The Eighth Commandment: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
How strongly obligatory is the truth of the faith?
Every Christian must give testimony to the truth and thereby follow after Christ, who before Pilate said, "For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth" (Jn 18:37).
This can even mean that a Christian lays down his life out of fidelity to the truth and love for God and mankind. This ultimate form of commitment to the truth is called martyrdom. (YOUCAT question 454)
Dig Deeper: CCC section (2471-2474) and other references here.
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