FAMILY

Question 1

What does Genesis 2 show?

Answer 1

That men and women complement each other and together

Question 2

What are the 3 beliefs about sex

Answer 2

• Marital
• Unitive
• Procreative

Question 3

What does martial show?

Answer 3

Sex should take place only within marriage.

Question 4

What does Unitive show?

Answer 4

Sex should bring a couple together. This reflects the teaching “The two become one flesh”

Question 5

What does procreative show?

Answer 5

That sex should be used to bring new life. As God commanded in Genesis for us to “be fruitful and multiply

Question 6

John Paul II’s theology of the body

Answer 6

Talks about human dignity with sex

• The belief that people discover and express their dignity through the body
• no use of contraception should be used

Question 7

sex before marriage

Answer 7

The catholic church sees it as wrong as it goes against the marital view.

Question 8

Adultery

Answer 8

• The catholic church believe that adultery is wrong since it breaks the marriage vows “till death do us part”
• most people in the UK also see adultery as wrong it can create emotional damage

Question 9

sexual act of two people of the same sex

Answer 9

• The church doesn’t agree as it can never be procreative
• others would disagree and say as long the couple love each other and are committed to each other they should feel free to have sex as an expression and deeping of their love

Question 10

What makes a valid marriage?

+ same sex

Answer 10

• freedom to marry
• free will
• consummation
• willing to have children
• commitment until death

Same sex are unable to welcome new children on their own. since 2014 same sex were only able to get married in the UK. But most church see it as valid.

Question 11

cohabition

Answer 11

church:
disagrees with it as it breaks the sanctity of marriage

Other:
believe that it should be accepted because it allows a couple to grow in their relationship

Question 12

Annulment

Answer 12

Is the church recognition that a marriage was never valid in the first place. This can happen if there is a affair, forced to marry or did not have marital, unitive and procreative sex after their marriage.

Question 13

Divorce

Answer 13

The church does not however accept that divorce represent a valid end to their marriage this is due to:

• the vows says “till death do us part”
• God joins the couple together
• Jesus taught that anyone who divorced and then remarried is guilty of adultery

Question 14

contraception

Answer 14

Church:
Sees it as wrong as it goes against procreation there believe that other methods can be used such as Family planning

Other:

• Protects people from STI’s
• Having a child creates financial difficulty that can be avoided

Question 15

What are the four main task of a family

Answer 15

• to form a community
• to support the life and development of each individual
• educate children on church teachings
• go to mass together

Question 16

The nuclear family or traditional family

Answer 16

The church believes that it is the perfect model of family life as it is led by a man and a woman. Other disagree as their believe that the most important factor is to have love.

Question 17

roles and responsibility in the family

Answer 17

st paul out lines the roles within the Christian family

• husband should love their wives unconditionally
• wives should show their love for their husband in doing wat their husband ask
• children should obey their parents
• Parents should show love and kindness to their children

Question 18

gender equality in the bible

Answer 18

• In the old testament women are shown as equal to men
• In the New testament women are shown to have important roles as Mary who conceived Jesus

Men:
Most recorded events in Bible are about men
all of Jesus Apostles were men

Question 19

Church gender equality

Answer 19

• the church doesn’t allow women to become a priest due to Jesus having only male disciples

Question 20

Gender Prejudice and discrimination

Answer 20

gender prejudice is the attitude that one gender is better then the other

gender discrimination is how the person treats that gender
- it is illegal in the UK in terms of employment
- It is visible through the pay gap
- The is against it as it goes against men and women being equal
- in 2015 pope Francis spoke about the gap
However:
- some people believe that positive discrimination is good and it promotes equality and balance