Family And Relationships

Question 1

What do Catholics believe that sex should be?

Answer 1

• Marital (sex is a gift from God and should only happen under marriage. Vows are consummated through sex)
• Unitive (sex deepens the love between a couple because they give themselves to eachother)
• Procreative (a couple should accept the gift of children from God and when they have children, there is a greater reason for self living)

Question 2

3 points on marital sex in Pope John’s Theology of the Body

Answer 2

• Unites a couple in love,
• shows respect,
• open to the possibility of children in a loving marriage.

Question 3

3 points on extramarital sex in Theology of the Body

Answer 3

• Distorts God’s gift of sex because it ruins the purpose of it (procreation),
• makes people selfish,
• can make people see others as objects for personal pleasure.

Question 4

3 contrasting views on sex compared to Catholism

Answer 4

• People have the right to do what they want with their bodies,
• contraception reduces risk of STIs,
• people can still be committed in a relationship even if they are not married.

Question 5

3 points on Catholic view on sex before marriage

Answer 5

• Sex consummates a marriage,
• sex outside of marriage makes