Sources of Wisdom & Authority

• Marriage: Catechism says that sex must take place within marriage
• Marriage: Catechism teaches that cohabitation is wrong because love doesnt tolerate trial marriages
• Marriage and sexual relationships: Genesis says "go forth and multiply"
• Sexual relationships: Ten Commandments instructs to not commit adultery
• Sexual relationships & homosexuality: Church teaches that sex is for a man and a woman
• Sexual relationships: Genesis states how God made man and woman in his image
• Family: Ten Commandments instructs Catholics to "honour your mother and father"
• Supporting families: Catechism teaches that the Church is where the catechesis of faith takes place for children and parents
• Divorce: Matthew says "what God has joined together let no one separate"
• Divorce: Catechism teaches that a marriage which has been "concluded and consummated between baptised people" cant be dissolved
• Equality of men & women: Genesis teaches that God made man and woman in his image
• Equality of men & women: St Paul teaches that women should not speak in Church
• Marriage: Catholic teaching states that marriage is a sacrament, a sign of God's love
• Contraception: Humanae Vitae declared that only natural forms of contraception are permitted for Catholics
• Contraception: Catechism teaches that methods of contraception which make procreation impossible are "intrinsically evil"
• Equality of men and women: St Paul said that Christ is neither male nor female