Catechism › PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST › CHAPTER TWO YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF › ARTICLE 4 THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT › ¶ 2256 ¶ 2256 In Brief Citizens are obliged in Conscience not to Follow the directives of civil authorities when they are Contrary to the demands of the moral order. "We must obey God rather than men" (Acts 5:29). Linked Concepts Follow God Acts Conscience Contrary ← ¶ 2255 Browse ¶ 2257 →