relationships and families

Question 1

The chrisitan family

Answer 1

a place for nuture and discipline
-a place to be bought up in christianity
value of fidelity - hlpes protect stability of the family
strengthening familfe - part of the mission of the church

Question 2

Different types of families

Answer 2

nucleur
single parent
extended
cohabitating - same as nuclear but parents are not married
step family
same sex
adopted
foster

Question 3

Marriage - anglican/catholic/methodist

Answer 3

• should take place between a man and a woman

- outwards act of marriage is evidence of spiritual unity

Question 4

genesis 2:23-24

Answer 4

a man leaves his father and mother and is united with is wife, and they become one flesh’

Question 5

at the wedding service…

Answer 5

promises made are for life and shouldnt be broken

binding nature is reinforced by jesus - he says that once a couple are married, they cannot be seperated

Question 6

quote

Answer 6

‘man must not seperate what god has joined together’

Question 7

vows..

Answer 7

between god as welll - god’s blessing is asked through prayer and his presence in the marriage relationship makes it stronger

Question 8

‘QUOTE

Answer 8

A CORD OF THREE STRANDS IS NOT QUICKLY BROKEN

Question 9

Church of england

Answer 9

• acommitment to love and grow
  should reflkect christ’s love for the church because christ is commited to his people and to the church
• couple should be prepared to withstand selfishness, juts as christ put himself onto the cross

Question 10

3 blessings of marriage

Answer 10

• procreation
• sexual relations
• help and comfort

extended love - the couple will exude what they have learnt in the relationship onto the wider community - forgivess ect

Question 11

Catholic church

Answer 11

• creates a unique and unbreakable bond between couple - cannot be dissolved
• marriage in a catholic church reveals god’s unconditional love
• marriage is a sacrament - bings god’s grace to the couple - god’s grace helps spouse to be faithful and to be good parents
• church believes marriage is permenant and not a makeshift culture
• constant precense of christ - helps sustain and lengthen out the union and it is through times of difficult that couples can overcome it and grow

Question 12

purpose of marriage for catholics

Answer 12

procreation - be fruitful and multiply
union - sign of faithfulness
one flesh - through the act of sex, which is resticted to marriage
scarament - god’s grace guides them through the intervention of the holy spirit
ends in death - ‘Till death do us part’ - marriage vows - against divorce

Question 13

catholic/orthodox wedding services

Answer 13

-both required to be baptised
disparity of cult - when special permisison for an unbaptised candidate who wants to get married is baptised
- if a catholic marries a non christian it is not a sacrament
nuptial mass - they take part in the bringing the bread and wine to the alter - active role in sacrament is to direct all thoughts to god to demostrated him being the most important catalyst in the marriage

Question 14

church of england

Answer 14

welcomes any heterosexual couple to marry whether they are christian or not or even baptised or not. prepared to carry out mixed faith marriage services
- CofE believes church wedding adds spiritual dimension to the marriahed - because god is included
couple can make choices about bible readings
the church of england - the offical religion in england performs state weddings

Question 15

Quakers

Answer 15

no minister to lead proceedings

couple sit in silent worship until they feel it is right for them to say their vows

Question 16

christian responses to civil partnerships

Answer 16

Catholic and church of england are against civil partnerships
- marriage is the proper place for sexual relations - with the main role being to create new life
perfroming a civil partneship would suggest that homosexual sex is just as acceptable as married heterosexual sex
- they believe it is best to raise children with a biological father and mother
House of bishops - have told churches not to carry them out
church of england vicars are allowed to have civil parnterships but must remain celibate
- other homosexual clergy belive that not recognising gay partnerships is ‘failing to respond to an opportunity to celebrate and affirm love, fidelity and commitment’

Question 17

other christians

Answer 17

civil partnerships should be acceptable because it provides companionship, untiy, and stability loike a heterosexual marriage

Question 18

response to marriage

Answer 18

liberal christians argue that everyone should be treated equally - if a same sex couple want to get married, they should be allowed to

all love is from god - if a same sex couple is in love, then it must come from god and should not be condemned

not a choice - born gay so it is natural so it is god-given

Question 19

responses to same sex marriage

Answer 19

religious organisations that do not wish to carry out homosexual marriages are protected under the law
marriage - requires set words to be said to agree the marriage
civil partneships - requires only a legal document
to end a marriage - divorce
to end a civil partnership - dissolution order

Question 20

CofE

Answer 20

Members of the church of england may enter same-sex marriages without facing punishment but cannot be conducted by the church
because church teaches marriage should be between a man and a woman - procreation

Question 21

catholic church

Answer 21

although the church teaches not to discriminate - they still teach that homosexual acts are unnatural since it does not result in children
it is opposed to same sex marriage beacuse it might have harmful effects on society, undermining the value of heterosexual marriage

Question 22

Episcopal church

Answer 22

changed its law and allows same sex marriage - altering the marriage rites
‘children of god’
‘love transcends sexuality and gender’

Question 23

responses to pre marital sex and cohabitation

Answer 23

all christians agree that casual sex is wrong because it takes place outside a loving relationship
one night stand - no intention of forming a permanent bond
fornication

Question 24

catholic church

Answer 24

sex - the body’s language
this is how they communicate their absolute and exclusive love to one another
everytime sex occurs - possibility for new life
sex outside marriage is wrong

