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Procreative purpose — GCSE Religious Studies Definition

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GCSE Religious Studies · key term

Procreative purpose

Definition

The purpose of sexual intercourse in making the creation of new life possible.

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Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies A · 1RA0

Specification 2.5 · Paper 3

The Catholic Church teaches that sexual intercourse belongs within marriage and has two connected purposes. Its unitive purpose is to express love and strengthen the relationship between husband and wife. Its procreative purpose is to make the creation of new life possible.
Revise: Family Planning and Regulation of Births
The purpose of sexual intercourse connected with the possibility of conceiving children.
Revise: Family Planning and Regulation of Births

Related key terms

Artificial contraception
Contraception
Family planning
Humanae Vitae
Natural family planning

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Edexcel Religious Studies A past papers

Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies B · 1RB0

Specification 2.5 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3

The meaning of sexual intercourse as being directed towards the creation of new life.
Sexual intercourse within marriage has two connected meanings: its unitive purpose strengthens the loving bond between husband and wife, while its procreative purpose concerns bringing new life into being.
Revise: Family Planning and Birth Regulation
The significance of sexual intercourse in bringing new human life into being.
Revise: Family Planning and Birth Regulation

Edexcel Religious Studies B past papers

Situation ethics

Unitive purpose