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Precept
A precept (from the Latin: præcipere, to teach) is a commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action.
In religion, precepts are usually commands respecting moral conduct.
The term is encountered frequently in the Jewish and Christian Scriptures:
Thou hast commanded thy precepts to be kept diligently. O that my ways may be steadfast in keeping thy statutes!
— Psalm 119(118):4–5, RSV
The usage of precepts in the Revised Standard Version of the Bible corresponds with that of the Hebrew Bible. The Septuagint (Samuel Rengster edition) has Greek entolas, which, too, may be rendered with precepts.
The Latin Church of the Catholic Church's canon law, which is based on Roman Law, makes a distinction between precept and law in Canon 49:
A singular precept is a decree which directly and legitimately enjoins a specific person or persons to do or omit something, especially in order to urge the observance of law.
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Precept
A precept (from the Latin: præcipere, to teach) is a commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action.
In religion, precepts are usually commands respecting moral conduct.
The term is encountered frequently in the Jewish and Christian Scriptures:
Thou hast commanded thy precepts to be kept diligently. O that my ways may be steadfast in keeping thy statutes!
— Psalm 119(118):4–5, RSV
The usage of precepts in the Revised Standard Version of the Bible corresponds with that of the Hebrew Bible. The Septuagint (Samuel Rengster edition) has Greek entolas, which, too, may be rendered with precepts.
The Latin Church of the Catholic Church's canon law, which is based on Roman Law, makes a distinction between precept and law in Canon 49:
A singular precept is a decree which directly and legitimately enjoins a specific person or persons to do or omit something, especially in order to urge the observance of law.