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• Christianity


  The Church should be the foundation of family life
• Christian views on marriage


  • Marriage is important
  • Different views on divorce and remarriage
• Some Christians believe


  The Bible teaches God made male and female to complete each other and procreate
• Christian views on homosexuality


  • Range of views within denominations
• The Bible


  Teaches that all humans are equal, but views differ on the roles of men and women in Christian worship
• Christian wedding


  • A bride and groom stood outside a church
• There are a range of Christian denominations, and therefore various Christian teachings on ethical issues
• The family


  The original cell of social life (Catechism of the Catholic Church)
• Types of Christian families

  • Traditional nuclear families
  • Stepfamilies
  • Extended families
  • Same-sex parents
• God


  The Father, creator, and sustainer of all living things
• The Catechism of the Catholic Church: 'The family is the original cell of social life.'
• Purposes of the Christian family

  • To provide a secure environment through marriage
  • To procreate
  • To raise children in the Christian faith
• Raising children in the Christian faith

  1. Baptism

  2. Holy communion

  3. Reading the bible

  4. Confirmation
• Marriage is a commitment for couples to love and support each other and share in the care and upbringing of children
• Many Christians understand the verse "Be fruitful and multiply" as a command to leave their parents, get married and then have children in that order
• Verses such as "Start children off on the way they should go" encourage Christians to bring their children up in their faith
• Sacrament


  (for Catholic and Orthodox Christians) Marriage is described as a sacrament
• Shared ideals of marriage in Christian denominations

  • Faithfulness
  • Permanent union
  • Blessing from God
  • Importance of being married for raising children
• Christian wedding ceremony


  1. Wedding vows

  2. Exchange of rings

  3. Married by a priest

  4. Couple make vows before God

  5. Priest declares they have agreed to marry before God and blesses the marriage

  6. Signing the marriage register
• Covenant


  Marriage is understood as a covenant between God and the couple
• Sanctity


  Different understandings around the sanctity and purpose of marriage within Christian denominations
• Many Christians believe the main purpose of marriage is to honour God by following His command in the Bible to leave their parents to become husband and wife
• Many Christians interpret the command "Be fruitful and multiply" to mean that a couple should have children
• Sacrament


  (for Roman Catholic Christians) Marriage is a public sign that an individual is giving themselves totally to another person
• Polygamy is illegal in the UK, and not commonly accepted within Christianity, though some denominations allow it
• Divorce


  A legal process that ends marriage
• Jesus: 'Anyone who divorces and remarries, except for sexual immorality, is committing adultery'
• Annulment


  (in Roman Catholic teaching) A marriage can only end when one partner dies or if there are grounds for an annulment
• All Christian denominations allow widows and widowers to remarry as their first marriage has ended in death</b>
• Marriage


  The legal union of a couple as partners in a personal relationship
• Christian Kerala family


  • The pregnant wife serves food to her husband and children as they sit on the grass in a park
• Genesis 1:28: 'God commands couples to be "fruitful and multiply"'
• Divorce


  The legal ending of a marriage
• There is a divergence of views within Christian denominations about divorce
• The Church will offer marriage counselling to try to help prevent a divorce
• Newly wed couple


  • He wears a dark blue suit, she wears a blush pink dress and has a red rose bouquet
• Although not all Christian denominations accept remarriage, many Christians believe that a forgiving God would allow couples a second chance of happiness after the break-up of their first marriage
• Christian teachings allow widows and widowers to remarry as their first marriage has ended in death
• The legal changing of the definition of marriage in the UK, to include same-sex couples has caused debate in many Christian organisations and communities
• Some Christians use teachings from the Bible and Church traditions as evidence for not accepting that marriage should include same-sex couples