Care of the Body and of Health

The moral significance of the body and the positive duty of preserving life and health — food, sleep, cleanliness, recreation, and the limits of bodily care.

The works themselves ask 7 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

In the index as Recreation · Christ · Paul, St. · Health · Life · Clergy · Comforts · Joy · Modesty · Art · Augustine, St. · Body · Bosco · Charity · Dancing · Death · Eating · Games · Luxury · Masturbation · Mortification · Operations · Physician · Sickness

In the manuals

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A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Antony Koch; adapted and edited by Arthur Preuss — 120 passages

Vol. III, Pt. I, Chapter II: The Moral Significance of the Body, nn. ¶1–¶19 (19 passages)

Vol. III, Pt. I, Chapter III: The Care of the Body, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶6–¶51, ¶53, ¶54, ¶55, ¶56, ¶57, ¶58, ¶59, ¶60, ¶61, ¶62, ¶63, ¶64, ¶66, ¶67, ¶68, ¶69, ¶70, ¶71, ¶72, ¶73, ¶74, ¶75, ¶76, ¶78, ¶79, ¶80, ¶81, ¶82, ¶83, ¶84 & ¶85 (81 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Pt. I, Chapter V: Positive Duties in Regard to Life and Health, nn. ¶1–¶20 (20 passages)

On Chastity and on the Contrary Vices: A Doctrinal and Moral Treatise

Arthur Vermeersch, S.J. — 79 passages

§ 8. Hygiene (*Hygiène Sexuelle*), nn. 41, ¶269, ¶270, ¶271, ¶272, ¶273, ¶274, ¶275, ¶276, 42, ¶277, ¶278, ¶279, ¶280, ¶281, ¶282, ¶283, ¶284, ¶285, ¶286, 43, ¶287, ¶288, ¶289, 44, ¶290, ¶291, ¶292, ¶293, ¶294, ¶295, ¶296, ¶297, ¶298, ¶299, 45, ¶300, ¶301, ¶302, ¶303, ¶304, ¶305, ¶306, ¶307, ¶308, ¶309, ¶310, ¶311, 46, ¶312, ¶313, ¶314, ¶315, ¶316, ¶317, ¶318, ¶319 & ¶320 (58 passages — hover a number to read it)

§ 9. Venereal Diseases, nn. ¶321, 47, ¶322, 48, ¶323–¶338 & 49 (21 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 23 passages

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section B: On Justice and …, Ch. I, Question Two: On the Killing of Oneself, nn. 352, 353 & 354 (23 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology

Various; ed. S. Woywod, O.F.M., and J. A. McHugh, O.P. — 15 passages

Vol. I, Case LVII: The Use of Morphine, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4 & ¶5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. IV, Case XXIX: An Unlawful Remedy, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. V, Case IX: The Duty to Preserve One’s Life, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. V, Case X: The Necessity of Safeguarding Life, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3 & ¶4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Guide for Catholic Young Women

George Deshon, C.S.P. — 26 passages

Chapter LXXXIII: How to Behave in Sickness.—conclusion, nn. ¶1015–¶1040 (26 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Life and Bodily Integrity (Fifth Commandment) — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · The Roman Catechism · Coppens, Moral Philosophy · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)