A Topic of Moral Theology
Eugenics and Sterilization
The eugenic movement's claims against marriage — sterilization of the unfit, State prohibition of marriage, the marriages of the afflicted — and what may and may not be done, as answered from Casti Connubii.
The works themselves ask 18 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Sterilization · Matrimony · Vasectomy · Caesarean operation · Castration · Circumcision · Eugenics · Mutilation · Sterilized persons · "Porro" · Beating · Carsamatia · Casti connubii · Cooperation · Deferentectomy · Eugenical Sterilization · Eunuchs · Impotence · Imprisonment · Lactation · Laparotomy · Man · Marriage · Of an innocent person
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. V, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, Etc, Scholion. On Mutilation, Imprisonment, and Beating of an Innocent Person, n. 740 — What mutilation is, and what direct and indirect mutilation are, has been set forth in the treatise on charity (n. 526). Now proceed: I. Direct mutilation of an innocent person, with the required consent posited, is lawf… Read in context →
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Bodily Injury, n. 1869 — Morality of Sterilization. Mutilations which frustrate the power of procreation in men and women are called sterilization. Two kinds are distinguished; indirect, to remove diseased organs; direct, to prevent conception. … Read in context →
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. 114–129 (16 passages)
On Chastity and on the Contrary Vices: A Doctrinal and Moral Treatise
§ 10. Surgical Operations, nn. ¶339, 50, 51, ¶340, ¶341, ¶342, ¶343, ¶344, 52, ¶345, 53, ¶346, ¶347, ¶348, ¶349, ¶350, ¶351, ¶352, ¶353 & ¶354 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, II. Questions Concerning E…, I. Pastoral Questions Rega…, Question Three: Concerning Incisions Which Injure the Mother, nn. ¶860, ¶861, ¶862, ¶863, ¶864 & ¶865 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, IIbis. Questions Concernin…, II. On Sterilization, nn. ¶1515–¶1564 (50 passages)
Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, IIbis. Questions Concernin…, II. On Sterilization, Question One: On the Morality of Private Sterilization, nn. ¶1565–¶1589 (25 passages)
Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, IIbis. Questions Concernin…, II. On Sterilization, Question Two: On the Morality of Sterilization to Be Imposed by Public Authority, nn. ¶1590–¶1655 (66 passages)
Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, IIbis. Questions Concernin…, II. On Sterilization, Question Three: On Cooperation in Sterilization, nn. ¶1656–¶1692 (37 passages)
Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, IIbis. Questions Concernin…, Conclusions, nn. ¶1693, ¶1694, ¶1695, ¶1696 & ¶1697 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, IIbis. Questions Concernin…, Appendix — On the Marriage of Sterilized Persons, nn. ¶1698–¶1735 (38 passages)
Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, IIbis. Questions Concernin…, Synoptic Conspectus of the Doctrine Of Both Booklets A and B, Coordinated According to Logical Order, nn. ¶1736–¶1762 (27 passages)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, First Part: On Matrimony I…, Question One: On Matrimony…, Article II: On the Precept of Matrimony, nn. ¶1, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760 & 761 (40 passages — hover a number to read it)
Questions of Moral Theology
Slater, Questions, Eugenics and Moral Theology, nn. ¶526, ¶527, ¶528, ¶529, ¶530, ¶532, ¶535, ¶536, ¶537, ¶540, ¶542, ¶545, ¶546, ¶547, ¶548, ¶549, ¶550, ¶551, ¶552, ¶553, ¶555, ¶556, ¶557, ¶558, ¶559, ¶560, ¶562, ¶563 & ¶564 (29 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Matrimony — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Palmieri, On Christian Marriage and 6 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)