Relationships and Family

Question 1

Complete the quote:
‘God created’

Answer 1

‘God created humankind in his image; male and female he created them, be fruitful and multiply’ (Genesis 1:27-28)

Question 2

Complete the quote:
‘If a person’

Answer 2

‘If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge?’ (Pope Francis)

Question 3

Complete the quote:
‘Whoever divorces’

Answer 3

‘Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her’ (Mark 10)

Question 4

Complete the quote:
‘Do not’

Answer 4

‘Do not commit adultery’ (Exodus 20)

Question 5

Complete the quote:
‘Wives, be subject’

Answer 5

‘Wives, be subject to your husbands, husbands love your wives…children, obey your parents’ (St Paul to Ephesians)

Question 6

Complete the quote:
‘There is no’

Answer 6

‘There is no longer Jew or Greek, slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for you all are one in Christ Jesus’ (Galatians 3:28)

Question 7

What is adultery?

Answer 7

When a married person has sex with someone who is not their husband or wife.

Question 8

What is sanctity of life?

Answer 8

The belief that all life is holy and sacred as it is made by God and should not be mistreated.

Question 9

What is divorce?

Answer 9

The legal ending of a marriage.

Question 10

What is remarriage?

Answer 10

When a divorced person marries a new partner.

Question 11

What does the quote “So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them” say about human beings as male and female?

Answer 11

• God created men and women
• Both men and woman are created in the image of God and blessed by him
• Both men and women are equal

Question 12

What does the quote “God blessed them and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply” say about human beings as male and female?

Answer 12

Men and women are expected to procreate

Question 13

What does the quote “he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man” say about human beings as male and female?

Answer 13

God took ‘Adam’ (humanity) and split it into two complementary parts - men and woman complement each other. What one lacks, the other one has.

Question 14

What does Catholic teaching say about sex?

Answer 14

It should be:

• Marital
• Unitive
• Procreate