By Hunter Leonard, Catholic Stand - The commandment against idolatry – a prohibition that to many seems to be a non-issue today – is the first commandment for good reason... The commandment against idolatry is given its primacy among the Ten Commandments because this command is intimately linked to the Lord’s moral authority over our lives and thus is at the heart of all the commandments. Far from being irrelevant today, the sin of idolatry is real and rampant today and is deeply connected to our day-to-day moral life, and adherence to the first commandment is necessary for true growth in the spiritual life.