Relationships And Families

Question 1

What is Marital sex ?

Answer 1

Marital sex is sex within marraige and sex and love is a gift from god and marraige is the greatest commitment because vows are said infront of God and the community

Question 2

what is unitive sex ?

Answer 2

Unitive sex is sex that unites the couple and deepens their love as they become closer and more commited and totally give themselves to eachother.

Question 3

What is procreative sex ?

Answer 3

Procreative sex means God creates new life during sex and there is something more important like offspring .

Question 4

Should christians have sex before marraige ? (Catholic veiws )

Answer 4

• Waiting until marraige to have sex means no risk of STI
• The gift of virginity makes husband and wife feel special and loved
• Casual - sex is wrong it can hurt others . Sex should be with someone you love
• Sex with someone you are not married to devalues the sexual act
• God gave us humans the gift of sex in order to reproduce so sex should only happen where there is a possibility of new life .

Question 5

Should christians have sex before marraige ? (Contrasting veiws)

Answer 5

• everybody has the right to have sex when there ready
• sex before marraige is fine as long as its loving . Jesus taught that love is the most important thing
• pre -marital sex is common and the church should accept modern life .

Question 6

What are the 7 conditions of a valid catholic marraige ?

Answer 6

1. They must be consummated (have sex) to complete marraige
2. Must give consent (i take thee to be my wife)
   3.You must marry of your free will (not forced)
3. Must declare willingness to accept children
4. The 5 vows must be said infront of a catholic priest
5. Must not be closely related
6. Must be free to marry (cant already be married to marry )

Question 7

What is an annulment ?

Answer 7

An annulment is a statement that the marraige was invalid because one of the 7 conditions where missing . (In the eye of the law the marraige never took place)
- a catholic can remarry if their first marraige in annuled

Question 8

What is the situation for divorce if you are a catholic ?

Answer 8

• Divorce : legal way of ending marraige
• catholics cannot re-marry in a catholic church
• catholics in a new (sexual) relationship should not be able to recieve the holy communion

Question 9

What is the situation of divorce if you are part of the church of england ?

Answer 9

• they do not recognise divorce because its human nature means vows cannot be kept
• re-marraige is allowed as a sign of Gods forgiveness and willingness to give a new start.

Question 10

What is adultary ?

Answer 10

When a married person has sex with someone other then their partner .

Question 11

Christain teachings about same sex marraiges ?

Answer 11

-sex should be procreative
-Physical homosexual acts are not accepted
-same sex couples are unable to marry
-homosexuality its self is sinful

Question 12

What is the theology of the body ?

Answer 12

-God established marraige to bring 2 people together as a communion of persons .

Question 13

What is the responsibilies of the family ?

Answer 13

Pro-creation
Security
Educate children
Authority

Question 14

Name a reference from the bible of gender equality ?

Answer 14

• Luke 1:26-38 - Mary , she gave birth to jesus bravely .
  -Deborah, a judge who gained a great victory for the isrealites.

Question 15

Does gender equality exist at work ?

Answer 15

Yes woman less paid
only 10% of soman are CEO’s
Of 195 countries only 3 have 50 50 woman and men in parlaiment