A Topic of Moral Theology
Custody of the Eyes
Modesty of the eyes: the guard kept on what is looked at, why the sight is the inlet of temptation, and the habit by which it is restrained.
Also asked about as…
guarding your eyes · modesty of the eyes · staring · what you look at (ed.)
In the index as Custody of the eyes · EXAMPLE: we should profit by the good example and give it to others · Libidinous looks · Animals · Impure images · Academies of arts · CHASTITY, means to preserve it · Cooperation · DRESS, modesty and poverty in the manner in which we should clothe ourselves · Eyes · Immodest embraces · Immodest kisses · Immodest looks · Immodest touches · Looks · MODESTY of the eyes · Nudity · OBSERVANCE, zeal and firmness to sustain it · POVERTY, religious, its necessity · Painters · Photographers · Physicians · Rectors of academies of arts · Sculptors
In the manuals
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On Chastity and on the Contrary Vices: A Doctrinal and Moral Treatise
Ch. IV, Art. II, § 2. On Looks, nn. 397, ¶2085, ¶2086, ¶2087, ¶2088, ¶2089, ¶2090, ¶2091, ¶2092, ¶2093, 398, 399, ¶2094, ¶2095, ¶2096, ¶2097, ¶2098, ¶2099, ¶2100, ¶2101, ¶2102, 400, ¶2103, ¶2104 & ¶2105 (25 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, I. Questions Concerning Ch…, On Chastity and Lust, Question Five: Concerning Imperfect Lust, or Impudicity, nn. ¶376, ¶377, ¶378 & ¶379 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fourth Part: On the Virtue…, Question Five: On Imperfect Luxury or Immodesty, n. 1027 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
Pt. III, The Sixth Commandment, n. ¶25 — Custody Of The Eyes. But the eyes, in particular, are the inlets to criminal passion, and to this refer these words of our Lord: If thine eye scandalize thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee. The Prophets, also, frequently speak to the s… Read in context →
The True Spouse of Jesus Christ
Chapter VIII: Exterior Mortification, nn. ¶963, ¶964, ¶965, ¶966, ¶969, ¶970, ¶977, ¶978, ¶979, ¶983, ¶984, ¶987, ¶991, ¶997, ¶1001 & ¶1002 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
Guide for Catholic Young Women
Chapter LXV: Custody of the Eyes, nn. ¶788, ¶789, ¶790, ¶791, ¶792, ¶793, ¶794, ¶795 & ¶796 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Modesty — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)