Personal And Family Issues (1 Markers And Knowledge) Flashcards
What is fornication
Sex outside Marriage
according to Christians, this is sinful
What does ‘chaste’ mean? Who does the church expect to remain this way?
To refrain from sex
The unmarried
What is a homosexual relationship? What is the Christian attitude to this?
A sexual relationship between members of the same sex
Forbidden in most Christian sects
What is a heterosexual relationship?
A sexual relationship between members of the opposite sex
What is a sexual relationship
A relationship where two people consent to have sex on a regular basis
What are the 4 aspects of a catholic marriage?
- permanent
- exclusive
- life giving
- sacrement
What are the 5 aspects of a legal marriage?
- union of two partners - homosexual or heterosexual
- can divorce
- no obligation to have children
- no god
- divorcees may remarry
Give biblical references against homosexuality (5)
- Genesis 2:18 - helper fit for him
- Genesis 19 - worse sin than rape
- Genesis - one man one woman
- St Paul - moral evil
- natural moral law - when no children are born from sex, its wrong
What is the Catholic church’s teaching on homosexuality? (5)
- intrinsically disordered
- cannot be approved
- called to chastity
- treat with respect, compassion and sensitivity
- Pope Francis ,”I am no one to judge.”
What is the anglican church’s teaching on homosexuality? (2)
- incompatible with scripture
- many parishes opposed to practise
What is the Presbyterian church’s teaching on homosexuality? (2)
- family dynamic, breakdown or culture leads to homosexuality
- comes from confusion
What did Jesus say about divorce? (2)
- Bad, shouldn’t happen
- however, Matthew 5:31-32 - appears to say ok in the case of adultery
Catholic organisations preparing couples for marriage
- Accord
- relate
State the main marriage vows (4)
- for better for worse
- for richer for poorer
- sickness and health
- death do us part
What is a Nuclear family? (3)
- most common
- husband and wife with children in the same house
- sometimes parents or close relatives live nearby
What is a cohabiting family?
Couple and children live together without getting married
What is a same-sex couple family? (2)
- gay couple who might be married or have a civil partnership or be cohabiting
- children could be biologically related or adopted or from a surrogate
What is an extended family? (2)
- parents and children with relatives like grandparents in the same house
- 1.2% of all in Uk in 2016
What is a lone parent family? (2)
- 1 parent and children
- possibly due to a decision not to marry or cohabit, separation, divorce or bereavement
What is a blended family? (3)
- parent marries or cohabits with new partner
- can come after separation, divorce or death of a partner
- families merged: step-brothers, half-brothers etc.
Give 3 Bible passages about family life?
- exodus - ‘honour your father and mother’
- psalms - ‘fruit of the womb a reward’
- proverbs - ‘he who spares the rod hates his son’
- proverbs - ‘do not withhold discipline from a child’
- proverbs - ‘do not despise your mother in old age’
Etc.
What circumstance is the only one allowed for people to remarry in Catholicism?
When someone’s husband or wife dies
What do Christians believe the purposes of sexual relationships are? (2)
- unitive (two partners together)
- procreative (bearing children)
What is celibacy?
When someone abstains from marriage and sexual relations
Give 3 biblical references on divorce
- Malachi 2:16 - “I hate divorce” (God says)
- Matthew - “Let man not be separate”
- Matthew - “other than her unfaithfulness” (Jesus appears to allow it)
