Relationships And Family

Question 1

Bible verses that show God created us as sexual beings

Answer 1

Genesis 1:28-“Be fruitful and multiply.”

Mark 10:7-“A man shall leave his father and mother to be joined to his wife, and this two shall become one.”

Question 2

Catholic teaching on nature and purpose of sexual love

Answer 2

Unitive (sex bonds the couple and deepens their love), marital (within marriage) and procreative (to reproduce and make children)

Question 3

Catholic views on contraception and contrasting views

Answer 3

Catholic views on contraception: Abstinence and natural family planning is natural and acceptable, it leads to promiscuity, artificial methods are bad

Contrasting views:
Condoms are good as they reduce STI methods, they are good as they stop unplanned pregnancy and there is nowhere in the Bible that actually forbids contraception

Question 4

Two catholic teachings on homosexuality

Answer 4

Being attracted to the same sex is acceptable, homosexual acts are forbidden as they are not procreative

Question 5

Two catholic views on same sex marriage and contrasting views

Answer 5

Catholic views:
Marriage is only between a man and a woman, marriage should be procreative and same sex couples can’t procreate naturally

Contrasting:
Majority of UK see same sex marriage as fine and perfectly legal, homosexuality is something to be celebrated

Question 6

Why is faithfulness very important to catholics?

Answer 6

It breaks the covenant made with God through marriage, against the 10 commandments, breaks the marriage vows

Question 7

The nature of catholic marriage

Answer 7

Sacrament

Permanent

Exclusive

Life-giving

Question 8

Catholic marriage conditions

Answer 8

Must be single, couple must be getting married at their own will, couple must not be related, vows have to made in a priest’s presence, marriage must be consummated, married people must be willing to accept children

Question 9

Three teachings about the human body from Pope John Paul II’s ‘Theology of the Body’

Answer 9

God established marriage to bring people together, through sex couples show they live for one another and their mutual love and respect, extramarital sex damages sex’s significance

Question 10

Why doesn’t the Catholic Church recognise divorce?

Answer 10

Marriage can only end with death or annulment, a sacrament cannot be broken

Question 11

Two steps Catholic couples can take to reduce splitting up chances?

Answer 11

Marriage care counselling, marriage to be blessed by God

Question 12

Three annulment terms

Answer 12

Marriage not consummated, candidates related, forced marriage

Question 13

Remarriage from a catholic and C of E view

Answer 13

Catholic view: Adultery

C of E view: Allowed, a sign of God’s forgiveness

Question 14

Catholic cohabitation views and contrasting views

Answer 14

Catholic:
Breaks marriage sanctity, removes sense of commitment from sexual union, relationship might end when one partner wants to end it, it can destroy any sense of family

Contrasting:
Not all couples are going to get married, couples might not have sex whilst living together, relationship ending doesn’t matter on cohabitation, people live together for financial reasons

Question 15

Reasons for not allowing female priests and contrasting views

Answer 15

Catholic:
Jesus only chose male disciples and priests as their successors, there are other roles in the church that women can do, church teaching shouldn’t have to change with society

Contrasting:
Jesus showed great respect for women, the priesthood isn’t a matter of rights it is a vocation, the church must modernise if it wants to expand or even continue to exist

Question 16

What is the nature/purpose of family

Answer 16

To be a stable environment, to provide education, to provide security and to be a church in miniature, to raise catholic children

Question 17

What did St Paul say in one of his letters about female authority?

Answer 17

“I do not allow women to teach or to have authority over men.”