women's role: to have children, to
bring them up and to run the
home. Women must submit to their
husbands in the home, accepting
his overall authority.
Men's role: to provide physical
needs of their families by
bringing in a wage. Lead the
family in religious matters,
including worship in the home.
Men should love their wives as
much as they love themselves
Modern view
Most Christians now accept that man and
women are equal- they now have female
vicars, ministers and priests. They accept
this as coming from the ministry of Jesus
who: treated men and women as equals;
preached in the court of the women in the
jerusalem temple. (matthew 21.33-22.14)
Marriage and Marriage
ceremonies
Church Of England
I....................take you,.................
To be my wife, To have and to hold.
From this day forward; For better,
For worse, For richer, for poorer, In
sickness and in health, To love and
to cherish, Till death us do part;
According to God's Holy law, In
presence of God i make this vow.
Represents verbal promise
to each other
The ring symbolises a
physical outward of an
eternal bond between
two people.
The white dress represents
the purity and innocence of the
bride.
The bride and the groom
arrive separetely but leave
together- this represents the
idea that at frist they are
separate, but then they
become joined together.
The vicar represents the
presence of god
Quakers
Wedding is held at the meeting
house. The religious society of
friends believes it is important that
the marriage should be part of the
ordinary meeting of the friemds and
should be quiet and simple.
The bride and the groom, as well as
the guests are dressed simply.
Guests, are not usually welcome to take
photographs during the ceremony as this
may disturb those in prayer.
Divorce
Catholic View
the bond of marriage is
considered to be a sacred bond,
one that is based on life long love,
fidelity and family. Marriage is
both a legal bond on earth and
spiritual bond which God has
witnessed.
Not permitted to receive
Eucharist if she/he
remarries.
A remaaried catholic may
receive Holy Communion only if a
marriage had been annulled by
the church.
An annulment is a
declaration that the
marriage was never
valid in the first place.
An annulment will be
considered if there is a
reasonable proof that the
bond between the parties
was invalid from the first
day of marriage.
Church of England
They believe that a civil
divorce is allowed and
that you can be
remarried in a church
with the agreement of
the vicar.
They may also allow divorce if
one of the partners is being
abusive. They will also allow
divorce if one of the partners
has committed adultery.
C of E may recognise that
people may make
mistakes, they may use
the example of May of
Magdalene, who
committed adultery and
was forgiven by Jesus,
Methodist
They allow people to remarry
unless it conflicts with the ministers
own views.
Contraception
Roman Catholic
The Roman Catholic church believes
that using contraception is "
intrinsically evil" in itself regardless of
the consequences. Catholics are
only permitted to use natural
methods of birth control.
But the church does not comdemn things like the
pill or condoms in themselves. What is morally
wrong is using such things with the intention of
preventing conception. Using them for other
purpose is fine.
The church teaches that using artificial contraception is
wrong because: it is against 'natural law'; It gives human
beings the power to decide when a new life should begin
and that power belongs to god; It reduces male respect for
women.
Church Of England
Contraception is not
regarded as a sin or
going against God's
purpose
Protestant church
They teach that
contraception is
sensible and should be
encouraged, because
children are more likely
to be loved and cared of
if their parents want
them and can afford to
bring them up well.
Civil Partnerships
Many Christians have no problem
with civil partnerships saying that it
reflects the way that society has
changed over the years. The
quakers, in particular, have no
problem with civil partnerships
reconising homosexual couples as
no different to heterosexual
couples.
Other Christians are less happy about
civil partnerships and feel that
homosexuality is against God's created
order
In Genesis, Eve is created to be
with Adam. "For this reason a
man will leave his mother and
father and be united to his wife,
and the two will become one
flesh." This clearly states that a
marriage or union of any sort
should be male/female.
Natural Law: you can tell whether or not
somethingis good by examining whether it fufils its
purpose. For example, the purpose of human sexual
relationships is ultimately to reproduce. A
homosexual relationship can't produce offspring so
must be against natural law.