3.3 Marriage and family life Flashcards
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Changing attitudes- marriage
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- Marrying older, declining numbers, less in church
- Valued as less, role of women changed, contraception
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Changing attitudes- divorce
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- Rising numbers, 42% end in divorce
- Divorce reform act- 1969, marriage valued less, more stress, longer lives, more socially acceptable, less religion
3
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Changing attitudes- family life
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- Less nuclear/more reconstituted, less are married/more cohabitation, less family time spent together, contraception means fewer children
- More divorces, more acceptable, less marriages
4
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Changing attitudes- homosexuality
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- Civil partnership- 2004, gay marriage- 2013
- More acceptable, legal, openness of gay celebs, IVF
5
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Sex outside of marriage- for
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- God gave us free will
- Couple may not be able to afford marriage
- If love is shown it could be justified
- Bible is outdated
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Sex outside of marriage- against
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- Gift from God- disrespectful
- Against 10 commandments (adultery)
- Shows faithfulness (importance of marriage)
- For procreation
7
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Features of Catholic marriage
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- Celebrated by a priest
- Exchange of vows- promise faithfulness and to accept children
- Exchange of rings- circle is never ending
- Prayers ask for God’s blessing
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Purpose of Catholic marriage
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- Sacrament- God imparts his grace and strength on the couple
- Takes place in a church by a priest, readings from Bible, prayers
- Permanent- for life
- Vows- “will you love and honour each other… for the rest of your life?” rings- circle is everlasting
- Everlasting- couple must be faithful
- Vows- “promise to be true to him/her”
- Life-giving- procreation is a marriage commitment
- Priest asks “will you lovingly accept children from God?”
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Divorce- Catholic attitude
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- “a marriage concluded and consummated between baptised persons can never be dissolved”
- Jesus claimed that divorcees who remarry commit adultery
- Vows at the wedding can never be undone
- Genesis- God created man and woman to be together
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Divorce- annulments
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- Declaration that the marriage was never valid in the first place
- Can take between 9-24 months
- Grounds include- one of the partners having hidden information such as previous marriage or infertility, or not fully understanding the commitment made at marriage
- Catholics still encourage reconciliation
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Divorce- Liberal attitude
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- Think it’s the lesser of two evils- acceptable in certain situations
- “love thy neighbour”
- Jesus allowed for divorces in the case of unfaithfulness
- Christianity teaches forgiveness, so the church should forgive
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Homosexuality- Roman Catholic
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- Not a sin to be homosexual, but homosexual acts are sinful
- Sex is creative, and homosexual sex isn’t
- Condemned in five places in the Bible
- Against discrimination of homosexuals
13
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Homosexuality- Evangelical
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- Sin because it is condemned in the Bible- “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman: it is an abomination”
- Say it is a choice
14
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Homosexuality- Liberal
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- Lifelong monogamous relationships are morally acceptable
- Bible passages need to be reinterpreted in modern times
- Christians teach love and acceptance
- Jesus never said anything about homosexuality
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Family life- importance
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- Learn right from wrong- less evil
- Introduced to their faith through sacraments and mass
- Fulfillment of promise made at their wedding
- Centre of love and care
- CCC- “original cell of social life”
