P2- Relationships and Families quotes Flashcards
(23 cards)
Human beings as male and female
-“In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them” (Genesis 1)
Sex as procreative
-“All sexual acts must be open to the transmission of new life” (Catechism)
-“Be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1)
Sex as unitive
-“The two shall become one flesh” (Bible)
Pope John Paul II’s ‘Theology of the Body’
-“The body can never be reduced to mere matter” (Pope John Paul II)
Sex before marriage
-“The two shall become one flesh” (Bible)
Adultery
-“Do not commit adultery” (10 C’s)
-“Till death do us part” (Marriage vow)
Homosexuality
-“All sexual acts must be open to the transmission of new life” (Catechism)
-“Be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1)
Valid marriage
-“Till death do us part” (vow)
-“Be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1)
Marriage promises/vows
-“Till death do us part”
-“For richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health”
Cohabitation
-“Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” (Bible/Mark 10)
-“The body should not be reduced to mere matter” (Bible)
Annulment
-“Be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1)
Marriage/ Divorce
-“What God has brought together, let no one separate” (Bible/Mark 10)
-“Till death do us part”
Remarriage
-“A new union cannot be recognised as valid, if the first marriage was” (Catechism)
-“Till death do us part”
Artificial contraception
-“Be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1)
Natural family planning
-“It respects the innate laws of the female body” (Pope John Paul II)
Nature and Purpose of the Family
“Parents are the first educators in forming their children” (SVC)
Roles and responsibilities of women (Ephesians)
“Wives be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord” (Ephesians)
Roles and responsibilities of men (Ephesians)
“Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her”
Roles and responsibilities of children (Ephesians)
“Children obey your parents in the law, for this is right”
Dignity of work within the home
“Society must be structured in such a way that wives and mothers are not in practice compelled to work outside the home” (Catechism)
Bible teaching on gender equality
“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, slave nor free, male nor female, for we are all one in Christ Jesus”
Catholic teaching on gender equality
“Equality does not equal uniformity”
Gender prejudice and discrimination
“They have the same rights. The disparity is a huge scandal”
