“Explain how, in the course of your marriage, a Christian couple would apply the beliefs you have mentioned. In your answer, consider three or more situations where a Christian belief would ‘make a difference’. Consider whether all Christian couples would respond in this way.

The overall Christian Churches teaching about marriage is that it should be a life-long, exclusive sacrament.

In the Roman Catholic Church the teachings about marriage are that once the vows are exchanged the husband and wife have become equal and cannot be separated by anything except death.

The Anglican Church teaches that marriage should be permanent and life-giving, but if there were to be a separation the church would not agree with it, but still would allow it.

Whereas in the Quaker church as marriage is only a promise, a separation would be allowed without a disagreement with the church.

In the RC church the most important part of the ceremony is the exchanging of the vows, as they are the sacrament between the couple and God, the importance is not the fact that they are just words that are said to each other, it’s the actual words that are said in the vows. For example if a husband/wife were to become very ill and needs constant care, the RC church would say that the couple must keep the marriage strong because of the vow ‘in sickness and in health’, and in order for them to do so they could, go to marriage counselling EG Relate, CMAC.

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Another vow which the couple exchange which is important and act as an important teaching in marriage is ‘for better, for worse’, in this situation the husband/ wife may become abusive and their partner wants to leave them, the Catholic Church would teach that the couple must keep going at the marriage and try their hardest, and remember the meaning of the vow ‘for better for worse’ they must forgive. The Anglican Church says that they should not stay in an abusive relationship, but they should try counselling and prayer, but if nothing changes in the relationship, divorce would be allowed. The ...

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