To change her teachings:
- Because her teachings are out of date and it doesn’t apply to people now a days.
- Her teachings do not apply to every situation, maybe it needs to be more flexible.
In this evaluation section I will consider whether or not the catholic church should change her teachings on sex outside marriage and divorce, I will also talk about the idea that the teachings are no becoming out of date in our modern society.
The church bases it’s traditional teachings on three things:
- The Magesterium
- Apostolic succession
- Tradition.
There are over six hundred million (600,000,000) members of the Catholic Church, they all chose to become a catholic by taking the sacrament of initiation, and these sacraments are based on the practices of the Catholic Church. Anyone who becomes a catholic agrees to follow the rules and the teachings of the church. Over the years the church has organised itself in a very special way in order to hep people to follow the teachings of the church. All Christians try to get us close to God as they can Catholics make a commitment to follow Jesus Christ and its teachings, by doing this Catholics commit themselves to listen to the church and follow there directions. We in Britain make up only a tiny fragment of the members of the Catholic Church, other societies in other parts o the world do not share the same points as we do.
We all have to think weather or not it is right that the Church changes her teachings to make a few members happy or should she take into account the majority of her members. It is possible that the teachings of the church should be as they are because they should take into account most of her members of the church close to the original, traditional teachings.
DIVORCE
In this piece of coursework I have again been asked to consider the churches teachings on divorce. He church believes in sacramental marriage, divorce ends the legal union not the sacramental union. The church says that marriage only end when one of the couple dies.
If divorce occurs the people involved are then not free to re-marry in a catholic church unless of an annulment. This is the area, which many people world like to change. On in three marriages end in failure (divorce) however one in two marriages stay until death, this means that the churches teachings about marriage being life long is still reliving in today’s society. If the church changed her teachings it would only be to state a few people. Simply because teachings is un-popular with some members, does not mean it is wrong. Many marriages both within and outside her church are lifelong, just as Jesus taught his disciples.
The church should maintain its teachings for the benefit and consideration of the majority of its teachings for a few members.
The Catholic Church considers marriage to be a sacrament, therefore it should be taken serious. The church teaches that marriage is for life and divorce is not an option and should be kept as it is because if the couple prepare themselves properly they will fully understand the commitment they are showing. If the church helps us to understand the commitment of the marriage before they get married, the teaching should stay the same. In marriage the Catholics commit themselves to living as Jesus taught.
Mark 10-2-9
“Man must not separate what god has goin to gather”
Quote from Mark, proves the teachings of Jesus about marriage so it is right that the Catholic Church retains her teachings on marriage and divorce.
