Unit 10 - Ethics

Question 1

10.1 - Marriage

Answer 1

“Be fruitful and multiply” - Genesis

“Do not commit adultery” - 10 commandments

Question 2

10.2 - Sexual Relationship

Answer 2

“Be fruitful and multiply” - Genesis

Question 3

10.3 - The Family

Answer 3

“The family is the original cell of social life” - CCC

Familiaris Consortio (Pope St. John Paul II) - Parents should educate children in faith, should be supported by church

Question 4

10.4 - Support for the Family

Answer 4

Parish is the “heart of the liturgical life of Christian families” - CCC

Question 5

10.5 - Family Planning

Answer 5

Contraception “contradicts the will of the Author of Life” - Humanae Vitae

“Be fruitful and multiply!” - Genesis

Question 6

10.6 - Divorce, annulment and marriage

Answer 6

“What God has joined together let no man put asunder” - Matthew 19:8 from Jesus

Divorce is not allowed unless “except on the grounds of unchastity” - Matthew 5

Question 7

10.7 - Equality of men and women in the family

Answer 7

“”Formed a woman out of the rib of Adam” - Genesis

“The collaboration of men and women in the Church and the World” by Pope St. John Paul II (2004)
Recognises women and men should be equal in following careers but women should recognise their unique role as mothers and not let careers be detrimental to family life

Question 8

10.8 - Gender Prejudice and discrimination

Answer 8

“Male nor female - you are all one in Christ Jesus” - St Paul

“There exist sinful inequalities that affect men and women” - CCC

“Wives, submit to your husbands”
“Husbands love your wives as Christ loved the Church”- Epheisans