REFLECTIONS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAW AND FREEDOM, BASED ON SOME PRECEPTS OF THE DECALOGUE
Reflections of the relationship between law and freedom, based on some precepts of the Decalogue

Summary/Abstract: We live in a society, where there seems to be a tension between law and freedom. Every man wants to live his freedom, but placed in a social context he is obliged to take the law into account. Similarly in the religious, spiritual field, some Christians believe that there is no law, while others say that there is a moral law, but that all values must be based on the law. We note that from a social point of view, law regulates relations between citizens and between citizens and the state. From an ethical point of view, the law regulates human behavior, i.e. it tells us how to behave in certain situations. The two perspectives relate to law as a principle, as a body of rules, of established things, of norms, which society has accepted as important. From a religious perspective, from a Christian perspective, from a biblical perspective, if we want to be precise, the law is the character of God, it is the person’s relation, not a set of rules. From an ethical and social perspective, from the perspective of our society, certain norms may change over time. While some Christians emphasize either the law or the absence of law, i.e. only freedom. The legitimate question remains, can the two notions, law and freedom, be reconciled?

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