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Relationships

Marriage

The focus here is on the marriage service and how it supports a couple throughout their married life.

• Read through the marriage vows and focus on the promises being made - Bitesize
• Learn some key quotes and think about the PURPOSE of marriage with some useful mnemonics - The GCSE RE Site
• Also on the GCSE RE Site is a separate section on Marriage

Try the following from 1996 Q1:

Give an account of Christians teaching in the marriage service about the role of Christians who are married.   

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Also from the same question is the following:

Explain how a Christian marriage service might help to support a couple through difficulties in their marriage.    [7]

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Notice how the earlier question deals with teaching and beliefs, while the second part looks at how beliefs are put into practice.  For more information about how to answer different parts of each question, look at the general advice on this site.