* At another point, I hope to give more attention to the idolatry of ideological identifications.
** I am following the Protestant numeration of the commandments. The Jewish and Roman Catholic numerations differ. The Jewish numeration, however, does place this as the ninth commandment, whereas the Roman Catholic numeration has it as the eighth.
*** I am aware that I am overgeneralizing these positions, but I do not think this detracts from the point I am arguing.
**** Please do not read too much into this statement. This is only an example. Show my argument generosity by assuming you do not know my political views (because you don’t; I’m not sure I do!).
***** Note that he divides the Decalogue according to the Roman Catholic numeration, so this discussion is under the eighth commandment in his catechism.