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439. Why does the Decalogue constitute an organic unity? 2069 2079 The Ten Commandments form an organic and indivisible whole because each commandment refers to the other commandments and to the entire Decalogue. To break one commandment, therefore, is to violate the entire law. 440. Why does the Decalogue enjoin serious obligations? 2072-2073 2081 It does so because the Decalogue expresses the fundamental duties of man towards God and towards his neighbor. 441. Is it possible to keep the Decalogue? 2074 2082 Yes, because Christ without whom we can do nothing enables us to keep it with the gift of his Spirit and his grace.