Freedom, Love, Marriage as Sacrament

​Freedom, Love, Marriage as Sacrament

​Objectives for the meeting

1. Discover the connection of freedom and love as taught by Karol Wojtyla

2. Evaluate one's definition of submission/subjection of wives to their husbands

3. Articulate and answer questions on the indissolubility of Christian marriage

References: Love and Responsibility, CCC, CFC

Multiple Select

1.       In considering the purpose of a human act , which principle/s apply/ies?

• Human beings are ends in themselves.

• Non-human beings can be used as a means to an end.

• Humans cannot be used as tool to an end.

• Loving a person includes "using" him/her.

Multiple Select

Which of the following statement/s is/are correct?

• Animals have free will.

• Animals do not determine their act with an intended end.

• Animals are ends in themselves.

• Humans can use animals as means to an end

Multiple Select

Which of the following statement/s is/are correct?

• Anyone can will for another person.

• Free will is inalienable to any person.

• It would be a violation of the person to be deprived of his/her will.

• When differ-

  ent persons consciously choose an end together, this makes them equal

  to each other, thereby excluding a subordination of one person to

  another.

Multiple Select

Which of the following statement/s is/are correct?

• To use means to employ some object of action as a means to an end, namely to the end for which the acting subject strives.

• A means is subordinated to an end, and, at the same time, it is also to a certain degree subordinated to the one who acts.

• Human beings can use the many non-human objects of the world.

• It is demanded from the rational human being that he does not destroy and squander the natural resources.

Multiple Choice

God saves man against his will.

• The statement is true

• The statement is false

Multiple Choice

The common good plays an important role in the equality of two persons willing towards the same end.

• The statement is true.

• The statement is false.

Multiple Select

Which of the following statement/s is/are true?

• Animals can love.

• Animals do not have consciousness of the finality of their act.

• Animals cannot desire the good of the other animal as in the case of human being desiring the good of another human being.

• Animals possess freedom.

Open Ended

In the light of the current discussions, what is now your answer to our question at the beginning of the semester: Does Eph. 5: 21 - 33 teach subjection / submission / subordination of wives to their husbands?

Multiple Choice

A sacrament is a sacred sign of Gods unconditional love for his people.

• The statement is true.

• The statement is false

Multiple Choice

Marriage as a sacrament is a sacred sign of Gods unconditional love for his people. Hence anyone who marries in the Church promises to love his/her spouse unconditionally to be a living sign of God's love for his people.

• The statement is true.

• The statement is false

Multiple Choice

Annulment is not allowed by the Catholic Church.

• The statement is true.

• The statement is false

Multiple Choice

Annulment and divorce are the same.

• The statement is true.

• The statement is false

Multiple Choice

A legally separated spouse can marry another.

• The statement is true.

• The statement is false