The Fourth Commandment
‘Honour your father and your mother’
What are we commanded by the fourth Commandment?
We are commanded to love, honour, respect, and obey our parents and to assist them with their spiritual and material needs.
What is the duty of parents towards their children?
Parents have the duty to provide for their children’s spiritual and material needs; to provide a loving and caring home in which they can develop and grow physically and spiritually; to ensure that they have an adequate education and that they are brought up in the knowledge, love and service of God.
Are the obligations of the fourth Commandment extended to the wider ‘family’ in society?
The obligations are extended to the wider ‘family’. The commandment requires honour, affection and gratitude toward elders and ancestors. It extends to the duties of pupils to teachers, employees to employers, subordinates to leaders, citizens to their country and to those who administer or govern it. It also includes and presupposes the duties of parents, instructors, teachers, leaders, magistrates, those who govern and all who exercise authority over others, to respect the fundamental rights of those under their authority.
What does the fourth Commandment forbid?
It forbids disobedience, stubbornness, and contempt to our parents and lawful superiors.
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