Article — Vermeersch, On Chastity
Article I. The Rational Estimation of Matrimony
103.
The rationale of the order and the method.
103. The matter manifestly demands that we first demonstrate the natural institution of matrimony; once this notion has been acquired, we shall gather without difficulty what conjugal chastity commands, demands, and counsels.
¶578.
The demonstration, however, demands that we consider and weigh several things together. For it is effected by comparing the requirements of the good which nature wishes to be secure with the facts, that is, whither natural propensities tend and what they effect; and what individual and common needs we experience.
Within this article
- I. On the Natural Institution of Matrimonynn. 104–108
- II. On Conjugal Chastityn. 109