the Apostles regarded ceremonial laws as outdated,^[1] and in civil matters the general teaching of the New Testament is that Christians are subject to the law of the land,^[2] but there is no appeal to the Civil precepts of the Old Testament.  Even Circumcision was superseded by Christian Baptism,^[3] and ‘the Lord's Day’,^[4] or ‘first day of the week’^[5] (Sunday) replaced the Sabbath as the Church’s sacred day, since it was the day of Christ’s Resurrection.

Morality, however, belongs to our common humanity, and therefore claims universal allegiance.   In the judgement predicted by Amos,^[6] Israelite and heathen alike are under

moral law.  Hence the Article declares that the Ceremonial and Civil precepts of the Mosaic Law are not binding upon Christians, but the Old Testament Moral Law (such as the Ten Commandments, which were endorsed by our Lord^[7] and the New Testament writers^[8]) is binding upon them.

In general the Old Testament is to be regarded as preparatory to the New,^[9] a shadow of the truth as revealed in Christ.^[10]  As such it is to be valued, but its teaching is to be understood and applied only in the light of Christian principles.