Difference between revisions of "Filial Piety"
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<p> Is the affectionate attachment of children to their parents, including in it love, reverence, obedience, and relief. [[Justly]] has it been observed, that these great duties are prompted equally by nature and by gratitude independent of the injunctions of religion; for where shall we find the person who hath received from any one benefits so great, or so many, as children from their parents? And it may be truly said that if persons are undutiful to their parents, they seldom prove good to any other relation. </p> <p> See article | Filial Piety <ref name="term_19778" /> | ||
==References == | <p> Is the affectionate attachment of children to their parents, including in it love, reverence, obedience, and relief. [[Justly]] has it been observed, that these great duties are prompted equally by nature and by gratitude independent of the injunctions of religion; for where shall we find the person who hath received from any one benefits so great, or so many, as children from their parents? And it may be truly said that if persons are undutiful to their parents, they seldom prove good to any other relation. </p> <p> See article [[Children.]] </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_19778"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/charles-buck-theological-dictionary/filial+piety Filial Piety from Charles Buck Theological Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_19778"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/charles-buck-theological-dictionary/filial+piety Filial Piety from Charles Buck Theological Dictionary]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:50, 12 October 2021
Filial Piety [1]
Is the affectionate attachment of children to their parents, including in it love, reverence, obedience, and relief. Justly has it been observed, that these great duties are prompted equally by nature and by gratitude independent of the injunctions of religion; for where shall we find the person who hath received from any one benefits so great, or so many, as children from their parents? And it may be truly said that if persons are undutiful to their parents, they seldom prove good to any other relation.
See article Children.
