A Topic of Moral Theology
Impure Rejoicing
Impure Rejoicing, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 8. The Virtue of Temperance).
In the index as Impurity
In the manuals
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, Impure Rejoicing, n. 2507 — Impure Rejoicing. Impure Rejoicing.—Impure rejoicing is a deliberate pleasure of the mind yielded to the recollection of a past sin of impurity. Hence, this sin of rejoicing is committed when one thinks with approval of a fornication of f… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Eutrapelia (Recreation and Jesting) — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Merkelbach, Summa 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.)