Who are meant by father and mother in the fifth commandment?
Text: Orthodox Presbyterian Church text, with WLC 109 restored to the 1647 wording · Read it at the source
By father and mother, in the fifth commandment, are meant, not only natural parents, but all superiors in age and gifts; and especially such as, by God’s ordinance, are over us in place of authority, whether in family, church, or commonwealth.