Question 25

church of england

Answer 25

sex is an act of loyalty and love reflecting total commitment which also reflects the marriage vows
teaches that sex outside marriage, falls short of god’s purposes but accept that cohabitation is a step towards the commitment of marriage

Question 26

celibacy

Answer 26

-so they can focus on fully serving god
-paul was celibate - he says though that if they cannot control their sexual desires, they should marry
those that choose celibacy are focusing primarily on god
celibacy is a gift rather than a restriction - the priest is enabled better to share the love with all rather than being distracted by sharing the love with one
catholic church - celibacy is a more selfless and spiritual love

Question 27

diverent views about cohqabitations

Answer 27

• as sex outside marriage becomes more socially acceptable - the church should modernise with the times
• step towards marriage - church of england - learning to be faithful
• SIN -catholic church - cohabitating is a sin - catholic churches discourage cohabitating couples from recieving holy communion as it is seen as a sin
  cohabitation leads to higher divorce rates

Question 28

contraception

Answer 28

birth control
artificial - use of a device like a condomn or medication
natural - abstaining, choosing to have sex in the least fertile time in the menstrual cycle
withdrawl method - withdraws before ejactualtion

Question 29

catholic church

Answer 29

sinful
allows natural forms of contraception not artificial
condoms should not be used even to prevent the spread of STI’S
but more recently, has been accepted as the lesser of two evils - where one could potentially pass on AIDS to another person
procreation - ariticial contraception interferes with god’s plan
PROMISCUITY - lead to more sexual partners because less chance of pregancy
natural - allowed so they can plan when

Question 30

church of england/methodist

Answer 30

family size - helps quality of life by reducing number of children
pleausre - strengthen their own emotional bond without risk of more children
disease - prevents infection

Question 31

abstinence

Answer 31

no sex until marriage - abstinence
directed at young people
organisations empahsise - abstience reflects a sense of self worth and value like THE SILVER RING THING organisation
sex was created by god as an expression of love within th marriage

Question 32

RELATE - TACKLES RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS

Answer 32

Councelinng services for tackiling relationship problems before divorcing

Question 33

Catholic church

Answer 33

marriage is permanent
do not accept divorce
breaks the legal agreement but does not break the holy agreement made by god
divorce process is painful - advice and support should be given to anyone even if they divorce
teaches temporary separation - try and restore their own marriage and not enter into any other sexual relationships

Question 34

CATHOLIC CHURCH - ANNULMENT

Answer 34

agreeing that promises made in marriage were not valid and so neither is the marriage
if a person had been forced into the marriage without consent
indivduals free to marry other people after

Question 35

church of england

Answer 35

belives in lifelong commitment howveer does recognise that sometimes it is impossible for a couple to remain together and divorce is inevitable - abuse or adultry
the church care for the diovorced couple and they are allowed to remarry, whether is in the church is up to the priest
it is the more loving thing to do
jesus allowed remarriage for adultry

Question 36

traditional views about men and women

Answer 36

women are literally god’s helpers
men are the leaders in that relationship
some women still choose to subit obediance to their husbands during their wedding cermeony
some christians consider women to be weake rthan men - in genesis eve gave in before adamn did

man - wage earner
women - child-bearer

Question 37

Catholic church

Answer 37

values the role of a woman in the home as a highly as her chose career outside the house
women should feel under no social pressure to have a career if she would rather be a fulltime housewife

Question 38

St.Ambrose

Answer 38

you are not her master but her husband

Question 39

Jesus + role of women

Answer 39

challenged many cultural sterotypes

Question 40

Sex discrimination is against the law in the UK - do not apply in religious organisations

Answer 40

Roman catholic church - compementarianism - believe men and women were created differently and so therefore fulfil different roles

Question 40

Sex discrimination is against the law in the UK - do not apply in religious organisations

Answer 40

Roman catholic church - compementarianism - believe men and women were created differently and so therefore fulfil different roles

Question 41

god’s law about priesthood

Answer 41

• jesus chose early men to be his disciples
• the early church leaders were all men
• priests represent jesus when celebratring the mass because jesus was a man
• the authority of the church has been passed down by men

Question 42

those in favour of women priests

Answer 42

jesus came to break down barriers not reinforce them
jesus was following the tradition of his time
god created women in the image of himself as well as men

Question 43

religious upbringing

Answer 43

‘children obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the lord. fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged’

Question 44

catholic church

Answer 44

baptism 
bedtime prayers
sunday school
confirmation
regular church attendance 
first holy communion

Question 45

amish community

Answer 45

Ordnung - list of rules about how they should live
instructed to marry only other amish
provide schooling - farming for boys, domestic tasks for girls
women are under the authority of men - men are both in charge spiritually and provisionally
children taught not to be selfish and get along with others - god is pleased with harmony

age of 16 - leave the community to explore before settling down to the trict rules when they return. RUMSPRINGA

Answer 46

catholic church benefited from unequal distribution of wealth, and justified it with christian teachings
jesus taught wealthy people have a duty to share with those lesser than them and that spiritual riches are far more important than financial ones

Question 47

famous hymn that supports inequality and that states god made it

Answer 47

the rich man in this castle
the poor man at his gate
god made thme highly and lowly
and ordered their estate