Analytical Index (as printed)

Anthropological Introduction

• § 1. Purpose of this introduction (1) - p. 1
• § 2. Sexual love, appetite, and copulation (2-13) - p. 1
• § 3. Various causes of sexual arousal (14-19) - p. 13
• § 4. Modesty. Clothing (20-21) - p. 16
• § 5. Various pleasures. Venereal movement (22-28) - p. 20
• § 6. Defects of the sexual instrument or sense, or sexual pathology (29) - p. 24
  • I. Structural defects (30-31) - p. 24
  • II. Sexual neuropathy (32-34) - p. 25
  • III. Sexual psychopathology (35-39) - p. 27
• § 7. Comparison of friendship and sexual love (40) - p. 30
• § 8. Hygiene, or sexual appetite and health (41-46) - p. 31
• § 9. Venereal diseases (47-49) - p. 38
• § 10. Surgical operations (50-53) - p. 41
• § 11. Fitness for marriage and generation (54-56) - p. 43
• § 12. Question concerning impotence and sterility (57) - p. 44
  • I. On the genuine nature of impotence
    • A. Statement of the opinions (58-60) - p. 44
    • B. The conclusion and its proof (61-64) - p. 61
    • C. Corollaries and scholia (65-69) - p. 67
    • D. The case briefly recapitulated (69 bis) - p. 70
  • II. Various kinds, causes, and examples of impotence (70-75) - p. 72
  • III. Examples of sterility (76) - p. 75
• § 13. Question concerning the consummation of marriage (77-87) - p. 76
• § 14. On the remedy of artificial fertilization (88) - p. 80

Part One

Doctrinal, Apologetic, and Pedagogical

• Plan of the order (89) - p. 81

Section One - On the Virtue of Chastity

Chapter I - General Consideration of the Virtue of Chastity

• Division of the chapter (90) - p. 82
• Article I. Rational evaluation of chastity (91-94) - p. 83
• Article II. Christian evaluation of chastity (95-98) - p. 85
• Article III. Neopagan evaluation of chastity (99-102) - p. 90

Chapter II - On Matrimonial Chastity

• Article I. Rational evaluation of marriage
  • Plan of the order and method (103) - p. 95
  • I. On the natural institution of marriage (104-108) - p. 98
  • II. On matrimonial chastity (109) - p. 101
• Article II. Christian evaluation of marriage
  • Preliminary observation (110) - p. 102
  • I. On the Christian institution of marriage (111-112) - p. 102
  • II. On the matrimonial chastity of Christians (113-114) - p. 106
• Article III. Neopagan evaluation of marriage
  • Division of the argument (115) - p. 107
  • § 1. On naturalists (116-118) - p. 108
  • § 2. On the more honorable secularists
    • Order of discussion (119) - p. 111
    • I. On civil marriage (120-125) - p. 111
    • II. On civil divorce (126-131) - p. 117
    • III. On excuses for artificial sterility and abortion (132-134) - p. 127

Chapter III - On Perfect Chastity, or Continence

• Article I. Rational evaluation of continence (135-137) - p. 129
• Article II. Christian evaluation of continence
  • Order of discussion (138) - p. 132
  • § 1. On Catholic virginity
    • I. On the genuine nature of Catholic virginity (139-143) - p. 132
    • II. On the praise and value of Catholic virginity (144-149) - p. 136
    • III. A connected question concerning the virtue of virginity (150-153) - p. 145
  • § 2. On the special reward of Christian virginity, or on the aureole

• I. On aureoles in general (154-157) - p. 148
• II. On the aureole of virgins (158-161) - p. 150
• § 3. On angelic chastity (162-164) - p. 152
• Article III. Neopagan evaluation of continence (165-167) - p. 154

Section Two - On the Cultivation of Chastity

• The timeliness of this section (168). Plan of the order (168, 169) - p. 160

Chapter I - On Preparation for a Pure Life

• Article I. On the more general nature of preparation
  • The usefulness and parts of this preparation (170) - p. 163
  • I. Preparation of the body (171) - p. 163
  • II. Preparation of the senses (172) - p. 164
  • III. Preparation of the mind (173-174) - p. 166
• Article II. On special preparation for chastity
  • § 1. Counsels concerning the right formation of man for chastity
    • I. Preparation of the body (175) - p. 167
    • II. Preparation of the senses (176) - p. 168
    • III. Preparation of the mind (177-178) - p. 170
  • § 2. Particular questions
    • I. On mixed schools (179) - p. 173
    • II. On the usefulness of a certain vaccination (180-185) - p. 175
    • III. On the usefulness and method of revealing the mysteries of life
      • The notion and arrangement of the question (186) - p. 180
      • Historical notions (187) - p. 180
      • Arguments customarily adduced (188) - p. 182
      • Examination of the arguments (189) - p. 184
      • Diversity and agreement of opinions (190) - p. 187
      • Conclusions (191-201) - p. 190

Chapter II - On Preserving and Confirming a Pure Life

• Article I. On guarding purity outside the married state (202-205) - p. 199
• Article II. On preserving chastity in the married state (206-209) - p. 201

