Families (Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies B): Flashcards

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3 main purposes of family (Catholic teaching)

Education, procreation, societal stability

Nuclear family definition

Two parents (man & woman) living with their children

Blended family definition

Stepfamilies from previous relationships through remarriage

Extended family definition

Parents, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins

Single-parent family definition

One parent raising children independently

Same-sex parent family definition

Two parents of same gender raising children

Psalms 127:3 teaching about children

Children are a heritage from the Lord, gifts from God

Ephesians 6:1-4 main teaching

Children obey parents; fathers guide children in the Lord

Colossians 3:21 teaching to parents

Do not embitter children or they will be discouraged

Catholic preferred family structure

Traditional nuclear family (mother & father)

Familiaris Consortio author & year

Pope John Paul II, 1981

Familiaris Consortio meaning

The Fellowship of the Family

Familiaris Consortio section 36 key point

Parents are first & foremost educators of their children

Educational role of Catholic families

Teaching children right from wrong, moral foundations

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