Chapter — Douay-Rheims
Leviticus 18
1.And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2.Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: I am the Lord your God.
3.You shall not do according to the custom of the land of Egypt, in which you dwelt: neither shall you act according to the manner of the country of Chanaan, into which I will bring you. Nor shall you walk in their ordinances.
4.You shall do my judgments, and shall observe my precepts, and shall walk in them. I am the Lord your God.
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5.Keep my laws and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them, I am the Lord.
Cited by 2 passages
- Koch–Preuss, Volume I: Morality, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Morality, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Chapter II: The Objective Norm of Morality—Law, Divine and Human, Section 4: The Positive Divine Law, ¶ 5
- Summa Theologica, First Part of the Second Part (I-II), Question 100: The moral precepts of the old law, art. 12
6.No man shall approach to her that is near of kin to him, to uncover her nakedness. I am the Lord.
Cited by 3 passages
- Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, I. Questions Concerning Chastity and Lust (1936), On Chastity and Lust, Question Three: Concerning Consummated Lust According to Nature, Article IV: Concerning Incest, ¶ 215
- Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis, Volume II. On the Moral Virtues (1935), Special Moral Theology: On Moral Virtues, Treatise: On the Cardinal Virtue of Temperance and On the Virtues Annexed to It, Fourth Part: On the Virtue of Chastity and Modesty, Question Three: On the Species of Luxury, Article I: On Luxury According to Nature, n. 1012
- Summa Theologica, First Part (I), Question 92: The production of the woman, art. 2
7.Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother: she is thy mother, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
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8.Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife: for it is the nakedness of thy father.
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- Tanquerey, Volume I. On Penance, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Marriage (Volume I), Chapter III: On the Impediments of Matrimony, n. 985
- Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis, Volume III, Part II. On The Sacraments In General And In Particular, Treatise X. On Matrimony, Chapter IX. On the Impediments of Matrimony, Article III. On the Diriment Impediments of Matrimony, § 10. Affinity, n. 842
- Slater, Morals of To-Day, Chapter III: Affinity and the New Code, ¶ 85
- Summa Theologica, Supplement, Question 55: The impediment of affinity, art. 6
9.Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy sister by father or by mother: whether born at home or abroad.
10.Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy son's daughter, or thy daughter's daughter: because it is thy own nakedness.
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11.Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, whom she bore to thy father: and who is thy sister.
12.Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: because she is the flesh of thy father.
13.Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: because she is thy mother's flesh.
14.Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother: neither shalt thou approach to his wife, who is joined to thee by affinity.
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15.Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: because she is thy son's wife, neither shalt thou discover her shame.
16.Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: because it is the nakedness of thy brother.
17.Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy wife and her daughter. Thou shalt not take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, to discover her shame: because they are her flesh, and such copulation is incest.
18.Thou shalt not take thy wife's sister for a harlot, to rival her: neither shalt thou discover her nakedness, while she is yet living.
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- Tanquerey, Volume I. On Penance, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Marriage (Volume I), Chapter III: On the Impediments of Matrimony, n. 985
- Palmieri, On Christian Marriage, Treatise on Christian Marriage, Chapter IV: On the Power of Establishing Impediments of Christian Marriage and of Dispensing in Them, Thesis XXIX, n. XXIX, VIII
19.Thou shalt not approach to a woman having her flowers: neither shalt thou uncover her nakedness.
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20.Thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour's wife: nor be defiled with mingling of seed.
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- Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, I. Questions Concerning Chastity and Lust (1936), On Chastity and Lust, Question Three: Concerning Consummated Lust According to Nature, Article III: Concerning Adultery, ¶ 206
- Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis, Volume II. On the Moral Virtues (1935), Special Moral Theology: On Moral Virtues, Treatise: On the Cardinal Virtue of Temperance and On the Virtues Annexed to It, Fourth Part: On the Virtue of Chastity and Modesty, Question Three: On the Species of Luxury, Article I: On Luxury According to Nature, n. 1011
21.Thou shalt not give any of thy seed to be consecrated to the idol Moloch, nor defile the name of thy God. I am the Lord.
22.Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind: because it is an abomination.
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- Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology, Volume III. On the Virtue of Chastity (1928), Book I. On Chastity Generally, Part I. On Chastity Insofar as It Regards Venereal Things, Section II. On the Opposite Vice, or Lust, Chapter III. On Unnatural Consummated Lust, Article II. On Sodomy, n. 53
- Koch–Preuss, Volume II: Sin and the Means of Grace, Part I: Sin, Chapter II: The Principal Kinds of Sin, Section 2: The Seven Capital Sins, ¶ 16
- Koch–Preuss, Volume II: Sin and the Means of Grace, Part I: Sin, Chapter II: The Principal Kinds of Sin, Section 3: The Sins That Cry to Heaven for Vengeance, ¶ 9
- Summa Theologica, First Part of the Second Part (I-II), Question 100: The moral precepts of the old law, art. 11
23.Thou shalt not copulate with any beast: neither shalt thou be defiled with it. A woman shall not lie down to a beast, nor copulate with it: because it is a heinous crime.
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24.Defile not yourselves with any of these things with which all the nations have been defiled, which I will cast out before you,
25.And with which the land is defiled: the abominations of which I will visit, that it may vomit out its inhabitants.
26.Keep ye my ordinances and my judgments: and do not any of these abominations. Neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you.
27.For all these detestable things the inhabitants of the land have done, that were before you, and have defiled it.
28.Beware then, lest in like manner, it vomit you also out, if you do the like things: as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
29.Every soul that shall commit any of these abominations, shall perish from the midst of his people.
Cited by 2 passages
- Tanquerey, Volume II. Fundamental Moral Theology; the Virtues and Precepts, Fundamental Moral Theology (Volume II), On Sins and Vices, n. 430
- Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis, Volume I. On Principles (1935), General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Sins in General, Third Part: On the Effects of Sins, Fourth Question: On Mortal and Venial Sin, Article II: On the Gravity of Mortal Sin, n. 537
30.Keep my commandments. Do not the things which they have done, that have been before you: and be not defiled therein. I am the Lord your God.