Relationships & Family

• What is Promiscuity?


  Having sex with many partners
• Nuptial


  To do with marriage
• Communion


  Sharing together
• Extramarital


  Occurring outside marriage.
• Cohabitation


  When a couple live together before they are married
• Procreative


  To have kids(reproduce)
• Celibacy


  Choosing not to have sex until marriage.
• Agape


  Selfless unconditional love taught by Jesus (non physical)
• Marital


  Within marriage
• Adultery


  Sex with someone you are not married to
• Unitive


  Bonding people together
• Consummated


  Completed or fulfilled within marriage.
• Condom


  Artificial type of contraception

  
  

  A tube of latex is used as a thin barrier to stop the sperm entering the vagina.

  
  

  Many Christians disagree with this form of contraception as it prevents procreation.
• Contraceptive pill


  Artificial form of contraception

  
  

  Changes the hormone balance of a women's body to stop them becoming fertile.

  
  

  Many Christians disagree with this form of contraception as it prevents procreation.
• Morning after pill


  Artificial

  
  

  Stops a fertilised egg planting in the womb

  
  

  Seen as PARTICULARLY bad by catholics as it allows sterilisation to take place so its like an abortion.
• Diaphragm


  Artificial

  
  

  A rubber dome on a flexible ring to cover the cervix and stop the sperm reaching and meeting the egg.

  
  

  Many Christians disagree with this form of contraception as it prevents procreation.
• IUD or coil


  Artificial

  
  

  Fitted inside a women's uterus to prevent a fertilised egg attaching to the wall of the uterus

  
  

  Seen as PARTICULARLY bad by catholics as it allows sterilisation to take place so its like an abortion.
• Patch/implant/injection


  Artificial

  
  

  Hormonal methods to stop contraception(stops the egg being released)

  
  

  Many Christians disagree with this form of contraception as it prevents procreation.
• Sterilisation


  Artificial

  
  

  An operation to stop the sperm and egg meeting

  
  

  PARTICULARLY bad to catholics as it makes a man or women infertile.
• Natural family planning


  Natural

  
  

  Working out safe days when a women is not fertile and having sex on those days.

  
  

  The church accepts it does not involve interruption or sex and is fully natural
• Withdraw


  Natural

  
  

  Withdrawing the penis from vagina prior to sperm being released

  
  

  It is natural but some don't accept it as it interrupts sex
• Abstinence


  Natural

  
  

  Choosing not to have sex

  
  

  The church agrees with this.
• Genesis 1 27-28


  God created humans in his image;male and female he created them. God said be fruitful and multiply.
• Mark 10: 6-9


  A man shall leave his mother and father and be joined with his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
• What are the 6 marriage vows a couple make during the marriage ceremony?


  1. To have and to hold from this day forward

  2. For better for worse

  3. For rich for poor

  4. In sickness and in health

  5. To love and to cherish

  6. Until death do us part
• Marriage


  Union between 2 people

  
  

  They become one
• Catholic views on sexual love:


  Unitive :Sex bonds the couple and deepens their love

  
  

  Marital: allows 2 people to physically commit themselves to each other

  
  

  Procreative: God creates new life through sex
• Six conditions for a valid marriage:


  1. They have to be free to marry (not already married)

  2. They must be getting married out if their own free will

  3. The two people must not be related

  4. Promises must be made in the presence of a priest

  5. Marriage has to be consummated

  6. Must be willing to accept children.
• Why is adultery wrong?


  Act of betrayal

  Breaks the marriage vows

  It can make their partner feel that they are not good enough
• Annulment


  A statement by the church that no valid marriage has taken place.

  The marriage is null and void
• 3 teachings about the body from John Paul Ii

  1. Men and women are made for each other.

  2. Natural family planning is acceptable

  3. Contraception and experimental sex damages sex
• Mnemonic of a catholic marriage

  Sacrament

  Permanent

  Exclusive

  Life-giving
• What do catholics believe sexual love should be?

  Marital : 2 people commit themselves fully

  
  

  Unitive: Sex unites the couple and deepens their love

  
  

  Procreative: God creates new life through sex
• Name the different types of families:


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  Nuclear

  Reconstructed/blended (kids from previous relationships)

  Extended families

  Single parent families

  Cohabiting families

  Foster/adoptive families

  Same sex parents

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• What are some key points John Paul II said in his teachings of the human body?

  - sex should be within marriage

  - Men and women are made for each other

  - experimental sex and use of contraception damages sex

  - natural family planning is acceptable
• What are some acceptable reasons for an annulment?


  - incest

  - lies/concealment

  - one/both never intended to remain faithful

  - one never intended to have a child

  - one/both were forced to marry

  - not understanding the vows
• Mark 10:11-12


  Jesus said ''whoever divorces his wife and remarries commits adultery against her.
• Matthew 5:27


  Jesus said: anyone who divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.
• What are the seven stages of a marriage?


  1: The greeting

  2: The homily(sermon)

  3: The marriage ceremony

  4: The marriage vows

  5: acceptance of consent and blessing

  6: exchange of rings

  7: the marriage blessing(nuptial)
• What is said in st Paul's letter to Timothy?


  ' I do not allow women to teach or have authority over men; they must be kept silent.