Marriage And Family Life Flashcards
Adultery
A sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner
Civil partnership
A legal ceremony giving homosexual partners the same legal rights as a husband and wife
Cohabitation
Living together without being married
Faithfulness
Staying with your marriage partner and only having sex with them
Homosexuality
Sexual attraction to the same sex
Nuclear family
Mother, father and children living as a unit
Pre-martial sex
Sex before marriage
Procreation
Making a new life
Promiscuity
Having sex with a number of partners without commitment
Re-constituted family
Where two sets of children become one family where their divorced parents marry each other
Re-marriage
Marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage
Contraception
Intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring
Changing attitudes to marriage and cohabitation
- contraception made it safer to have sex before marriage
- Fewer people go to church therefore less people are encouraged to save sex for marriage
- media and society has accepted sex outside of marriage so people now think it’s okay
- celebrities made cohabitation look respectable and so it has become more popular
What are the 4 purposes to catholic marriage
- sacrament
- permanent
- exclusive
- life giving
How the purpose of a catholic marriage are show in the wedding ceremony
1) sacrament. Purpose of this is to show publicly the love the couple have for each other this is shown in the opening prayer of the ceremony.
2) permanent for life. This is shown in the vows when the couple says until death do us part.
3) exclusive. This is shown when the priest asks the couple if they have come freely and without reservation to their relationship.
4) live-giving. This is shown when the priest asks he couple if they will accept children from God lovingly.
Catholic attitudes to sex outside marriage
- God gave sex for the procreation of children who should be brought up in a Christian family, so it should only take place within marriage.
- the bible teaches fornication is sinful and damages relationships but it also teaches sex and marriage always go together (Genesis 1, Song of Solomon)
- adultery breaks wedding vows to be faithful and is condemned in the 10 commandments to not commit adultery.
- Catechism teaches that pre-martial sex is wrong and Catholics should follow the teaches of the Catechism.
Liberal christians attitudes to sex outside of marriage / cohabitation
- Jesus taught that love is the most important thing.
- the bible was written in a different culture and society
- the church has to come to terms with modern life and accept that it does not follow the old teachings.
Sex outside of marriage
For:
- sex is a natural result of two people being in love, there is no reason for them to wait until marriage
- it is now accepted by society and very few people think it is wrong
- a couple may be in love and want to marry but cannot afford a wedding this shouldn’t stop them from being able to have sex.
Christian attitudes to Cohabitation
- Married couples are more likely to stay together than cohabiting couples.
- Children of married couples have a more stable environment
- Church teaches that marriage did the basis of society and living together without being married is wrong.
Non Christian attitudes to cohabitation
- couples who live together can just be as happy as married couples.
- you cannot promise to be with someone until death if you don’t even know what it’s like to live with them.
- some people may not be able to afford a wedding but still one each other deeply and want to live together.
