Neka moralno-etička pitanja u životu pripadnika eklezijalnih pokreta
Some Moral-Ethical Issues in the Life of Members of Ecclesiastical Movements

Summary/Abstract: From the empirical research conducted in 2001 among members of new Catholic lay movements 5 questions were extracted regarding their moral-ethical attitudes. With the assistance of several methods the authors tried to determine whether and how much their attitudes on premarital sexual relations, contraception, abortion, marital infidelity and non- -dissolution of marriage differ from official ecclesiastical attitudes on these issues and whether there are significant differences in the answers of examinees with regard to two demographic characteristics – sexual affiliation and origin. The research indicated great agreement with the attitudes of the Catholic Church, especially in questions concerning the non-dissolution of marriage and intentional termination of pregnancy. A somewhat smaller percentage of examinees was in accord with the moral-theological determinants of the Catholic Church with regard to marital infidelity, while the highest degree of permissiveness appeared in attitudes on premarital sexual relations and the justification of use of contraception. However, even in these last two questions the percentage of ecclesiastically coordinated answers is over 70%. From the aspect of two demographic characteristics significant differences have not been found in either of the cases, except in the case of non-dissolution of marriage overlapping with sexual affiliation of examinees, where women are reported to have readily justified divorce in exceptional cases in a higher percentage.

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