Ten Commandments
Biblical principles relating to ethics and worship
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| April 12 2025 | Scheduled to air on an alternative date due to the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs. |
| 2025 |
Dekalog
Director Brady Corbet called Dekalog 'maybe the greatest achievement in the history of cinema' in a Criterion Closet Video.
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| January 1 2025 |
House Bill 71
Louisiana House Bill 71 mandates the display of the Ten Commandments in all state-funded school classrooms, requiring a poster or framed document at least 11x14 inches with a King James Bible version of the Ten Commandments as the central focus.
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| 2024 |
House Bill 71
Dan Patrick announced plans to introduce Senate Bill 1515, a similar bill requiring Ten Commandments in schools, and criticized Speaker Dade Phelan for not putting the bill to a vote in the previous legislative session.
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| November 20 2024 |
House Bill 71
The Court of Appeals decided against temporarily lifting deGravelles' ruling pending appeal, keeping the lower court ruling in effect until a final decision is made.
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| November 15 2024 |
House Bill 71
The Court of Appeals granted an emergency stay motion from the state, limiting deGravelles' ruling to the five parishes named as defendants in the original lawsuit.
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| November 15 2024 | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted an emergency stay motion from Louisiana, limiting the injunction to five specific parishes. |
| November 12 2024 |
House Bill 71
United States District Judge John W. deGravelles ruled House Bill 71 unconstitutional, citing it as coercive to students who cannot avoid viewing the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
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| November 12 2024 |
House Bill 71
Louisiana Attorney General Elizabeth Murrill announced the state's intention to appeal the ruling against House Bill 71 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
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| November 12 2024 | United States District Judge John W. deGravelles granted a temporary injunction, declaring Louisiana's Ten Commandments school display law unconstitutional. |
| September 23 2024 |
House Bill 71
Christopher Dier, the 2020 Louisiana Teacher of the Year, filed a separate lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana challenging House Bill 71.
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| June 24 2024 |
House Bill 71
The American Civil Liberties Union, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom from Religion Foundation, along with law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, filed a lawsuit (Roake vs. Brumley) in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana challenging House Bill 71 on behalf of parents of Louisiana public school children.
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| June 22 2024 |
House Bill 71
Donald Trump endorsed House Bill 71 during a speech to evangelical Christians and on Truth Social, supporting the law's requirement to display the Ten Commandments in schools.
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| June 19 2024 |
House Bill 71
Louisiana governor Jeff Landry signed House Bill 71 into law, requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms after the bill passed the Committee on Education in a 10-3 vote.
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| June 19 2024 | Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed House Bill 71 mandating Ten Commandments display in every public school classroom. |
| 2023 |
House Bill 71
Dodie Horton introduced a law requiring the display of the national motto 'In God We Trust' in classrooms.
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| 2023 | Texas Republican Phil King introduced SB 1515 to require Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms, which ultimately lapsed without voting. |
| June 2023 |
Ten Commandments Monument
Nigerian rapper Vector released the song 'Why Me', with a music video filmed at the Ten Commandments Monument.
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| April 2023 |
Ten Commandments Monument
Hosted the 'One More Soul' concert featuring Northern Nigerian gospel artists Panam Percy Paul and Jeremiah Gyang.
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| April 1 2023 | The film aired on the Saturday before Palm Sunday, adjusted due to an NHL game telecast scheduled on the night before Easter. |
| April 9 2022 | The film aired on the Saturday before Palm Sunday, adjusted due to an NBA game telecast scheduled on the night before Easter. |
| December 2021 |
Ten Commandments Monument
Monument formally dedicated in a ceremony attended by former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, creating tensions within the Plateau State government.
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| March 2021 | UHD Blu-ray released using 2010 6K scans, with Paramount spending over 150 hours on color work and clean-up. |
| March 2021 | UHD Blu-ray released, utilizing 2010 6K scans with over 150 hours of new color work and clean-up. |
| March 30 2021 | 4K UHD Blu-ray release. |
| April 4 2020 | Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film aired prior to Palm Sunday instead of its typical broadcast time. |
| 2019 |
The Ten Commandments
'The Ten Commandments' entered the public domain in the United States.
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| August 2018 |
Thou shalt not kill
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, with Pope Francis's approval, changed paragraph 2267 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church to declare the death penalty as inadmissible.
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| August 16 2018 |
Ten Commandments Monument
The Satanic Temple briefly exhibited their Baphomet statue at the Capitol in protest of the Ten Commandments monument.
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| August 2 2018 |
Ten Commandments in Catholic theology
The Catholic Church officially adopted a new position declaring capital punishment 'inadmissible' as it violates human dignity, marking a significant shift in Church doctrine on the death penalty.
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| May 2018 |
Ten Commandments Monument
Governor Mary Fallin signed House Bill 2177, authored by Rep. John R. Bennett and Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, which allows cities, schools, and municipalities to display historical documents, monuments, and writings in public buildings and on public grounds.
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| April 26 2018 |
Ten Commandments Monument
State Senator Jason Rapert's privately fundraised Ten Commandments monument was replaced at the Arkansas State Capitol.
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| 2017 |
Ten Commandments Monument
Arkansas passed a law requiring legislative sponsorship for monument consideration, which blocked The Satanic Temple's Baphomet statue from being installed.
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| 2017 |
Ten Commandments Monument
Ten Commandments Monument was erected in Dwoi, Plateau State, Nigeria, by Senator Jonah Jang through the Yeshua Kingdom Foundation International.
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| 2016 | Intrada Records released a six-CD album for the film's 60th anniversary, containing the complete original score, all diegetic music, previous album recordings, and a 12-minute piano audition recording. The box set won the IFMCA Award for Best New Archival Release. |
| 2016 |
The Ten Commandments
A documentary titled 'The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille' is produced, documenting the efforts to locate and excavate the original film set.
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| November 2016 |
Ten Commandments Monument
State Question 790, a ballot initiative to repeal constitutional restrictions on using state resources for religious views, was defeated by voters with 57.12% voting against the measure.
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| February 2016 |
Thou shalt not kill
Pope Francis called for the suspension of the death penalty during the Holy Year, arguing that modern methods exist to effectively suppress crime while preserving the possibility of rehabilitation for the offender.
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| April 5 2015 | ABC aired the film on Easter Sunday night for the first time in several years. |
| April 1 2015 | The film premiered on GMA Network in the Philippines, beginning a traditional Holy Week broadcast. |
| 2014 |
The Ten Commandments
A recovery effort reveals the original sphinx head has significantly deteriorated, but a second, better-preserved sphinx is discovered and excavated.
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| 2012 | Limited edition gift set won the Home Media Award for Best Packaging by Paramount Pictures and Johns Byrne. |
| 2012 |
Dekalog
In the Sight & Sound poll, Dekalog received six votes from critics and one vote from a director as the Greatest Film of All Time.
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| 2012 |
The Ten Commandments
Archaeologists uncover the head of a prop sphinx from the original film set at the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes.
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| March 29 2011 | Fourth DVD edition (55th Anniversary Edition) released, including first-time Blu-ray release in two-disc and six-disc limited edition gift set formats. |
| March 29 2011 | Released as Special and Standard editions on DVD. |
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