Religious teachings about Marriage

flashcards about Christian beliefs of marriage

What are the main catholic beliefs about marriage?

• 1. Marriage is a divine institution, not a human construct

• 2. marriage is a covenant

• 3. marriage is monogamous/exclusive

• 4. Marriage is a sacrament

• 5. Marriage is a life-long commitment

• 6. Marriage is inherently connected to raising children

• 7. Marriage is an image of God’s love in the World

• 8. Marriage is a vocation

• 9. Marriage is self sacrificial

evidences of catholics beliefs about marriage

• 1. CCC 1660 - has been founded and endowed by its own special laws by the Creator

• 2. CCC - The marriage covenant

• 3. CCC- Marriage is made up of a man, and a women.

• 4. An outward sign of inward grace (vows, consent, uniting)

• 5. “till death do us part”

• 6. Genesis: Be fruitful and multiply

• 7. Ephesians - “Husbands love your wives, just as Christ loved the church

• 8. Pope Francis - “Marriage is a vocation”

Fundamentalist Christians beliefs about marriage

• Marriage is strictly God’s idea and is not open to human renegotiation

• It is a covenant between a man and a women

• Life long union

• Creator blesses the couple with children as a reward

evidences of Fundamentalist Christian beliefs about marriage

• Genesis - “Male and female he created them. God blessed them, and God said to them “be fruitful and multiply”

• John - Jesus’ first miracle is at a wedding, where he turned water into wine.

• Genesis- “Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh”

Liberal Christian beliefs about marriage

• Marriage is not integrally connected to children

• The gender of the spouses does not matter

• Simple loving union between two people

Evidence of liberal christian beliefs about marriage

• "Scleiermacher - “True religion is sense and taste for the infinite”

• Quakers

Non-religious views

• a legal union between two people in a relationship

• a serious, life-long commitment made in public to another person

• provides legal and financial benefits

many anglican and protestant christians (+reform jews)

accept that even though marriage is best, people may cohabit in a faithful, loving and committed way without being married

catholic church + orthodox jewish

oppose cohabitation as they believe sex should only take place within marriage

some liberal christians

accept same-sex marrriages; some groups are willing to bless or conduct same-sex marriages in a religious ceremony