Day 103 The Fourth Commandment Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother

In this episode we commence our study of the Fourth Commandment of the Decalogue: Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother. As the fourth "Word" (of the "Ten Words") is the first on the second tablet, we discuss why Catholics number and arrange the ten commandments as they do. The Catholic arrangement is from St Augustine's teaching in his work "Quaestiones in Exodum," from which we read. Additionally we read from the Summa Theologica, Secunda Secundae Question 122 article 5, "Whether the fourth precept, about honoring one's parents, is fittingly expressed?"