Index (as printed)

First Commentary

On the Nature of Moral Theology

On the nature of Theology generally … 3

On the nature of moral Theology specifically … 11

Second Commentary

On Conscience and on Probabilism

I. - On the nature of Conscience … 25

II. - On certain Conscience … 28

III. - On probable Conscience and on Probabilism … 33

IV. - Objections against Probabilism … 54

V. - On the doctrine of St. Alphonsus concerning Probabilism … 66

VI. - On doubtful Conscience … 77

VII. - On scrupulous Conscience … 93

Third Commentary

On the Fourth Precept of the Decalogue

I. - On the intrinsic nature of this precept … 99

II. - On the obligations of children toward parents … 106

III. - On paternal power … 118

IV. - On the obligations of parents toward children … 127

V. - On Schools … 132

VI. - On the obligations of spouses … 137

VII. - The rights and obligations of spouses concerning goods … 143

VIII. - On the equality of the woman with the man … 152

IX. - The obligations of kinsmen and guardians … 153

X. - On the obligations of masters and servants … 160

XI. - On masters and laborers … 167

XII. - Obligations of teachers and disciples … 171

XIII. - On the obligations of ecclesiastical inferiors and superiors … 175

XIV. - On obligations with respect to civil authority … 176

XV. - On the election of deputies … 183

XVI. - On the obligation of paying taxes … 185

XVII. - On the obligation of performing military service … 188

XVIII. - On the Tyrant and on rebellion … 190

Fourth Commentary

On the Sixth and Ninth Precepts of the Decalogue

Preliminary notes … 196

Chapter I. - On acts of lust not consummated … 201

Art. First. - On obscene looks … 201

Art. Second. - On the adornment of women … 203

Art. Third. - On base conversations … 208

Art. Fourth. - On theaters … 210

Art. Fifth. - On base smells and tastes … 211

Art. Sixth. - On base touches … 212

Art. Seventh. - On kisses and embraces … 215

Art. Eighth. - On kisses and embraces with respect to betrothed persons … 216

Art. Ninth. - On kisses, embraces, and other touches with respect to spouses … 218

Art. Tenth. - On the nature of base touches … 221

Art. Eleventh. - On dances … 224

Chapter II. - On sins of lust consummated according to nature … 227

Art. First. - On fornication … 227

Art. Second. - On concubinage and prostitution … 229

Art. Third. - On Stuprum … 235

Art. Fourth. - On abduction … 236

Art. Fifth. - On adultery … 239

Art. Sixth. - On incest … 242

Art. Seventh. - On sacrilege … 246

Chapter III. - On sins of lust consummated against nature … 249

Art. First. - On softness, or pollution … 250

Art. Second. - On bestiality … 267

Art. Third. - On sodomy … 268

Art. Fourth. - On the placing of an impediment to generation … 270

Art. Fifth. - On the begun and non-consummated copulation of spouses … 277

Chapter IV. - On the use of marriage … 280

Art. First. - On the intrinsic nature of the use of marriage … 280

Art. Second. - On impotence … 285

Art. Third. - On the extrinsic circumstances of the use of marriage … 295

I. - On the circumstance of end … 295

II. - On the circumstance of affection … 297

III. - On the circumstance of vow and affinity … 297

IV. - On the circumstance of position … 298

V. - On the circumstance of time, of menstruation, of pregnancy, of purgation after birth, of lactation, of sacred time … 299

VI. - On the circumstance of place … 305

VII. - On the circumstance of disease … 306

VIII. - On the circumstance of a diriment impediment … 309

Art. Fourth. - On asking for and rendering the debt … 315

Chapter V. - On the internal sins of lust … 331

Chapter VI. - On the confessor's practice regarding the matter of lust … 335