index — Vermeersch, On Chastity
Alphabetical Index of Subjects (as printed)
Numbers are marginal numbers unless p. is placed before them.
An asterisk denotes notes.
In the source, an inserted dash (-) repeats the word placed at the beginning; in this English translation, every such repetition is written out.
Conjugal act: 13; due, 244-255; honorable, 223-242; of one certainly impotent, after marriage, 60; of one doubtfully impotent, 60; desirable, 41, 109, 243; healthy, 41; immodest acts, 283, 387, 391, 394-412; acts influencing pollution, 274, 276, 277, 295, 374-382; see Intercourse; venereal act, 423.
Baptism does not remove bigamy: 114*.
Blessing of a spouse: 114*.
Bigamy: 114*.
Confessor: of spouses, 262, 3; 270, 414; of young persons, 196, 199, 390; of young persons in workshops, 200, 394; of those suffering from nerves, 380; of those sinning lustfully, 337; of those sinning internally, 371; of those sinning at night, at least materially, 383; of those sinning solitarily, 219; of betrothed persons, 199, 295, 299, 401; by what title he corrects fraternally, 270.
Intercourse apt for generation: 59, 63; of spouses, 223-255; to be dissuaded, 225, 6; consummating matrimony, 77-87; perfect, 223; for pleasure alone, 226; sinful intercourse: adulterous, 313; with an affine person, 315; with one legally related, 317, or spiritually related, 316; with a consanguineous person, 315; with a demon, 348; with a penitent, 320; with a person with whom public propriety impedes marriage, 315; with a person bound by vow, 314; with another's betrothed, 298; with a subject, 320; fornicatory, 300, 303-311; incestuous, 315; in a sacred place, 242, 314; unnatural, 343-348; in an undue vessel, 269; onanistic, outside matrimony, 303, 312, 349; within matrimony, 257-299; sacrilegious, 314.
Conjugal debt: see Conjugal act.
Pleasure: mixed, 23, 27; morose, 176, 3; 366; purely sensible, 22; sensible-carnal, 27, 392; more general sensible pleasure, 24, 355, 415; intermediate sensible pleasure, 26, 27; sensible-spiritual, 27; various pleasures, 22-27; venereal, 91, 418, 424; of spouses, 226, 259, 267; of a nursing woman, 407; of those reading or hearing lubricious things, 393; of betrothed persons, 293, 294.
Woman: Christian estimation, 98, 112; critical age, 56; marriageable age, 55; impotence and sterility, 59, 60, 73, 76; seats of pleasure, 9; masturbation, 168, 278, 328, 341; cleanliness, 379; sexual neurasthenia, 34; surgical operations, 53; sexual organs, 8, 30, 2; pollution, 13, 2; 278, 324, 328, 332; puberty, 54; modesty, 20; sodomy, 344; sterility, 59, 60, 76; venereal movement, 28, 423; defects of structure, 30, 2.
Lust: canonical sanctions, 319, 372; distinction of imperfect and perfect lust, 324, 351; description of imperfect lust, 351; division into exterior, 356-364, and interior, 365-371; gravity and intrinsic malice, 352-354; specification, 222, 357-364, 368-370; notion of indirect lust, 373; guilt, 374; notion of disguised lust, 388; see Intercourse.
Matrimony: Christian estimation, 110, 112, 208; neo-pagan estimation, 115-131; age, 54, 55; goods, 66, 111, 307, 2; capacity, 59, 60; comparison with celibacy, 136, and with virginity, 145-149; prudent counsel, 118, 134, 207, 219; consummation, 77-87, 105, 240 at the end; definition, 4, 256; diminished will because of familiarity with the other sex, 179, 295; indissolubility, 105, 106, 128; institution and natural laws, 104-108; intention, at what moment it must be had, 124, 285; nature, 61-63; religious nature, 108; object, 61-63; order and end, 60, 62; figurative signification, 111, 114; sacramental signification, 111, 309; complete use, 223-255; incomplete use, 271-277; onanistic use, 257-269; prudent use, 109, 113, 208, 243; what if the matrimony is doubtful? 235-237, 420; multiple violation, 168; whether consummation, potency, and licit use are to be distinguished, 240 at the end.
Consummated matrimony: 77-87, 105, 106, 240 at the end.
Woman (mulier): see Woman (femina).
Pollution: 322; affective, 332; of a woman, 324, 328, 333, 341; indirectly voluntary, 274, 374, 376-384; mutual, 338, 346; natural, 330, 370; necessary for falling asleep, 381; excessively frequent, 32, 34, 330; nocturnal, 32, 330, 331, 383, 385; its gravity, 323-326, 329, 334; relative gravity, 342; essential malice, 327, 421; intrinsic malice, 324, 329; specific distinction from imperfect lust, 324; varieties, 328, 335-341; opportune explanation of nocturnal pollution, 195; special affection and its sign in pollution, 337; see Masturbation.
Passages of Sacred Scripture explained: Apocalypse 14:3-5, 158; Holy Gospel according to Matthew 19:10-12, 146; First Epistle to the Corinthians 6:9-10, 306; 6:15-20, 309; 7:1-9 and 25-38, 146; Epistle to the Ephesians 5:22-33, 111; Epistle to the Galatians 5:21, 306.
Sacred times: 113*.
Thesis V, concerning the civil place of a woman who has given birth from fornication, and of an illegitimate son: 167.
Temporary sexual unions: 301*.
Words permitted by modesty or not: 394; sought in dictionaries, 395; see Conversations.
Life: utility of an orderly and laborious way of life, 171, 176; whether and how far the mysteries of life are to be revealed, 186-201; general preparation for a pure life, 170-174; special preparation, 175-178; preservation, 202-209; restoration, 214-220; its influence upon the sexual appetite, 18.