Key Terms - Religion, Relations And Family Flashcards
Absolute vs relative morality
Absolute: an unchanging belief - something is always right or always wrong
E.g thou shall not kill
Relative: a belief that might change according to the circumstances
E.g killing is sometimes necessary in war
The ‘omni’ words
Omnipotent: God is all powerful
Omnibenevolent: God is all loving
Omniscient: God is all knowing
Omnipresent: God is everywhere at once
Agape
Selfless love (including for strangers)
Consummated
Completed and fulfilled
Storge
Loving someone thorough family bond
Eros
Sexual love (feelings for someone you find sexually attractive)
Philos
Brotherly love
Promiscuity
Casual sex
Cohabitation
Living in the same house with your partner before marriage
Napital
To do with marriage
Communion
Sharing together
Extramarital
Occurring outside marriage
Homesexuality
Guess
Celibacy
Not having sexual relations
The three words that a marriage should be
Marital: to marry
Unitive: should be uniting a couple
Procreative: to have babies (to pro-create)
Human sexuality
The expression of love and identity of a person
Divorce
The legal ending of a marriage
Marriage vows
The promises the couple make whilst getting married
E.g to have and to hold
Transgendered
When a person identifies as the opposite sex and wishes to live their life as that
Heterosexuality
When someone is sexually attracted to the opposite sex
Straight
Types of love
The recognition that the word love can have different meanings
What is Theology of the body?
Teachings of Pope John Paul the 2nd on the nature of the body and sexuality