Question 104

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What doth God require in the fifth command?

That I show all honour, love, and fidelity, to my father and mother, and all in authority over me, and submit myself to their good instruction and correction with due obedience;^a and also patiently bear with their weaknesses and infirmities,^b since it pleases God to govern us by their hand.^c

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

aEphesians 6:1ff; Colossians 3:18, 20; Ephesians 5:22; Romans 1:31
bProverbs 23:22
cEphesians 6:5–6; Colossians 3:19, 21; Romans 13:1–8; Matthew 22:21

Commentary

Jeremias Bastingius, A Catechisme of Christian Religion, with the Arguments and Use (1591), on this question
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on this question
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on this question

Related texts

An Orthodox Catechism (1680) Q. 121

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