2199. The fourth commandment is addressed expressly to children in their relationship to their father and mother, because this relationship is the most universal. It likewise concerns the ties of kinship between members of the extended family. It requires honor, affection, and gratitude toward elders and ancestors. Finally, 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. This commandment includes and presupposes the duties of parents, instructors, teachers, leaders, magistrates, those who govern, all who exercise authority over others or over a community of persons.
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26. Who are the principal witnesses of the obedience of faith in the Sacred Scriptures?
502. What are the offenses against the dignity of marriage?
316. Who can receive the sacrament of the anointing of the sick?
455. What does the fourth commandment require?
135. How will Christ judge the living and the dead?
240. What is the purpose of holy images?
540. What is the importance of the Psalms in prayer?
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What is the teaching on leading humble servants in 3 John 1:1-4?
What is the importance of Christian witness?
What does it mean to choose godliness over the flesh, according to 1 Peter 4:1-6?
What is Ezekiel’s message about individual responsibility before God?
