Professor Hall was addressing her class on the history of the Statute of Secrecy and why it was necessary to make sure that it remained in place. "Now, I’m sure that some of you feel that it was written for a bygone era full of superstition and greed; that times have changed since the bulk of the muggle world has moved on from the driving need to burn the witches at the stake if they ever came across one. For the most part, you would be correct...however, not every community within the non-magical society is ready for the notion that there are outside forces that can seemingly perform miracles that do not conform to their ideals of what should or shouldn’t be permissible." She pointed to Padma who asked if she’d been referring to the Church. Professor Hall smiled in approval, "Indeed I am, Miss Patil. Resorting to witchcraft, "white" or "green" or "gray" or whatever, was viewed as intrinsically evil because it violates the First Commandment of the Old Testament and the greatest commandment of the New Testament: "I am the Lord your God. ... You shall not have other gods beside me" and "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with your entire mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment." The Catechism specifically lists magic and sorcery as two of the serious sins against the First Commandment."