Marriage, Family And Relationships Flashcards
Marital
Commitment to love one person exclusively forever. Expressed through marriage
Consummation
Marital vows are fulfilled through sexual intercourse, as they give themselves to each other completely
Unitive
Two people becoming one flesh (Mark 10:24) Find fulfilment in each other
Adultery
The act of sexual intercourse with somebody who isn’t your partner
Procreative
The act of sexual intercourse to create and receive children from God
St John Paul 2s theology of the body
A series of talks about the human body and sexual relationships. It states how God loves everyone no matter their gender and how extramarital sex is a sin
Sex before marriage views
For
-Self pleasure, Not ready for marriage but still want sex, It’s fun, shouldn’t restrict yourself.
Against
-STIs, Sex can lose its meaning when done too often, unwanted pregnancies.
Views on adultery
For
-Partner might be disabled, Partner might be infertile and couple want natural insemination.
Against
-Cheating on partner, Act of disloyalty, breaks trust and commitment to partner.
Views on homosexuality
For
-It is much easier to emotionally support your partner as you know how your gender thinks, you need to express the way you feel.
Against
-Homosexual sex is against catholic teaching as there is no chance of pregnancy, people criticise which can be pressuring, horrible or can cause people to become depressed.
Fornication
The act of sex before marriage
Conditions for a valid marriage
Signing the register, marriage needs to be consummated, truth must be told in vows, both must consent to marriage, free to marry, must be in your right mind, religious marriages must be held in a church, needs witnesses, marriage should be open to children, has to be exclusive
Marriage vows
For better or for worse For richer or poorer To have and to hold To love and to cherish In sickness and in health Till death do us apart
Cohabitation
When two people in a relationship live together that have not made a formal commitment to each other
Views on cohabitation
For
-Helps financially, The couple will become more comfortable around each other, Get to know more about your partner.
Against
-Relationship could end, leaving both in a really awkward position, May get sick of each other, Can feel confined without personal space.
Seperation
Separation is when a couple that are married stop seeing each other but remain legally married and married in the eyes of the church.