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1
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What is the greatest commandment?

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In Mark 12:28-32 Jesus responds:
‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

2
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What is the new commandment given by Jesus?

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‘love one another’

3
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What kind of love is eros?

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Dr Martin Luther King: ‘Eros is a sort of romantic love’

4
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What kind of love is philosophy?

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Dr Martin Luther King: ‘a kind of intimate love between friends’

5
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What kind of love is agape?

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Dr Martin Luther King ‘Agape is understanding, creating, redemptive goodwill to all people. Agape is an overflowing love that seeks nothing in return. Theologians would say that it is the love of God operating in the human heart.’

6
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Describe what is meant by the Golden Rule.

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Matthew 7:12, Jesus says: ‘Treat others as you would like them to treat you.’

This is found in all religions and in non-religious humanist belief.

7
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What is meant by telos?

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Goal

8
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Who was the key figure with regard to Situation Ethics?

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Joseph Fletcher (1905-1991)

9
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What is meant by ‘a deontological approach’?

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That a law, rule or command is given by God and the only required response is obedience to God’s command

10
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Who was the key figure with regard to Natural Law?

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St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

11
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What is meant by the word ‘eudaimonia’?

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human flourishing

12
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Describe what is meant by Natural Law.

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Human reason, which is given to us by God, shows that all things are created with a purpose, which has to be fulfilled in order for life to achieve eudaimonia or flourishing.

13
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Why is the family the primary socialisation agency of society?

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As it is within the family that a person first learns how to relate to other people

14
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What is meant by a nuclear family?

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a couple and their dependent children, regarded as a basic social unit

15
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What is a re-constituted family?

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Two sets of children (step-brothers and step-sisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other.

16
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What is meant by cohabitation?

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Living together without being married

17
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What must a civil marriage ceremony not contain?

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religious content

18
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Describe briefly what take place in a civil marriage ceremony.

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  • Legal declaratory words
  • Legal contracting words
  • Sample of civil ceremony vows
19
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Which commandment is found in Exodus 20:12?

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‘Honour your father and your mother.’

20
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Which parable of Jesus refers to family life?

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the Parable of the Prodigal Son

21
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Which Pope called the family ‘a school of deeper humanity’?

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Pope John Paul II (1920-2005)

22
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In Genesis 2:18-22, what was Eve created from?

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man’s rib

23
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Describe why some Christians believe that woman is subordinate to man.

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As she was created from Adam’s rib and the passage suggests that the role of woman is to be ‘a helper’.

24
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What are vows?

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Marriage vows are promises each partner in a couple makes to the other during a wedding ceremony.

25
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What do the rings exchanged in a marriage ceremony symbolize?

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It is a symbol for their eternal love of each other

26
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What is the significance of the bride’s father placing her hand in the hand of the groom?

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It shows the bride leaving their own family to start another family

27
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Which vow shows that marriage is meant to be a life-long commitment?

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‘till death do us part’ - vow which shows faithfulness

28
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What is the Synod of the Church of England?

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the ruling body of the Church of England

29
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Describe briefly what happens in a Christian marriage ceremony

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  • Bride’s father places her hand in hand of groom
  • Bible readings/prayer/ exchange of vows
  • Exchange of rings and vows to be faithful
30
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What is meant by adultery?

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a sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner

31
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What percentages of marriages in the UK end in divorce?

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42%

32
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What is the Matthean Exception?

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that if the divorce has been the result of adultery, then re-marriage is acceptable

33
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What type of Protestants are Quakers?

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Liberal Protestants

34
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What is meant by an annulment?

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Annulment is when the Roman Catholic Church agrees that the marriage was never a true marriage in the first place.

35
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Describe the reasons for which a marriage can be annulled

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A marriage can be annulled if any of the following can be proved:

1) A lack of consent
2) A lack of judgement
3) An inability to carry out the duties of marriage
4) A lack of intention

36
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What is meant by imago Dei?

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‘image of God’, but is often given the Latin phrase ‘imago Dei’

37
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What is the difference between pre-marital sex and adultery?

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Pre-marital sex is having sex outside of marriage with your partner
Adultery is having sex with someone that is married

38
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What is meant by mutual consent with reference to sexual acts?

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When both members agree to having sex

39
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Why does Roman Catholic teaching rule out pre-marital sex?

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As sexual act involves total life-long and exclusive commitment between a man and a woman, which is only possible within marriage. Obviously, if a couple has pre-marital sex, they are outside of marriage and cannot accomplish life-long and exclusive commitment.

40
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Which one of the Five Precepts does marriage help achieve?

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Order Society

41
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Describe Liberal Protestant attitudes towards pre-marital sex

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Liberal Protestants in general might argue that in the modern world sex before marriage is acceptable if the couple love each other and are in a long term relationship which might be a trial marriage resulting in a Christian marriage ceremony.

Some Liberal Protestants would go even further by focusing on the importance of people using their free will and following their conscience.

42
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What is ‘Human Vitae’?

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It is a book written by Pope Paul VI, which explained Roman Catholic teachings

43
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Give examples of artificial contraception

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  • a condom
  • contraceptive pills
  • injection for birth control
44
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What, according to Roman Catholic teaching, does sexual intercourse in marriage have to be?

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Sexual intercourse in marriage is an act which has to be both:
Unitive - It unites the couple as one in love
Procreative - It enables the couple to procreate and have children

45
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What is the Rhythm Method?

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a couple might have sexual intercourse only during the time of the month when the woman would have her natural infertile cycle

46
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What command did God give to Adam and Eve in Genesis 9:7?

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“As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”

47
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Describe the approach taken by Liberal Protestants towards artificial contraception

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Liberal Protestants do not believe in Natural Law. They believe that sexual intercourse does not always have to be Procreative. Therefore, the use of an artificial contraception is acceptable for couples as they are using their conscience and free will to make decisions about limiting the number of children they might want to have.

48
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What word does Leviticus use to describe homosexual sex?

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‘an abomination’

49
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Which city - connected with homosexual sex - is destroyed by God in Genesis?

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the city of Sodom

50
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What does David say about his love for Jonathon?

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‘Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women.’

51
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What is the name of the openly gay Bishop chosen by Episcopalian Church in 2003?

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Bishop Gene Robinson

52
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What is Catechism?

A

collection of teachings

53
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Describe the approach taken by Liberal Protestants towards homosexuality.

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Liberal Protestants argue that the Old Testament passages reflect the beliefs of that time only and have no relevance at all subsequently.

The destruction of Sodom is seen as a story describing the wickedness not of homosexual sex but of attempted homosexual rape in which a person’s guests were in danger of being abused

54
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What was the name of the person Jesus first revealed himself to after the resurrection?

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Mary Magdalene

55
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Where in the world is the Orthodox Church mainly found?

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Russia, Greece and Egypt

56
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What is meant by ‘Holy Tradition’?

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the rules and customs that people followed in the times of Christ

57
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What does ‘in persona Christi’ mean?

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If a priest is ‘in persona Christ’, this means that the priest represents and stands for the person of Christ when he is taking services.

58
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What is the name of the first woman Bishop in the Church of England?

A

Libby Lane

59
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Describe the approach taken by the Roman Catholic Church towards the ordination of women.

A

the Roman Catholic Church does not believe that woman should be allowed to be priests because Jesus only chose his apostles from men and that the constant practice and tradition of the Church had been to exclude women from the priesthood.