Longer Catechism (Orthodox) 26.555

Chapter 26 — Part III — The Ten Commandments

Section 555. Q. What degree of sin is there in undutifulness to parents? A. In proportion as it is easy and natural to love and honor parents, to whom we owe our being, the more grievous is the sin of undutifulness towards them: for this cause in the law of Moses he that cursed father or mother was to be put to death. Exod. xxi. 17.