Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Marriage and Family
- Key Words
- Sacred Bond - a
joining together
sanctified by God
which cannot be
broken by humans
- Adultery - a sexual act
between a married
person and someone
other than their
marriage partner
- Monogamy -
marriage to
only one person
at a time
- Lifelong relationship -
the idea that marriage
can only be ended by
the death of a partner
- Procreation -
making new life
- Cohabitation - living
together in a sexual
relationship without
being married
- Spouse - marriage partner
- Premarital Sex -
sexual activity
before marriage
- Homosexuality -
sexual attraction
to someone of
the same sex
- Extramarital Sex - sex
acts outside marriage,
usually refered to as
adultery
- Promiscuity - having
sex with a number
of partners without
commitment
- Faithful - staying
with your marriage
partner and having
sex only with them
- Civil partnership -
legal ceremonies
giving homosexuals
the same rights as
heterosexual
- Homophobia -
hatred or fear
of
homosexuals
- Polygamous -
having more than
one spouse at a
time
- Remarriage -
marring again
after divorce
- Moral Values - the
standards of good and evil,
which influence people's
behaviours and choices
- Parish Priest/ Vicar - the
clergy person
responsible for a local
church
- Clergy - those ordained
by the Church
- First Communion -
the first time a
person receives the
sacraments pf the
Eucharist
- Childbearing Age - the age
when a woman is capable of
having children
- NFP - Natural family planning
- STI/STD - Sexually Transmitted Infection/Disease
- Unitive Purpose - sexual activity as a
source of joy and pleasure to unite a
married couple
- Civil Divorce - a divorce
according to the law of
the country but not
the church
- Annulment - a
declaration by the
church that a marriage
was never a true
marriage (partners can
remarry)
- Consummate -
complete a marriage
through sexual
intercourse
- Covenant - a religious
agreement made between
God and a religious group
- Custody - one
parent being made
responsible for the
care of the children
- Subordinate - of
inferior
importance or
rank
- Dominant role - the
major, most
influential part
- Suffragette - a
woman seeking the
right to vote through
protest
- Ordained - either
set down by God or
to be made a priest