Sekuliarizacijos proceso suformuotos nuostatos, nesutampančios su tradiciniu Bažnyčios mokymu ar prieštaraujančius jam vis labiau skverbiasi į racionaliu mąstymu ir praktiniu išbandymu paremtą žmogaus gyvenimą. Mokslo pažanga, religijos ir Bažnyčios įtakos visuomenei ir asmeniui silpnėjimas suformavo tam tikrą sekuliarią pasaulėžiūrą – sekuliarizmą. Šio darbo tikslas – ištirti ir atskleisti, kokias nuostatas sekuliarizacijos procesas suformavo konkrečioje žmogiškojo gyvenimo tikrovėje, tiksliau – kaip paveikė tradicinę (katalikišką) santuokos sampratą. Išanalizavus literatūrą, išskirtos ir aptartos vyraujančios sekuliarizmų formos – dogmatiškasis sekuliarizmas, religinis neutralumas ir religijos individualumas, jų raiška individo ir visuomenės gyvenime. Remiantis Šventuoju, Raštu ir Bažnyčios dokumentais išnagrinėtas ir pristatytas Katalikų Bažnyčios mokymas apie santuoką, jos sakramentiškumą, santuokiniai gėriai ir įsipareigojimai. Analizuotas ir aptartas santuokos sekuliarizacijos procesas ir šiuolaikinio pasaulio iššūkiai katalikiškos santuokos sampratai. Atliktas kokybinis tyrimas, kurio tikslas – identifikuoti santuokos sakramentui Katalikų Bažnyčioje ruošiamų asmenų katalikiškos santuokos supratimo sekuliarizmus. Klausimynas sudarytas remiantis Katalikų Bažnyčios mokymo apie santuoką pagrindiniais teiginiais. Darbe pateikiami tyrimo duomenys ir išvados. / The by secularism shaped attitude that misaligns with the traditional Church teaching or that conflicts with it, is penetrating into the ones life – a life that is based on rational thinking and proven practice. The scientific progress, the weakening influence of the Church and religion on the society and on a person formed a particular secular worldview – the secularism. The object of this work is to investigate and expose what attitude formed the secularism process in the particular sphere of the human reality – marriage; being more specific – how it affected the traditional (catholic) conception of marriage. After a thorough research of literature are distinguished and discussed the main forms of secularism: dogmatic secularism, religious neutrality and religious individuality, their expressions in the life of a person and in the life of a society. The analysis of Catholic Church teachings on marriage, its sacramentality, the goodness of marriage and the commitment are based on the Scripture and the documents of the Church. This work analyzes, discusses and presents the process of secularism and the challenges of the modern world concerning the catholic conception of marriage. A qualitative study has been done with a purpose to identify the secularism of understanding of the Catholic marriage by those who are preparing for the sacrament of marriage in the Catholic Church. The questionnaire was formed on the basis of the Catholic Church’s main propositions about marriage... [to full text]

The thesis, on the background of biblical and historical origins, gathers some of the present theological views, formed in particular by the papal documents that commend on marriage. It emphasizes the essential elements of this sacrament, with regards to their comprehensibility to the present recipients. It also deals with the problematic situations arising after the disintegration of the sacramental bond, and mentions possible approaches to addressing the issue of birth control. It also reflects some of the critical views and compares them with the Church's current teaching, in order to indicate the desirable plurality of views containing the potential for future solutions to the conflicts that have arisen. Specific attention is paid to the integration of Catholic Christians living in illegitimate relationships into full communion with the Church and the resulting tasks of particular Catholic communities.