Comments on: Lunchtime Quiz: The Fourth

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:32:34 +0000

I scored a 44%. How appropriate is that? 44!

By: catherine ann

catherine ann — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:06:06 +0000

Glad to see that people don’t think I’m a nag! I actually had no idea about the different numbers until a Catholic friend in college was dating a Baptist guy, and she needed someone else to vouch for her version of number four. We even dug through our various bibles to confirm.

That couple is now married, so I think they worked it out :)

By: HeyBeckyJ

HeyBeckyJ — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:19:24 +0000

Catherine Ann, thanks for pointing that out and clearing up my confusion. I was raised a Catholic and kept looking for honor your mother and father as a choice for that question. I don’t practice my faith regularly anymore, but I was pretty sure that I still knew my 10 Commandments. I never realized that different religions numbered differently. Thanks for the info.

By: Dianna

Dianna — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:36:42 +0000

Confirmed Lutheren here. Yes, we follow the Catholic numbering. For all the fuss about Luther breaking away from the Catholics to make changes, there are a lot af things that he kept the same.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:00:10 +0000

Catherine Ann, you beat me to it. I was going to make the same point about the 10 Commandments and the Catholic tradition.

By: catherine ann

catherine ann — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:44:00 +0000

I hate to get nit-picky, but I’m bored at work so why not. The question about the Ten Commandments needs to be more clear that you’re using the (mostly) Protestant or Orthodox version of splitting the numbers.

The Catholic Christians divide it so “Honor your father and mother” is the fourth. In fact, I have friends whose parents would say, “Remember number four!” to them when they disobeyed as children. Wikipedia has a pretty good table of how traditions split it–apparently Lutherans see it my way too (click my name).

Interesting quiz though, thanks.