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	== Summary ==		== Summary ==
	This section applies the commandment against false witness to truthfulness in speech, judgment, reputation, and testimony. Sadler warns against lying, slander, rash judgment, and gossip.		This section applies the commandment against false witness to truthfulness in speech, judgment, reputation, and testimony. Sadler warns against lying, slander, rash judgment, and gossip.

			== Sadler's Text ==
			Sadler's catechetical treatment of this topic is anchored in the statement, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour."<ref>Michael Ferrebee Sadler, ''The Church Teacher's Manual of Christian Instruction'' (London: George Bell and Sons, 1872), p. 243.</ref> He further explains the section by saying, "Yes; it is broken by evil speaking, lying and slandering; as when we falsely attribute to any one some crime or weakness, or when we wilfully exaggerate the faults or failings of others."<ref>Michael Ferrebee Sadler, ''The Church Teacher's Manual of Christian Instruction'' (London: George Bell and Sons, 1872), p. 243.</ref>

	== Theological Themes ==		== Theological Themes ==

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= The Ninth Commandment (Sadler's Church Teacher's Manual) =

'''The Ninth Commandment''' is Section XLII of [[The Church Teacher's Manual of Christian Instruction]], Michael Ferrebee Sadler's 1872 expansion of the [[Church Catechism]] in question-and-answer form.<ref>Sadler, section XLII in Michael Ferrebee Sadler, ''The Church Teacher's Manual of Christian Instruction: Being the Church Catechism Expanded and Explained in Question and Answer'', 3rd ed. (London: Bell & Daldy, 1872), digitized by the Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/churchteachersma00sadlrich.</ref>

== Summary ==
This section applies the commandment against false witness to truthfulness in speech, judgment, reputation, and testimony. Sadler warns against lying, slander, rash judgment, and gossip.

== Theological Themes ==
* Truthfulness
* Reputation
* False witness
* Charitable judgment

== Scripture References ==
The following references are representative biblical texts used or implied in this section of Sadler's catechetical exposition:

* Exodus 20:16
* Matthew 7:1
* 1 Peter 4:8
* 2 Thessalonians 3:11
* 1 Timothy 5:13
* Revelation 21:8

== Anglican Context ==
This section belongs to Sadler's treatment of the baptismal promise to keep God's commandments. It is connected with the Decalogue in the [[Church Catechism]] and with the use of the commandments in Anglican moral and liturgical instruction. Sadler's treatment reflects nineteenth-century [[Church of England]] catechesis and should be read as a historical Anglican source alongside current provincial formularies and catechetical resources.

== See Also ==
* [[The Church Teacher's Manual of Christian Instruction]]
* [[Ten Commandments]]
* [[Church Catechism]]
* [[Anglican Ethics]]
* [[Book of Common Prayer]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Sadler's Church Teacher's Manual]]
[[Category:Catechisms]]
[[Category:Christian Education]]
[[Category:Ten Commandments]]
[[Category:Anglican Ethics]]

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