Relationships and Families Flashcards
Which churches believe marriage should take place between a man and a woman?
- Anglican, Catholic and Methodist church
- they exclude same sex marriages in their church
What do Christians believe about staying within a marriage?
-they believe the promises are for life and that they should not be broken
State the quote in which Jesus said about marriage.
-“man must not separate what God has joined together”.
What is God’s role in marriage?
- the vows are between the couple and God as well
- His blessing is asked for through prayer and His presence in the marriage relationship is believed to make it stronger
- marriage is believed to be put in place by God
Summarise the church of England’s view on marriage. (4)
- they teach that through marriage, a couple learn to love each other
- they say that marriage is a commitment to ‘love and grow’
- a Christian marriage should reflect Christ’s love for the church just like how the couple love each other
- relationships are developed from it and love is extended
Summarise the Catholic church’s view on marriage. (6)
- teaches that is creates a unique and unbreakable bond
- believe the couples commitment to each other reflect Christ’s love and commitment to his people
- God’s grace to the couple helps them to be good parents
- believe they place each other in God’s care
- marriage is permanent
- Pope Francis teaches that it is the presence of God’s love which ensures harmony between the couple
What is required for marriage in the Catholic church?
-the couple must be baptised for the marriage to be considered sacramental
Summarise the Church of England’s views on marriage.(3)
- welcomes any heterosexual (man and woman) whether or not they are Christian
- believe that a church wedding adds spiritual dimension to the marriage
- the couple’s involvement in planning is required as they are able to make choices about bible readings
Summarise Quaker views on marriage.(2)
- only God can join the couple together therefore they have no minister
- the couple sits in silent worship until they feel its right to say their vows
What are the differences between marriage and civil partnership?
- marriage requires vows, civil partner ship is a signing of a document
- marriage can end in divorce whereas civil partnership dissolution
Outline the Church of England and the Catholic church’s views on Civil partnerships.
- against and do not perform them
- teach that marriage is the proper place for sexual relationships, the main role of sex being to create new life
- performing a civil partnership would suggest that homosexual sex is as acceptable as married heterosexual sex, which is against their teaching
Define celibate
-abstaining from marriage and sexual relations
Outline other Christian views on civil partnership.
-some think it should be acceptable since they provide companionship, unity and stability in the same way heterosexual marriage does
Outline the Church of England’s view on same sex marriage. (3)
- do not allow it
- vicars are not allowed to enter one themselves
- the church teaches marriage should be between man and woman
Outline the Catholic churches view on same sex marriages. (2)
- against the natural law as they do not result in children
- they are concerned it will affect society and undermine the value of heterosexual marriage
Define cohabitation.
-when a couple live together without being married
Outline Christian responses to pre-marital sex and cohabitation.
-believe sex should only happen within marriage
however in society, many Christians accept that couples may live together and have sex as part of a committed relationship
-all Christians believe casual sex is wrong as it takes place outside a loving relationship
Outline the Catholic church’s view on pre-marital sex and cohabitation. (2)
- teach that whenever sex occurs, there should be a possibility of new life
- believe God gave the gift of sex in order to reproduce
- sex outside marriage is considered wrong
Outline the Church of England’s view on pre-marital sex and cohabitation. (2)
- sex only within marriage because sex is an act of love and total commitment
- however the 1995 report ‘something to celebrate’ said that cohabitation and a sexual relationship is a step towards marriage
Why do some Christians choose to be celibate.
- so that they can fully focus on serving God
- Paul, the apostle, encouraged his followers to be celibate however said they should get married if they wanted sex
- in the Catholic church, priests are required to be celibate.
- nuns and monks are further examples
Outline the catholic church’s views on contraception.(2)
- use of artificial contraception is sinful as God said sex was for reproduction
- natural contraception is accepted
- said condoms should never be used
Outline the Catholic church’s view on divorce. (5)
- believe marriage is permanent and that it cannot be broken by humans
- teaches that is does not break the holy agreement with God
- give advice and support despite not agreeing with it
- teaches that they may separate however should work on trying to restore the relationship
- they do annul marriages
What is as annul marriage?
-the promises agreed during marriage were not valid therefore neither is the marriage
Outline the Church of England’s view on divorce.(3)
- couples should work hard to keep their vow of a lifelong commitment
- does recognise that it may be impossible (in the case of adultery or abuse)
- if divorce occurs, the church prioritise care for the couple
Outline the traditional views on the roles of men and women (5)
- some Christians interpret the bible to mean that women are men’s helpers and that men are the leaders in marriage
- some believe women are weaker as Eve gave into the temptation to eat the apple
- see the women’s role as being in the home, caring for children
- mans role = wage earner
- both roles seen as equal however they are unique to the gender
Should man and woman be equal?
- pope John Paul’s speech- “God gives man and woman an equal personal dignity”
- catholic church value the role of the woman in the home more than any other career
- many Christians believe men should be as involved in the family as women
- Jesus speaks with a Samaritan women at the well
Outline Roman catholic churches view on the roles of men and women.
- believe that men and women were designed differently by God and therefore have different roles
- do not allow women to be priests or bishops
- Jesus chose his men to be disciples
- priests represent Jesus
- authority of church has been passed down through men and this tradition cannot be broken
Outline the church of England and catholic churches view on the upbringing of children. (4)
- child is baptised within a year
- Godparents and members of the church bring the child up within Christian faith
- commit to praying for the child
- likely to attend Sunday school
Outline the Amish community’s view on the upbringing of children. (5)
- they use Ordnung- a list of rules on how they should live
- the community provides schooling for the children which ends at 14
- follow traditional roles of men and women
- brought up to respect their parents and given small jobs to contribute to family life
Outline Christian teachings on equality. (4)
- believe all people are created in God’s image and therefore are all equal
- characteristics of God are reflected in all humans
- respect everyone regardless
- popes owned slaves and the catholic church supported slavery in the 2nd half of the 14th century
