A Topic of Moral Theology

Love, reverence and obedience owed to parents

What children owe and how gravely.

Also asked about as…

disrespecting parents · honoring your parents · obeying your parents (ed.)

In the index as Parents · Children · Piety · Reverence · Obedience · Children are held to love parents · Education · Honor · Love · Obligations · Care · Chastity · Choice · Cinematographic Projections · Cinematographic representations · Commandments (laws) of God · Danger · Disobedience · Feminism · Hatred · Mutual love · Offices · Public Schools · Reverence to the Bible

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. IV, Chapter I. Duties of Children to Parents, n. 1 — CHILDREN owe their existence to their parents, and for many years, until they come to maturity, they stand in need of their constant care and direction. It is but right, therefore, that children should love, reverence, a… Read in context →

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 6. The Remaining Pote…, Reverence, nn. 2351, 2352, 2353 & 2354 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Commentaries on the Nature of Moral Theology, on Conscience and Probabilism, on the Fourth Precept, and on the Sixth and Ninth Precepts of the Decalogue (Commentarii)

Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910), Third Commentary: On the F…, II. On the Obligations of Children Toward Parents, nn. 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32 & 33 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Vol. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the Fourth Precept of t…, Chapter I. On the Obligations of Children toward Parents, nn. 363 & 365 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Obligations of Stat…, Chapter I: On the Duties of Laymen, nn. 969, 970, 971, 972, 973, 974, 975, 976 & 977 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. V, Pt. II, Ch. II, Section 4: The Duties of Children to Their Parents, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9 & ¶10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. II, Observance, and Obedience,…, Ch. II, Parents, Etc, Article I. On the Obligations of Children Toward Parents, nn. 580, 582 & 583 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Section D: On Piety and Ob…, Ch. I, Question Two: On the Offices of Piety Toward Parents, nn. 819, 820, 821, 822 & 823 (35 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. VI, On the Fourth Precept of t…, Chapter I. On the Obligations of Children toward Parents, n. 257 — I Say 1st. Children ought to love parents with love both internal, cherishing them with a pious and benevolent affection of heart, and external, repelling every evil and injury from them, as well as exhibiting to them si… Read in context →

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. IV, Disputation XIII: On the O…, Sect. I, Question II: What reverence is to be shown to parents, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. IV, Disputation XIII: On the O…, Sect. I, Question III: What obedience is to be shown to parents by children, nn. 1–28 (28 passages)

The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)

Pt. III, The Fourth Commandment, nn. ¶14–¶28 (15 passages)

The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion

Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, A. THE COMMANDMENTS, X. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF…, THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT OF …, 1. OUR DUTY TOWARDS OUR PARENTS, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

You and Yours: Practical Talks on Home Life

Scott, You and Yours, VI: Son, nn. ¶268–¶313 (46 passages)

Scott, You and Yours, VII: Daughter, nn. ¶318, ¶319, ¶320, ¶321, ¶322, ¶323, ¶324, ¶325, ¶326, ¶327, ¶328, ¶329 & ¶330 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Duties of Children to Parents — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)