Great Commandment

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The Great Commandment is Jesus’ teaching that love of God and love of neighbor are the supreme moral duties and the foundation of Christian ethical life.

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Label Occurrences
Great Commandment canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian ethical teaching ⓘ
biblical commandment ⓘ
teaching of Jesus ⓘ
addresses relationship with God ⓘ
relationship with neighbor ⓘ
audience Jewish legal experts in the Gospels ⓘ
disciples of Jesus ⓘ
basedOn Shema Yisrael ⓘ
category Christian ethics ⓘ
moral theology ⓘ
centralTheme love ⓘ
contrastedWith legalistic observance of law ⓘ
describedAs supreme moral duty in Christianity ⓘ
emphasizes agape love ⓘ
ethicalFocus integration of worship and ethics ⓘ
priority of love over ritual ⓘ
ethicalImplication basis for Christian morality ⓘ
firstCommand love God with all your heart, soul, and mind ⓘ
foundationOf Christian ethical life ⓘ
foundIn Gospel of Luke ⓘ
Gospel of Mark ⓘ
Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
hasPart love of God ⓘ
love of neighbor ⓘ
influences Catholic social teaching ⓘ
surface form: Christian social teaching

Christian views on charity ⓘ
Christian views on justice ⓘ
interpretedAs summary of divine law ⓘ
linguisticForm double commandment ⓘ
moralPriority greatest commandment ⓘ
quotesFrom Deuteronomy 6:4–5 ⓘ
Leviticus 19 ⓘ
surface form: Leviticus 19:18
relatedConcept Golden Rule ⓘ
Law of Christ ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
requires self-giving love toward others ⓘ
wholehearted devotion to God ⓘ
scope universal moral principle ⓘ
scripturalStatus commandment ⓘ
secondCommand love your neighbor as yourself ⓘ
statusInLiturgy frequently cited in Christian worship ⓘ
statusInTradition core Christian doctrine ⓘ
summarizes Halakha ⓘ
surface form: Mosaic Law

the Prophets ⓘ
taughtBy Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form: Jesus of Nazareth

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christian ethics → emphasizesTeaching → Great Commandment ⓘ
Law of Christ → associatedWithCommand → Great Commandment ⓘ
teachings of Jesus → includes → Great Commandment ⓘ