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Flashcards by Alicia Sharif, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Alicia Sharif
about 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Chastity | To remain sexually pure for marriage. Eg some Christians won't have sex until they're married |
| Commitment | Making and keeping a promise. Eg wedding vows |
| Responsibilities | Duties you should carry out. Eg looking after family members |
| Conflict | Working against each other rather than in unity. Eg arguments |
| Love | To have a deep affection that is expressed through words and actions. Eg getting married |
| Christian Love | Christians believe that the love between Jesus and humanity is Agape. Eg He died for them. |
| Reconciliation | Make up again or say sorry after having conflict. Eg becoming a couple again. |
| Agape | Unconditional love. Eg mother and child |
| Storge | Affection for objects, pets or ideas. Eg patriotism for you country/love of football |
| Philia | Love of extended family and friends |
| Eros | Sexual love. Eg the love in a marriage/relationship |
| Catholic attitudes to sex | - Only inside marriage - For reproduction and strengthening marriage - Spoilt if only for pleasure |
| Church of England attitudes to sex | - Acceptable in any loving and committed relationship - Message of Christianity is love and sex strengthens the bond between a couple - Eros |
| Catholic attitudes to contraception | - Prevents procreation, against God's wishes - Natural methods acceptable, NO artificial methods allowed (for married couples) - Sex is for procreation, if used for anything else then something special is spoilt |
| Church of England attitudes to contraception | - Lesser of two evils - Ensures that every child that is brought into the world is loved - Good for couples that can't afford large families - Not to be used to prevent procreation entirely - Encouraged/Good idea |
| Promiscuity | Casual sexual relationships, without commitment |
| Pre-Marital Sex | Sex before marriage |
| Adultery | A married person has a sexual relationship with someone other than their partner |
| Marriage | Being married by way of the marriage service. Legal/Religious bond between two people |
| Sacrament | An outward sign of an inward change that involves God's blessing. Eg marriage |
| Wedding Vows | Solemn promises in the wedding ceremony between a husband and wife |
| Examples of wedding vows | - "Till death do us part" - "In sickness and in health" - "To love and to cherish" |
| Cohabition | A couple that lives together but isn't married. Eg moving in together before engagement to see if they are 'meant to be' |
| Christian attitudes to cohabition | - Some say it's acceptable to cohabit as part of a committed relationship - Others say that chastity before marriage and marriage itself is essential to a relationship |
| Nuclear Family | A married couple with their children, all related |
| Extended Family | A married couple and their children, all living with or very close to extended family (grandparents, cousins, uncles, aunties) |
| Single Parent Family | A family where the children are brought up by only one parent |
| Reconstituted Family | Where one or more sets of children (step-siblings) become one family when their already divorced parents get remarried to each other |
| How does the church help conflicted couples? | - Divorce counselling groups - Christian friends offer support - Offer prayers for guidance, peace and support - Non judgemental marriage mentor schemes - Church reconciliation services |
| Christian beliefs about marriage | P = Procreation U = Union (loving partnership) R = Raising children (nurturing & security) P = Pattern for society (support given) O = One flesh (express love through sex) S = Sacred (blessed by God) E = Endless (lifelong) |
| Church of England attitudes to divorce | - Divorce is allowed but all attempts must be made to prevent it - Remarriage is allowed - Believe that Jesus saw divorce as a last case scenario "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard" |
| Catholic attitudes to divorce | "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery" "What God has joined let no man separate" - Divorce not allowed - If divorced, still seen as married in the eyes of God - Separation is acceptable |
| Heterosexual | Being attracted to someone of the opposite sex to themselves |
| Homosexual | Being attracted to people of the same sex as themselves |
| Civil Partnership | Gives homosexual couples most of the rights and responsibilities of a marriage |
| Christian attitudes to homosexuality (Negative) | - Believe it is a sin - The Bible says it's "detestable" - Both churches teach that God disapproves of homosexuality and that homosexual couples cannot procreate therefore homosexual relationships are bad |
| Christian attitudes to homosexuality (Positive) | - Believe that everyone was created by God "in his image" and therefore perfect. - Homosexuality is acceptable as long as they stay celibate (some) - Love is the greatest gift and no one should stop two people from loving each other ("Love thy neighbour as yourself") - Love is the main message of Christianity |
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