1.0Sanctum Bloghttps://celestialsanctumparish.org/blogSanctum_Parishhttps://celestialsanctumparish.org/blog/author/sanctum_parish/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="XpoplTTGts"><a href="https://celestialsanctumparish.org/blog/2017/12/14/the-duty-of-parents/">The Duty of Parents</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://celestialsanctumparish.org/blog/2017/12/14/the-duty-of-parents/embed/#?secret=XpoplTTGts" width="600" height="338" title="“The Duty of Parents” — Sanctum Blog" data-secret="XpoplTTGts" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://celestialsanctumparish.org/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://i0.wp.com/celestialsanctumparish.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dutyofparents.jpg?fit=720%2C221&ssl=1720221The instruction to children to obey their parents presupposes, as we have seen, the fact of parental authority. Yet when Paul outlines how parents should behave towards their children, it is not the exercise, but the restraint, of their authority which he urges upon them. The picture he paints of fathers as self-controlled, gentle, patient educators of their children is …