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Junior Cycle Religious Education: Religious moral codes
How often Religious moral codes comes up on the Religious Education papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.
CL Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years
Religious moral codes, Common Level(6 marks)
Quick ones on Religious moral codes.
(a)The Decalogue is another name for…
- The Five Pillars
- The Ten Commandments
- The Eightfold Path
(b)The Law of Love (love God, and love your neighbour as yourself) is the moral code most associated with…
- Hinduism
- Buddhism
- Christianity
(c)Shahada, Salat, Zakat, Sawm and Hajj together make up…
- The Five Pillars of Islam
- The Five Precepts
- The Six Articles of Faith
Show the answers
(a) The Ten Commandments
(b) Christianity
(c) The Five Pillars of Islam
Common Level
Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Not asked |
| 2025 | Q11 |
| 2024 | Q3 |
| 2023 | Q7 |
| 2022 | Q11 |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
Other Religious Education topics
- Big questions & meaning of life
- Communities of faith & daily life
- Non-religious rituals
- Organisations for peace & justice
- Prayer & meditation
- Sacred places & pilgrimage
- Sacred texts
- Care for the earth
- Christianity in Irish heritage
- Compassion & justice
- Founders & founding stories
- Key beliefs of world religions
- Living a morally good life
- Moral issues & decision-making
- Non-religious world views
- Religious rituals & ceremonies
- Religious themes in culture
- Stages of faith
- Conscience & moral influences
- People of commitment
- Places of worship
- Religious festivals
- Symbols & sacred objects
- Values in everyday life
- Creation stories
- Forgiveness & reconciliation
- Interfaith dialogue
- Understanding of the Divine