Index (as printed)

Benevolent Reader . . . 5

Introduction . . . 7

Concerning Diverse Sins According to State and Condition of Life

Question I. Concerning Spouses . . . 9

Notice concerning the limitation of offspring to be generated . . . 13

Observation concerning betrothed persons . . . 15

Question II. Concerning Children and Parents . . . 17

Observation concerning Pupils and Teachers . . . 22

Question III. Concerning Masters and Servants . . . 23

Question IV. Concerning Public Officials: judges, advocates, notaries, and other ministers of public affairs . . . 26

Question V. Concerning Physicians and Pharmacists . . . 29

Question VI. Concerning Merchants and Soldiers . . . 30

Question VII. Concerning Priests and Pastors . . . 32

Question VIII. Concerning Religious and Nuns . . . 35

Concerning Various Sins against the Virtues and the Precepts of the Decalogue

A. Concerning Sins against God . . . 39

Question I. Concerning Certain Sins against Faith . . . 40

Concerning Liberalism . . . 41

Concerning Socialism . . . 46

Concerning Heresy . . . 48

Concerning Heretics wishing to return to the Church . . . 49

Concerning Those Doubting and Wavering in Faith . . . 53

Question II. Concerning Certain Sins against Reverence for God . . . 56

Concerning Blasphemy . . . 56

Concerning Imprecations . . . 60

Concerning Illicit Oaths . . . 61

Question III. Concerning Sin against God's Service, or concerning the violation of Sunday . . . 64

B. Concerning Sins against Neighbor . . . 66

Question I. Concerning Sins against the internal goods of life and body . . . 67

Concerning the Actions of Physicians . . . 68

Concerning the Use of Hypnotism . . . 70

Concerning the Use of Morphine and other narcotic medicines . . . 71

Concerning Incisions and Surgical Operations . . . 74

Concerning the Use of Chloroform and other anesthetic means . . . 75

Question II. Concerning Scandal, which is opposed to spiritual goods . . . 78

Concerning the Reparation of active scandal . . . 81

The scandal of concubinage . . . 83

The scandal of civil marriage . . . 87

Other special cases . . . 89

Question III. Concerning Adultery, which is opposed to the good of marriage . . . 91

Corollary concerning forcible violation and fornication . . . 94

Question IV. Concerning Sins against the external goods of fortune, and concerning restitution due for them . . . 95

Concerning practical modes of making restitution opportunely . . . 98

A case concerning restitution in the article of death . . . 101

Question V. Concerning Hatred of neighbor, which is the cause of harming reputation, honor, and friendship . . . 102

Rules to be observed in reconciliation . . . 105

Observation concerning Vengeance . . . 107

Practical matters to be noted concerning sins against honor and reputation . . . 108

Concerning Capital Sins, which are the cause of other sins

General Doctrine . . . 111

Question I. Concerning Pride and Vain Glory . . . 119

Question II. Concerning Avarice . . . 127

Question III. Concerning Gluttony . . . 131

Question IV. Concerning Lust . . . 136

Question V. Concerning Acedia . . . 142

Question VI. Concerning Envy . . . 145

Question VII. Concerning Anger . . . 148