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.
Divorce
The legal ending of a marriage. A divorce does not exist in the catholic church however as marriage is supposed to last for ever
Annulment
An annulment is when it is declared that a marriage never happened as the condition for the marriage were never originally met.
Types of love
EROS-Sexual love for your partner
PHILOS-Friendly/fraternal love
STORGE-Family love
AGAPE-Charitable love/selfless love
Contraception
The deliberate use of artificial methods or other techniques to prevent pregnancy as a consequence of sexual intercourse. The church disagrees with all type of contraception that ends the life of an embryo after creation.
The purpose of Family
To form a community
To support the life and personal development of each individual
To share in the development of the wider society
To share in the life and mission of the church
The role of pro-creation in a family
To have children in marriage but also for their environment to be family oriented
The role of security in a family
To create a safe environment for the development of children
The role of education in a family
For parents to be good teachers to their children in order to give them the correct environment for development
