Marriage Roles of Men and Women Traditional Modern

Marriage

Roles of Men and Women Traditional Modern Women should have children and look after the home Women should have shared responsibility with the men Women should submit to their husband’s authority Women have equal authority e. g. Female Priests Men should provide for the Men and Women can both family provide for their family Men should lead their family in religious matters Colossians 3 v 18 -19 Galatians 3 v 28

Order of Service • Marriage will take place in the sight of God • God is the most important witness at the wedding (minimum of two others) • 3 purposes of marriage – Mutual help and support in good and bad times – Sex in a safe environment where man and woman are equally loved – Have children and bring them up in a Christian home

“Until Death us Do Part” • Marriage is a life-long commitment broken only by death • Exchange rings as a symbol of perfect, unbroken, unending love that will last for eternity

Catholic Marriage • Marriage is a ‘Sacrament’ – a special service that symbolises an inward blessing • In marriage each person becomes a channel of God’s blessing to the other • A Catholic wedding ends with the Nuptial Mass

Orthodox Marriage • The service in an Orthodox Church is called the ‘Crowning’ during which crowns are placed on the heads of the man and woman • In so doing they receive power from the Holy Spirit to love each other and their children

Christian Teaching 1. Marriage was designed and created by God 2. An important agreement between two people in the presence of God 3. The only relationship in which sex should take place 4. The ideal relationship in which children should be raised 5. A permanent relationship 6. The couple are intended to be faithful to one another