Marriage & Family - family life

Question 1

name 4 things that the church teaches about to say that family is important

Answer 1

• children learn right and wrong from parents
• family introduces faith through baptism, mass and communion ➡️ ‘will you accept children lovingly from God?’
• family is the fulfilment of promise in a wedding
• family is place place of love and care for young and elderly

Question 2

what is the important CCC about family?

Answer 2

‘family is the original cell of social life’

Question 3

what is the CCC from genesis about having children?

Answer 3

‘increase in number’

Question 4

is family more important for catholics or no-religious people, give 2 reasons for each

Answer 4

catholics more important:

• CCC - ‘family is the original cell of social life’
• religious marriage vows say to ‘increase in number’

non-religious more important:

• family don’t need to be religious to teach children right and wrong
• family is important for everyone, an so a religion should not take control and be more important