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SorellaLaBefana

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3. And which version of "THE 'Decalogue'" would that be? Cecil B. DeMille's I would wager.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2026, 09:37 AM

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For, in the Holy Books, there are at least THREE different versions — none of which, as I recall, give a neatly numbered 1-10. These versions are, in turn, presented in different combinations in Catholic and in Protestant Bibles.

To a person sitting in darkness (as Mark Twain put it) it truly is most vexing.

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