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2. Rex Mottram's view of the family's Catholicism is flippant and limited; he says that their faith is a wonderful one, because it allows one to sin and then gain forgiveness through confession. Have you ever caught yourself thinking this way about sin, faith, and forgiveness? What does Paul in Romans 6 say about this attitude?
3. What do you make of Charles Ryder's attitude toward Julia's Catholicism at the end of the film? In the final scene, why does he act as he does in the chapel? What place do you believe doubt has in faith?

The Family Corner

Brideshead Revisited is rated PG-13 for some sexual content. The film maintains the novel's overtones of homosexuality and adultery, including a kiss between two men and an adulterous (but relatively inexplicit) sex scene between Charles and Julia. There are also several shots of male rear nudity, and some drunkenness among college students.

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