A Topic of Moral Theology
Birth-control
The neo-Malthusian case for contraception and the answer to it.
The works themselves ask 25 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Conjugal debt · Onanism · Matrimony · Wife · Confessor · Natural family planning (use of the sterile period) · Neo-Malthusian methods · Abortion · Absolute inviolability of duty · Agenesis · Declarations of the Sacred Rota concerning the nullity of matrimony · Doubtful matrimony · Foetus · General counsels · Innocent · Interruption · Ireland · Italy · Killing · Parents of betrothed persons · Separation of bedrooms · Sodomy · Spain
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 2. Duties of Members …, Birth-control, nn. 2621 & 2622 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
What Is Marriage? A Catechism Arranged According to the Encyclical “Casti Connubii” of Pope Pius XI
Vermeersch, What Is Marriage?, Part Two: The Attack on Ma…, The Campaign Against the Child, nn. 87–103 (17 passages)
On Chastity and on the Contrary Vices: A Doctrinal and Moral Treatise
Ch. II, Art. III, § 2, III. On the Excuses for Artificial Sterility and Abortion, nn. 132, 133, ¶713, ¶714, ¶715, ¶716, ¶717, ¶718, ¶719, ¶720, 134, ¶721 & ¶722 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, Fourth Part: On the Obliga…, Question One: On the Conju…, Article IV: On Excess in the Use of Marriage, nn. ¶1, 954, 955, 956, 957 & 958 (84 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, The Fifth Commandment, Case 1. Unlawful Precautions, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
On the Morals of To-Day
Chapter I: The Morality of Anti-conceptive Devices, nn. ¶17–¶41 (25 passages)
Treated under the broader heading Onanism — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910) · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Clark, New Questions, Old Answers and 3 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)