Revision Term 2 Flashcards
3 things Catholics believe about sexual love
Marital, Unitive and Procreative
2 Catholic views on divorce
- Marriage is a sacrament-promise made by before God cannot be broken
- The covenant between the couple is everlasting
2 Church of England views on divorce
- It’s human nature that vows can’t be kept sometimes
* It’s a sight of God’s forgiveness and willingness to forgive people
2 Catholic views about the role of women in the family
- Equal dignity and are both valved
* They’re all one in Christ Jesus’ in God’s ‘image’, but in different roles
2 other Christian or non-religious views of the role of the women in the family
- To stay home and be a housewife
* St Paul’s teachings ‘ Wives, submit to your husbands as to the lord’
Catholic views on the importance of the family
- Security
- Education
- Authority
Catholic views on the roles of women in Christianity
- There is a great dignity in the role of a househusband and housewife (serving wife and spouse)
- There is equal dignity in earning money to support the family
- Ask how does this help the family fulfil its purpose
Reasons FOR and AGAINST female priests
FOR
•The church must modernise if people are going to continue be a part
- “you are all one with Christ Jesus” (St Paul’s letter to the Galatians 3:28)
- Jesus lived in a patriarchal society but we live in an equal society
AGAINST
•Jesus chose 12 apostles
•”I do not allow women to teach or to have authority over men: they must keep silent” (St Paul’s letter to Timothy)
Authority
- Help develop a child
* Peace and forgiveness should be experienced regulary
Education
- Attend a Catholic school
* Teachers are the first and most important teachers for children