Manual — Arthur Vermeersch, S.J.
On Chastity and on the Contrary Vices: A Doctrinal and Moral Treatise
First published 1921. Vermeersch's De castitate et de vitiis contrariis: tractatus doctrinalis et moralis, second edition, enlarged and corrected (Rome: Gregorian University; Bruges: Charles Beyaert, 1921), the edition his own bibliography cites, with the imprimaturs of the Roman Province of the Society of Jesus, the Master of the Sacred Palace and the Vicegerent of Rome. The English translation is our own, made from the Latin page by page: his marginal numbers 1-432 (with 69 bis and 418 bis) are the anchors of citation, his notes stand at the foot of the passage that calls them, his Analytical Index and Theses stand at the front and his Alphabetical Index of Subjects at the end, every reference a link. Download: PDF · EPUB The original this transcription was made from: Internet Archive — the Latin, second edition (Rome and Bruges, 1921).
The Gregorian's professor of moral theology on chastity, the most thorough treatment of the matter in the library: an anthropological introduction (sexual physiology, modesty, hygiene, impotence and sterility, the consummation of marriage); the doctrine of chastity in itself, in marriage and in virginity, defended against the naturalists and secularists of his day, with the formation of the young and the restoring of a pure life; then the casuistry of the acts of spouses, of the betrothed and of sins outside marriage, the counsels to the confessor, and twelve theses.
The book’s own contents, as printed: Analytical Index (as printed) · The Theses · Alphabetical Index of Subjects (as printed)
Contents
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- Title Page and Imprimaturs
- Dedication
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Analytical Index (as printed)
- The Theses
Anthropological Introductionnn. 1–88
- § 1. The Purpose of This Introductionn. 1
- § 2. Sexual Love, Appetite, and Copulationnn. 2–13
- § 3. Various Causes of Sexual Arousalnn. 14–19
- § 4. Modesty. Clothingnn. 20–21
- § 5. Various Pleasures. Venereal Movementnn. 22–28
§ 6. Defects of the Instrument or Sexual Sense, or Sexual Pathologynn. 29–39
- I. Structural Defectsnn. 30–31
- II. Sexual Neuropathynn. 32–34
- III. Sexual Psychopathologynn. 35–39
- § 7. Comparison of Friendship and Sexual Loven. 40
- § 8. Hygiene (*Hygiène Sexuelle*)nn. 41–46
- § 9. Venereal Diseasesnn. 47–49
- § 10. Surgical Operationsnn. 50–53
- § 11. Fitness for Marriage and Generationnn. 54–56
- § 13. The Question of the Consummation of Matrimonynn. 77–87
- § 14. On the Remedy of Artificial Fecundationn. 88
Part One: Doctrinal, Apologetic, and Pedagogicalnn. 89–221
Section One: On the Virtue of Chastitynn. 90–167
Chapter II. On Conjugal Chastitynn. 103–134
Article III. The Neo-pagan Estimation of Matrimonynn. 115–134
- § 1. On the Naturalistsnn. 116–118
§ 2. On the More Honorable Secularistsnn. 119–134
- I. On Civil Marriagenn. 120–125
- II. On Civil Divorcenn. 126–131
- III. On the Excuses for Artificial Sterility and Abortionnn. 132–134
Chapter III. On Perfect Chastity or Continencenn. 135–167
- Article I. The Rational Estimation of Continencenn. 135–137
Article II. The Christian Estimation of Continencenn. 138–164
§ 2. On the Special Reward of Christian Virginity, or on the Aureolenn. 154–161
- I. On Aureoles in Generalnn. 154–157
- II. On the Aureole of Virginsnn. 158–161
- § 3. On Angelic Chastitynn. 162–164
- Article III. The Neo-pagan Estimation of Continencenn. 165–167
Section Two: On the Cultivation of Chastitynn. 168–220
Chapter I. On Preparing a Pure Lifenn. 170–201
Article I. On the More General Rationale of Preparationnn. 170–174
- I. Preparation of the Bodyn. 171
- II. Preparation of Sensen. 172
- III. Preparation of the Mindnn. 173–174
Article II. On the Special Preparation of Chastitynn. 175–201
§ 1. Counsels on the Right Formation of Man for Chastitynn. 175–178
- I. Preparation of the Bodyn. 175
- II. Preparation of Sensen. 176
- III. Preparation of the Mindnn. 177–178
§ 2. Special Questionsnn. 179–201
- Conclusion of the First Partn. 221
Part Two: Casuistrynn. 222–413
- Section Two: On the Mutual Familiar Intercourse of Those Betrothed for the Futurenn. 290–299
Section Three: On Venereal Use Outside Marriagenn. 300–413
Chapter I. On the Complete Use of the Venereal Facultynn. 300–350
Article I. On Complete Use According to Naturenn. 300–321
- § 1. On Simple Fornicationnn. 300–312
Article II. On the Complete Use of the Venereal Faculty Against Naturenn. 322–350
§ 1. On Pollutionnn. 322–342
§ 2. On Other Complete Depravities Against Naturenn. 343–350
- I. On Sodomynn. 343–346
- II. On Bestialityn. 347
- III. On Other Unnatural Congressesn. 348
- IV. On the Comparative Gravity of the Sinsnn. 349–350
Chapter II. On the Incomplete Use of the Venereal Faculty Outside Matrimony, or on Imperfect Lustnn. 351–372
- Article I. Common Notions of All Imperfect Lustnn. 351–355
- Article II. On Incomplete Exterior Actsnn. 356–364
Article III. On Interior Actsnn. 365–371
- I. On Interior Acts Insofar as They Excite the Fleshnn. 366–367
- II. On More Intellectual Actsnn. 368–371
- Appendix. Canonical Sanctionsn. 372
Chapter III. On Indirect Lustnn. 373–386
- Article I. Principlesnn. 373–375
- Article II. Applicationsnn. 376–386
Chapter IV. On Immodest Acts and Masked Lustnn. 387–412
- Article I. Notions and General Rulesnn. 387–393
Article II. On Immodest Acts Considered Individuallynn. 394–412
- § 1. On Words and Writingsnn. 394–396
- § 2. On Looksnn. 397–400
- § 3. On Touches, Kisses, Etcnn. 401–407
- § 4. On Theatrical Performancesnn. 408–410
- § 5. On Dancesn. 411
- § 6. On Clothingn. 412
- Chapter V. On the Virtue of Modestyn. 413
- Parergon: How the Confessor Ought to Conduct Himselfn. 414
Supplementsnn. 415–431
- Errata and Addendumn. 432
- Bibliography
- Alphabetical Index of Subjects (as printed)