Question 531

What is required and what is forbidden by the tenth commandment?

Answer

This commandment, which completes the preceding commandment, requires an interior attitude of respect for the property of others and forbids greed, unbridled covetousness for the goods of others, and envy which is the sadness one experiences at the sight of another’s goods and the immoderate desire to acquire them for oneself.

Condenses CCC ¶¶ 2534-2540 2551-2554