A Topic of Moral Theology

Abnormal Psycho-Somatic Dispositions

Abnormal Psycho-Somatic Dispositions, as treated in Wouters (Point II. Abnormal Psycho-Somatic Dispositions).

Also asked about as…

hysteria and responsibility · nervous disorders and sin · neurosis (ed.)

In the index as Abnormal Mental States · Attack upon temptations · Hysteria · The confessor in troublesome cases concerning venereal matter · Troublesome cases in a lustful matter · Exhibitionism · Fetishism · Homosexuality · Masochism · Morality: what it is and of how many kinds · Neurasthenia · Nymphomania · Psychasthenia · Psychopathies · Sadism · Sexual abnormalities · Type

In the manuals

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. VI, Sect. II, Point II. Abnormal Psycho-Somatic Dispositions, nn. ¶1 & 55 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. I, Tr. II, Ch. II, Article II: On Troublesome Cases Which Occur in Matters of Lust, nn. 103, 104, 105, 106 & 107 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Ch. II, Question V: Concerning Abnormal Persons, nn. ¶2368–¶2418 (51 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Abnormalities which Arise from Morbid Disturbance of the Psychic Faculties — Tanquerey · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Coppens, Medical Practice · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)