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  • Title Page and Imprimaturs
  • Dedication
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Analytical Index (as printed)
  • The Theses
  • Anthropological Introduction
    • § 1. The Purpose of This Introduction
    • § 2. Sexual Love, Appetite, and Copulation
    • § 3. Various Causes of Sexual Arousal
    • § 4. Modesty. Clothing
    • § 5. Various Pleasures. Venereal Movement
    • § 6. Defects of the Instrument or Sexual Sense, or Sexual Pathology
      • I. Structural Defects
      • II. Sexual Neuropathy
      • III. Sexual Psychopathology
    • § 7. Comparison of Friendship and Sexual Love
    • § 8. Hygiene (*Hygiène Sexuelle*)
    • § 9. Venereal Diseases
    • § 10. Surgical Operations
    • § 11. Fitness for Marriage and Generation
    • § 12. The Question of Impotence and Sterility
      • I. On the Genuine Nature of Impotence
        • A. Presentation of the Opinions
        • B. The Conclusion and its Proof
        • C. Corollaries and Scholia
        • The Matter Briefly Summarized
      • II. The Various Kinds, Causes, and Examples of Impotence
      • III. Examples of Sterility
    • § 13. The Question of the Consummation of Matrimony
    • § 14. On the Remedy of Artificial Fecundation
  • Part One: Doctrinal, Apologetic, and Pedagogical
    • Section One: On the Virtue of Chastity
      • Chapter I. A General Consideration of the Virtue of Chastity
        • Article I. The Rational Estimation of Chastity
        • Article II. The Christian Estimation of Chastity
        • Article III. The Neo-pagan Estimation of Chastity
      • Chapter II. On Conjugal Chastity
        • Article I. The Rational Estimation of Matrimony
          • I. On the Natural Institution of Matrimony
          • II. On Conjugal Chastity
        • Article II. The Christian Estimation of Matrimony
          • I. On the Christian Institution of Matrimony
          • II. On the Conjugal Chastity of Christians
        • Article III. The Neo-pagan Estimation of Matrimony
          • § 1. On the Naturalists
          • § 2. On the More Honorable Secularists
            • I. On Civil Marriage
            • II. On Civil Divorce
            • III. On the Excuses for Artificial Sterility and Abortion
      • Chapter III. On Perfect Chastity or Continence
        • Article I. The Rational Estimation of Continence
        • Article II. The Christian Estimation of Continence
          • § 1. On Catholic Virginity
            • I. On the Genuine Rationale of Catholic Virginity
            • II. On the Praise and Value of Catholic Virginity
            • III. A Connected Question concerning the Virtue of Virginity
          • § 2. On the Special Reward of Christian Virginity, or on the Aureole
            • I. On Aureoles in General
            • II. On the Aureole of Virgins
          • § 3. On Angelic Chastity
        • Article III. The Neo-pagan Estimation of Continence
    • Section Two: On the Cultivation of Chastity
      • Chapter I. On Preparing a Pure Life
        • Article I. On the More General Rationale of Preparation
          • I. Preparation of the Body
          • II. Preparation of Sense
          • III. Preparation of the Mind
        • Article II. On the Special Preparation of Chastity
          • § 1. Counsels on the Right Formation of Man for Chastity
            • I. Preparation of the Body
            • II. Preparation of Sense
            • III. Preparation of the Mind
          • § 2. Special Questions
            • I. On Mixed Schools
            • II. On the Utility of a Certain "Vaccination"
            • III. On the Utility and Method of Revealing the Mysteries of Life
      • Chapter II. On Preserving and Strengthening a Pure Life
        • Article I. On Safeguarding Purity Outside the Married State
        • Article II. On Preserving Conjugal Chastity
        • Appendix. Remaining Questions
          • I. On the Relative Difficulty of Observing Continence
          • II. On the Public Protection of Morals
          • III. On the Toleration of Prostitutes and Certain Concubines
