpose. 4) Disposition towards someone or something. 5) The faculty of influence and effectivity.

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