The Fifth Commandment (1)

Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother. . . . This command, too, has more in it than appears on the surface. What it requires of one is that he honor not merely father and mother, but all in authority over him. This must be. For if all authority, that of the magistrate, as well as that of parents, is of God, it follows that the requirement of this command extends to the former, and that thus the authority of the former can no more be defied with impunity than that of the latter. Rightly considered,...