      • Chapter III. On Restoring a Pure Life, or on the Amendment of Morals
        • Article I. On Adulterous Desires
        • Article II. On Solitary Onanism, or Masturbation
    • Conclusion of the First Part
  • Part Two: Casuistry
    • 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
          • § 1. On the End of Morally Good Intercourse
          • § 2. On the Circumstances of Morally Good Intercourse
            • I. Circumstance: Who
            • II. Circumstance: Why
            • III. Circumstance: When
            • IV. Concerning the Circumstance: In what Manner
            • V. Concerning the Circumstance: By what Aids
            • VI. Concerning the Circumstance: Where
        • Article II. What Use of Marriage is to be Desired
        • Article III. What Use of Marriage is Owed
        • Appendix. On the Consequent Duty of Cohabiting
      • Chapter II. On the Incomplete Use of Marriage
        • Article I. On Onanistic Intercourse and Similar Violations of Nature
        • Article II. On Other Mutual Incomplete Acts
      • Chapter III. On the Non-Mutual Venereal Acts of Spouses
        • I. On the Separate Complete Act
        • II. On Separate Incomplete Acts
        • Appendix. What is to be Observed in Practice concerning Civil Marriage and Civil Divorce
    • Section Two: On the Mutual Familiar Intercourse of Those Betrothed for the Future
    • Section Three: On Venereal Use Outside Marriage
      • Chapter I. On the Complete Use of the Venereal Faculty
        • Article I. On Complete Use According to Nature
          • § 1. On Simple Fornication
          • § 2. On Fornication Increased by Other Malices
            • I. On Adulterous Copulation
            • II. On Sacrilegious Copulation
            • III. On Incestuous Copulation
            • IV. On Injurious Copulation
        • Article II. On the Complete Use of the Venereal Faculty Against Nature
          • § 1. On Pollution
            • I. The Notion of Pollution
            • II. Demonstration of the Malice of Pollution
            • III. Corollaries of the Demonstration Made
            • IV. Connected Scholia; Especially the Specific Varieties of Pollution
          • § 2. On Other Complete Depravities Against Nature
            • I. On Sodomy
            • II. On Bestiality
            • III. On Other Unnatural Congresses
            • IV. On the Comparative Gravity of the Sins
      • Chapter II. On the Incomplete Use of the Venereal Faculty Outside Matrimony, or on Imperfect Lust
        • Article I. Common Notions of All Imperfect Lust
        • Article II. On Incomplete Exterior Acts
        • Article III. On Interior Acts
          • I. On Interior Acts Insofar as They Excite the Flesh
          • II. On More Intellectual Acts
        • Appendix. Canonical Sanctions
      • Chapter III. On Indirect Lust
        • Article I. Principles
        • Article II. Applications
      • Chapter IV. On Immodest Acts and Masked Lust
        • Article I. Notions and General Rules
        • Article II. On Immodest Acts Considered Individually
          • § 1. On Words and Writings
          • § 2. On Looks
          • § 3. On Touches, Kisses, Etc
          • § 4. On Theatrical Performances
          • § 5. On Dances
          • § 6. On Clothing
      • Chapter V. On the Virtue of Modesty
  • Parergon: How the Confessor Ought to Conduct Himself
  • Supplements
    • Certain Things to be Noted concerning Sexual Psychology
      • I. Certain Notions concerning the Lower or Animal Psychic Life
      • II. Which Psychic Elements Pertain to the Strictly Sexual or Venereal Act
      • III. On Sexual Instinct
        • A. In Nonrational Animals
        • B. In Man
  • Errata and Addendum
  • Bibliography
  • Alphabetical Index of Subjects (as printed)

Article — Vermeersch, On Chastity

Article II. On the Special Preparation of Chastity

Contents

  • § 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
    • I. On Mixed Schoolsn. 179
    • II. On the Utility of a Certain "Vaccination"nn. 180–185
    • III. On the Utility and Method of Revealing the Mysteries of Lifenn. 186–201

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