Unit 1: The Christian Family

Question 1

Unit 1 Keywords: Adultery

Answer 1

Unfaithfulness during marriage.

Question 2

Celibacy

Answer 2

Abstaining from marriage and sexual relations.

Question 3

Chastity

Answer 3

Sexual purity.

Question 4

Civil partnership

Answer 4

A civil partnership is an alternative to marriage for same-sex couples.

Question 5

Cohabitation

Answer 5

When two people in a sexual relationship live together but aren’t married.

Question 6

Contraception

Answer 6

Methods used to prevent pregnancy.

Question 7

Faithfulness

Answer 7

Remaining loyal and committed in a romantic relationship.

Question 8

Homosexuality

Answer 8

Two people of the same-sex in a romantic relationship.

Question 9

Nuclear family

Answer 9

Biological mother and father with children.

Question 10

Premarital sex/fornication

Answer 10

Sex before marriage.

Question 11

Procreation

Answer 11

Having children.

Question 12

Promiscuity

Answer 12

Having sex with multiple partners regularly.

Question 13

Re-marriage

Answer 13

Marrying again after divorce or death.

Question 14

Rhythm method

Answer 14

A method of avoiding pregnancy favoured by the Roman Catholic Church, by which sexual intercourse is restricted to the times of a woman’s menstrual cycle when ovulation is least likely to occur.

Question 15

Sacrament

Answer 15

The external and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.

Question 16

Vow

Answer 16

Promises made in marriage in front of God.

Question 17

Annulment

Answer 17

The Catholic dissolvement of marriage.

Question 18

Polygamy

Answer 18

When a person has multiple spouses.

Question 19

Bigamy

Answer 19

The offence of marrying someone while already married to another person.

Question 20

What does the Bible say a model family is?

Answer 20

It consists of a biological mother, father and children, which is a nuclear family.

Question 21

What are parents and children required to do in a family?

Answer 21

Parents are required to respect their children, and children must honour their parents.

Question 22

How do Christian families bring children up within Christianity?

Answer 22

• The family provides a place where children can be brought up with Christian values
• Understanding of the faith until the child may commit to the faith themselves
• This is demonstrated through Christian practice of infant baptism and confirmation in denominations such as the COE and Catholic Church

Question 23

What does Christianity teach about family?

Answer 23

The family is the key building block of society where relationships are formed and children brought up.

Question 24

What does Christianity teach about marriage?

Answer 24

• Basis of stable families
• Given by God to unite two people and is the relationship in which sex should occur
• Sex is an expression of love and for means of reproduction
• Ideally marriage should be a lifelong commitment
• Divorce isn’t desirable but some Christians recognise it may be necessary in certain circumstances

Question 25

What is fidelity?

Answer 25

Fidelity means that a married couple are faithful and committed to one another. Fidelity helps to keep a family stable.

Question 26

Why shouldn’t Christian couples have affairs?

Answer 26

This would damage their marriage and break the seventh commandment, which instructs married couples not to commit adultery.