A Topic of Moral Theology
Courtships
Company-keeping and courtship as an occasion of sin, and the rules prudence sets for it.
The works themselves ask 13 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
boyfriend and girlfriend · dating · engaged couples and sin · going out with someone · keeping company (ed.)
In the index as Courtship · Company keeping · Lovers visiting one another (Adamantes se invicem visitantes, "Company-keeping") · Marriage · Betrothal · Parvity of matter
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. IV, Art. II, § II. On Courtships, n. 468 — I. Courtships or visits of lovers with a view to marriage, considering present-day morals, can be held as necessary. Nevertheless, they are commonly not made without danger, although the danger arises more from solitary … Read in context →
Pastoral Questions
Ch. II, Question III: Concerning Adolescents and Young Persons, nn. ¶2284–¶2304 (21 passages)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. II, TREATISE ON THE SACRAMENT …, PART THIRD: ON THE MINISTE…, Ch. II, Art. I, § II. On the Manner of Acting with Various Kinds of Penitents, nn. ¶17 & ¶1453 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, The Sixth Commandment, Case 3. Visitationes Sponsorum, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Guide for Catholic Young Women
Chapter LXXIV: Whether to Marry or Not, nn. ¶890, ¶891, ¶892, ¶894, ¶895, ¶896, ¶897, ¶898, ¶899, ¶900, ¶901, ¶902, ¶903, ¶904 & ¶905 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)
Chapter LXXV: Continuation, nn. ¶906–¶919 (14 passages)
Chapter LXXVI: Great Need of Prudence, nn. ¶920, ¶921, ¶922, ¶923, ¶924, ¶925 & ¶926 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Chapter LXXVII: What Intimacies to Form, nn. ¶927, ¶928, ¶929, ¶930, ¶931, ¶932, ¶933, ¶934, ¶936, ¶937, ¶938, ¶939, ¶940, ¶941 & ¶942 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)
Chapter LXXIX: Behavior During Courtship, nn. ¶954–¶971 (18 passages)
Chapter LXXX: Continuation, nn. ¶972–¶989 (18 passages)
You and Yours: Practical Talks on Home Life
Scott, You and Yours, XI: Young Men and Courtship, nn. ¶484–¶523 (40 passages)
Scott, You and Yours, XII: Young Women and Courtship, nn. ¶524–¶559 (36 passages)
Treated under the broader heading Occasions of Sin — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Compendium · The Casuist · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)