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Honoring Parents
Honoring parents is the biblical teaching that children are to respect and serve their parents. It is set forth in one of the Ten Commandments. In Korean churches, it is practiced through observances such as Parents' Sunday and memorial services.
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- Filial PietyChristian Life
Filial piety is the honoring and serving of one's parents. Protestants understand it as a religious duty grounded in the fifth of the Ten Commandments: "Honour thy father and thy mother."
- Proverbs 23Bible
Proverbs 23 belongs to the section known as "the words of the wise." It teaches proper conduct at the table, warns against greed for wealth, gives instruction on disciplining children and honoring parents, and vividly depicts the ravages of drunkenness.
- Leviticus 19:18Bible Verses
Leviticus 19:18 is a precept of the Mosaic Law: "Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." Jesus named it, together with the command to love God, as the greatest of the commandments, and both Paul and James cited it as a summary of the Law.
- Parents' SundayFeasts & Seasons
Parents' Sunday is an observance of Korean Protestant churches, held on a Sunday near Korea's Parents' Day (May 8), to remember with gratitude the grace shown by parents and to reflect on the biblical teaching of honoring one's father and mother.
- Imperial CultHistory
The imperial cult was the practice in the ancient Roman Empire of honoring the emperor, living or deceased, as a god and offering sacrifices to him. Early Christians who refused to take part were persecuted.
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