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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
The Catholic understanding of the Christian family as a community in which faith is lived through love, prayer, education and service.
Used by AQA and Edexcel
Paper 2
The Catholic understanding of the family as a small community where faith is taught and lived through prayer, love and service.
Revise: Families and ResponsibilitiesThe family is called a domestic church because religious life begins at home. Parents are children's first teachers of faith. Praying together, attending Mass and practising forgiveness connect belief with everyday behaviour.
Specification 2.3, 2.7 · Paper 3
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The Christian family understood as the Church in the home, where faith is first taught and lived.
Prayer, learning about Jesus and practising Christian love make the family a domestic Church: the Church in the home.
Specification 2.7, 2.3 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
A description of the Christian family as a community in which faith is lived through love, service and care for one another.
Revise: Equality of Men and Women in the FamilyJohn Paul II stressed the importance of fathers being involved in their children’s upbringing, rather than leaving education and care entirely to mothers. He also described the Christian family as a domestic Church, where everyday mutual service makes Christian love visible.
A Christian description of the family as a small community in which faith, prayer and love are practised, particularly used in Catholic teaching.
