Relationships Flashcards
What is adultery?
Sexual intecourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse.
What is cohabitation?
Couples living together in a sexual relationship without being married.
What is contraception?
Method that prevents a women from becoming pregnant during or after sex.
What are responsibilities?
Actions you are expected to carry out.
What is divorce?
Legal way to end a marriage.
What is commitment?
Dedication towards something or someone.
What is gender equality?
People of all genders enjoying the same freedom and rights in their lives.
What are roles?
Position of a person in society and the characteristics and social behaviour expected of them.
What is marriage?
A couple being joined together in a legal bond, typically as a religious ceremony.
Why is marriage important in Christianity?
Christians do not believe in having sex outside of a marriage. However, Christians believe that it is important to procreate. Therefore, you must get married to fulfil God’s order to humans to procreate. “Married love is ordered to the procreation and education of the offspring”.
What does Christianity say about family life?
Christian parents should “not exasperate your children” and “bring them up in the instruction of the Lord”.
Christian children should “obey your parents”.
Women should “submit to your husband as to the Lord.
Men should be the “head of the wife”.
What is interfaith marriage?
Marriage between people from different religions.
What are different Christian beliefs about interfaith marriage?
Some Christians believe that you should “not be yoked together with unbelievers.” For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common?”
Catholics accept interfaith marriage if the non-Catholic converts or is granted permission and agrees to be married in a Catholic church and have all children brought up as Catholic.
The Church of England accepts interfaith marriage as it is about the “consent to a lifelong union of love and fidelity…available to all men and women, regardless of faith”.
What are different Christian beliefs about adultery?
Christians are generally opposed to adultery. “You shall not commit adultery.”
Some Christians thinks that “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another man, she commits adultery against her”. The same applies for men unto women.
Christianity does not allow non sexual relationships outside of marriage either, for “anyone who looks a woman lustfully has already comitted adultery with her in his heart”.
What are different Christian views about cohabitation?
Liberal Protestants believe that Christians do not need to get married to show their love towards eachother.
Orthodox Christians do not accept cohabitation as it encourages a casual attitude towards relationships and premarital sex.
Other Christians accept cohabitation if it will lead to marriage.