Bible Dictionaries
Obedience

　　The principal word which calls for notice under this head in the apostolic writings is the noun ὑπήκοος. ὑπήκοος). In regard to Christians it comes to have the still more special sense of subjection to the saving will of God, as revealed in Christ, and is thus brought into close connexion with the idea of faith (cf. 1 Peter 1:22, ἱπακοὴ τοῦ Χριστοῦ. Cf., in the same sense, the usage of ὑποταγή, properly ‘subjection,’ and the verb ὑποταγή] to Christ is the same thing as subjection to the bishop and the presbytery).

　　In conclusion, reference may be made to a passage in which Thomas Aquinas endeavours to define the special virtue of obedience (Summa Theologiae, II. ii. quaest. 104, article