Appendix - Remaining Questions

• I. On the relative difficulty of observing continence (210) - p. 208
• II. On the public protection of morals (211) - p. 209
• III. On the toleration of prostitutes and certain concubines (212-213) - p. 210

Chapter III - On Restoring a Pure Life, or on the Correction of Morals

• Plan of the order. The twofold kind of vices (214) - p. 214
• Article I. On adulterous desires (215) - p. 214
• Article II. On solitary onanism, or masturbation (216-220) - p. 215

Conclusion of the First Part

• Evaluation of venereal appetite. Whither our efforts, whither our hopes, ought to carry us (221) - p. 220

Part Two

Casuistry

• Plan of the order (222) - p. 223

Section One - On the Venereal Acts of Spouses

Chapter I - On the Complete Use of Marriage, or on Perfect Conjugal Intercourse

• Article I. Which complete use of marriage is morally good
  • The notion of intercourse; its moral goodness from the object (223) - p. 224
  • § 1. On the end of morally good intercourse (224-226) - p. 224
  • § 2. On the circumstances of morally good intercourse
    • The circumstances to be considered (227) - p. 228
    • I. The circumstance who (228-237) - p. 228
    • II. The circumstance why (238) - p. 239
    • III. The circumstance when (239) - p. 240
    • IV. The circumstance how (240) - p. 242
    • V. The circumstance by what aids (241) - p. 246
    • VI. The circumstance where (242) - p. 247
• Article II. Which use of marriage is to be desired (243) - p. 247
• Article III. Which use of marriage is owed (244-255) - p. 248

Appendix - On the Consequent Duty of Cohabitation (256) - p. 252

Chapter II - On the Incomplete Use of Marriage

• Article I. On onanistic intercourse and similar violations of nature (257-270) - p. 254
• Article II. On other mutual incomplete acts (271-277) - p. 269

Chapter III - On Nonmutual Venereal Acts of Spouses

• I. On the separate complete act (278) - p. 273
• II. On separate incomplete acts (279-284) - p. 275

Appendix - What Is to Be Observed in Practice concerning Civil Marriage and Civil Divorce (285-289) - p. 278

Section Two - On Those Betrothed

• On the mutual association of persons betrothed to future marriage (290-299) - p. 282

Section Three - On Venereal Use outside Marriage

Chapter I - On the Complete Use of the Sexual Faculty

• Article I. On complete use according to nature
  • § 1. On simple fornication (300-312) - p. 288
  • § 2. On fornication augmented by other forms of malice
    • I. On adulterous intercourse (313) - p. 302
    • II. On sacrilegious intercourse (314) - p. 304
    • III. On incestuous intercourse (315-317) - p. 306
    • IV. On injurious intercourse (318-321) - p. 309
• Article II. On the complete use of the sexual faculty contrary to nature
  • § 1. On pollution
    • I. The notion of pollution (322) - p. 314
    • II. Demonstration of the malice of pollution (323-326) - p. 316
    • III. Corollaries of the demonstration given (327-333) - p. 327
    • IV. Connected scholia; especially, the specific varieties of pollution (334-342) - p. 332
  • § 2. On other complete depravities contrary to nature

• I. On sodomy (343-346) - p. 335
• II. On bestiality (347) - p. 337
• III. On other unnatural congresses (348) - p. 337
• IV. On the comparative gravity and numerical distinction of sins (349-355) - p. 338

Chapter II - On the Incomplete Use of the Sexual Faculty outside Marriage, or on Imperfect Lust

• Article I. Notions common to every form of imperfect lust (351-355) - p. 339
• Article II. On external incomplete acts (356-364) - p. 347
• Article III. On interior acts. Their division (365) - p. 350
  • I. On interior acts that excite the flesh (366-367) - p. 350
  • II. On more intellectual acts (368-371) - p. 352

Appendix - Canonical Penalties (372) - p. 355

Chapter III - On Indirect Lust

• Article I. Principles (373-375) - p. 356
• Article II. Applications (376-386) - p. 361

Chapter IV - On Immodest Acts and Disguised Lust

• Article I. General notions and rules (387-393) - p. 368
• Article II. On immodest acts considered individually
  • § 1. On words and writings (394-396) - p. 376
  • § 2. On looks (397-400) - p. 379
  • § 3. On touches, kisses, etc. (401-407) - p. 381
  • § 4. On theatrical performances (408-410) - p. 385
  • § 5. On dances (411) - p. 387
  • § 6. On dress (412) - p. 388

Chapter V - On the Virtue of Modesty (413) - p. 389

Parergon - How the Confessor Ought to Conduct Himself (414) - p. 389

Various Supplements (415-421) - p. 391

Certain Points to Be Noted concerning Sexual Psychology

• I. Notions concerning the lower, or animal, psychic life (422) - p. 395
• II. Psychic elements of the strictly sexual act (423-426) - p. 397
• III. On the sexual instinct (427-431)

Errata and Addenda (432) - p. 403

Bibliography - p. 405

Alphabetical Index of Subjects - p. 411