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Section 2.3 - Marriage And Family Flashcards

0
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How many coupled live together before marriage

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75%

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Purposes of marriage

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  • start a family = preface to marriage service ‘foundation to family life’
  • love/unity of 2 people = preface to marriage service ‘united with one another in heart, body and mind’ also include the vows, exchanging rings
  • foundation for society = ‘enriches society and strengthens community’
  • god blessing the relationship = sacrament, the proclamation says god is present joining the 2 people together
  • to form a permanent relationship = until death do them apart by gods will
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Less than half the weddings in britain take place in a …

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Church

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What is the percentage that marriages end in a divorce

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41% (all time high)

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84% of … And 79% of … Thought adultery was wrong

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women

Men

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5
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Britain has one of the highest divorce rates in

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Europe, 200% increase since 2001

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Who believes:

Jesus’ teaching is an ideal which married couples can aim for

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All protestants

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Who believes:

Accepts that marriages do end and allow civil divorce

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All protestants

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8
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Who believes:

Usually allow remarriage in church

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All protestants

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Who believes:

Parish ministers have the authority to perform remarriages in church since 1981

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Church of england

Methodists

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Who believes:

A marriage is a sacrament and cannot be dissolved by anything people do

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Roman catholic church

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Who believes:

Divorce is not permitted

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Roman catholic church

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Who believes:

If a couple married in church get divorced by the state, they are still married in the eyes of the church

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Roman catholic church

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Who believes:

Widows and widowers are free to marry again in church

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All christian denominations

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Who believes:

Annulments are permitted

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All christian denominations

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Who believes:

The church used to offer special services where a marriage is ended

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Eastern orthodox

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Who believes:

Remarriage services are more sombre in tone

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Eastern orthodox

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17
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In what year did the divorce law reform act come into force

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1973

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What is the significance in the term ‘irretrievable breakdown’ in the divorce act

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A couple living apart for two years, marriage has no future, unreasonable behaviour cause

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What is meant by an annulment in the RCC

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Divorce is the end of a marriage, but annulment is that the marriage was never recognised by the state as the vows were not understood. Received from a state not a religious denomination, however cannot get one if have has intercourse since marriage

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20
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Problems the church has to face with divorce

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  • situation ethics
  • if god blessed why is the relationship going wrong
  • people change and maybe not together
  • abusive relationship
21
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What did Pope Francis do that contradicted some Catholic teachings

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  • Conducted 20 marriages at once all with couples in unusual circumstances ie. Pre-marital sex, cohabitation, with a child, re-marriage
  • suggests religion should change as society does
  • suggests the catholic church is becoming more accepting of modernised views
22
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Which denomination allows re-marriage services but more sombre in tone

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Eastern orthodox

23
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What is the purpose of sex in the RCC views

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To procreate

24
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Which denomination forbids any sex practice unless possibility of pregnancy

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RCC

includes: homosexual, masturbation, sex using contraception

25
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RCC dont allow sex unintended for pregnancy as

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Sperm and egg are potential lives that are wasted

26
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In the bible onan spilt the semen and

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Got struck down by god

27
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Church of england recognised that society has changed and accepts that cohabitation is a

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Trial marriage

28
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However the CoE believe that marriage is ideal for

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Sex and an environment to bring up children

29
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Jesus’s message says love is the most important thing

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Agape

30
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Evangelicals believe that sex outside of marriage is wrong as

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‘Sex is an act of love and commitment and should only take place in marriage’ this quotation reflects Timothy 2 and Matthew 5

31
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Church of england believes that marriage is Gods..

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Gift to humanity

32
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Church of england, although more accepting of modernised views they regret..

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That an increasing number of people are choosing to live together before marriage especially when they decide not to marry

33
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The COE believe that changes in attitudes towards sexual relationships

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has led to more family break-downs and children being hurt

34
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George fox (a quaker) what did he say about marriage

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‘We marry none; it is the Lord’s work, and we are but witnesses’

35
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Quakers accept use of family planning but deny idea of

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Contraception as it promotes promiscuity

36
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Quakers are non-judgemental about sex as they see it as

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A gift from god

37
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(B) do you think that sex outside of marriage is acceptable

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No

  • pre-marital sex can promote promiscuity and lack of commitment, disregarding your own body
  • not a stable foundation for a child
38
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(B) do you think all christians should accept divorce?

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Yes

  • if in an abusive relationship should have the religious support of community
  • most loving thing for the person (and children) agape
39
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(B) do you think faithfulness within a marriage is important?

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Yes

  • otherwise breaks religious sacrament and marital vows ‘until death do us apart’
  • ‘thou shalt not commit adultery’ decalogue
40
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(C) explain why most christians are against sex outside of marriage

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  • sex is an act of love and commitment that should be part of a meaningful relationship
  • promotes promiscuity which is not acceptable to any Christians as it reduces sex merely to animal behaviour without meaning
  • RCC teaches only sex belongs to marriage, rejects all forms of sex outside of marriage, Catechism ‘a man and a woman belong to each other in a permanent, exclusive, sexual partnership’
  • COE believes that marriage is God’s gift to humanity, only proper place for relationship and best environment for bringing up children
41
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(D) sex before marriage is always wrong

A 
Agree
-promotes promiscuity 
-not stable environment for child COE
-RCC sex belongs only to marriage
Disagree
-autonomy over your own body
-pope francis conducted marriage of 20 couples etc example of society's changes 
-marriage does not mean a contract of love, just a document, marriage may cause difficulties
43
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(C) explain why some christians allow divorce

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  • situation ethic, abusive relationship
  • if most loving thing agape
  • ‘thou shalt not commit adultery’ COE accepts if the partner does so
  • christians are taught that a loving god would accept divorce if was a mistake, eastern orthodox more solemn in tone
44
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cohabitation double since 2000

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from 1.5 million - 3 million

45
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how have families have become less formal

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open about discussing issues such as alcohol and sex

46
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how is there more acceptance of different sexualities

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not illegal to be gay anymore/civil services/marriage/adoption

47
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amount of children being raised with a single parent

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25%

48
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agree that parents should have a final say on what their children do

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  • parents are more experienced, usually wiser

- ultimately responsible for their children’s actions

49
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disagree that parents should have a final say on what their children do

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  • grew up in a different generation, society might have changed
  • autonomy over your own body
  • can’t expect them not to make mistakes (immature)
50
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agree that family life is important

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  • initial environment is the child’s perception of the world and it gives them a foundation for life
  • needed for nurture of conscience
51
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disagree that family life is important

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  • conflict within a family can cause an unhealthy familial surrounding
  • other elements can sometimes be more important i.e. school
  • a number of different aspects of life influence a child
52
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some ways the church supports family life

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  • sunday schools
  • any forms of counselling
  • charity events
  • socials for people in need of a safe place and interaction

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