A Topic of Moral Theology
Instruction in Relation to Chastity
How the young are to be instructed in purity, and spouses before marriage (Wouters, De virtute castitatis, appendix II).
The works themselves ask 28 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
Also asked about as…
sex education · talking to children about sex · teaching children about purity · the talk (ed.)
In the index as Cultivation of chastity · General counsels · Instruction · Life · Sexual pedagogy · Utility of sexual "vaccination" · Cultivation of sincerity · Sight · The love of Christ to be commended to virgins · Chastity, notion of · Cultivation of modesty · Honorable, dishonorable, and less honorable parts of the body · Matrimony · Nudity · Obscenity · Parents of betrothed persons · Power of the exterior senses upon the sexual appetite · Psychology · Reading of books · Satisfaction of curiosity · Sexual act · Sleep · The Blessed Virgin Mary to be venerated for the sake of chastity · Vain loves of adolescents
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Bk. II, Appendix II. On Instruction in Relation to Chastity, n. ¶1 — I.Read in context →
Vol. III, Bk. II, Appendix II. On Instructio…, I. Sexual Instruction, nn. 127, 128, 129, 130 & ¶1 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Supplement: On the Virtue of Chastity, nn. 61 & 62 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
On Chastity and on the Contrary Vices: A Doctrinal and Moral Treatise
Vermeersch, On Chastity, Part One: Doctrinal, Apologetic, and Pedagogical, Section Two: On the Cultivation of Chastity, nn. 168, ¶896, ¶897, ¶898, ¶899, ¶900, ¶901, ¶902, ¶903, ¶904, ¶905, ¶906, ¶907, ¶908, 169, ¶909, ¶910, ¶911 & ¶912 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)
Ch. I, Article I. On the More General Rationale of Preparation, nn. 170, ¶913, ¶914 & ¶915 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Ch. I, Art. I, I. Preparation of the Body, nn. 171, ¶916 & ¶917 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Ch. I, Art. I, II. Preparation of Sense, nn. 172, ¶918, ¶919, ¶920, ¶921, ¶922, ¶923, ¶924, ¶925, ¶926 & ¶927 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Ch. I, Art. I, III. Preparation of the Mind, nn. 173, ¶928, ¶929, ¶930, ¶931, ¶932, ¶933, ¶934, 174, ¶935 & ¶936 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Ch. I, Art. II, § 1, I. Preparation of the Body, nn. 175, ¶937, ¶938 & ¶939 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Ch. I, Art. II, § 1, II. Preparation of Sense, nn. 176, ¶940, ¶941, ¶942, ¶943, ¶944, ¶945, ¶946, ¶947 & ¶948 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Ch. I, Art. II, § 1, III. Preparation of the Mind, nn. 177, ¶949, ¶950, ¶951, ¶952, ¶953, ¶954, ¶955, ¶956, ¶957, ¶958, ¶959, ¶960, 178, ¶961 & ¶962 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
Ch. I, Art. II, § 2, I. On Mixed Schools, nn. 179 & ¶963–¶979 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)
Ch. I, Art. II, § 2, II. On the Utility of a Certain "Vaccination", nn. 180, ¶980, ¶981, ¶982, 181, ¶983, ¶984, ¶985, ¶986, ¶987, ¶988, ¶989, 182, ¶990, ¶991, ¶992, ¶993, ¶994, 183, ¶995, ¶996, ¶997, ¶998, ¶999, 184, ¶1000, ¶1001, ¶1002, ¶1003, ¶1004, ¶1005, 185, ¶1006, ¶1007, ¶1008, ¶1009, ¶1010 & ¶1011 (38 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, Tomus IV: On Chastity and …, Tr. I, Article II: Discipline of Chastity, nn. 20, 21 & 22 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Principles and Medical Practice: The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence
Coppens, Medical Practice, Lecture V. Venereal Excesses, nn. ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, I. Questions Concerning Ch…, On Chastity and Lust, Question Seven: Concerning the Causes and Remedies of Lust, nn. ¶457–¶470 (14 passages)
New Questions, Old Answers: Catholic Morals and Natural Family Planning
Clark, New Questions, Old Answers, Chapter Five: Spiritual an…, Pastoral Considerations, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
Pt. III, The Sixth Commandment, nn. ¶23, ¶24, ¶25, ¶26, ¶27, ¶28, ¶29 & ¶30 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 2. Duties of Members …, Sex Education, n. 2632 — Sex Education of Children. Sex Education of Children.—(a) Necessity.—Some moralists believe that sex education of the young should be indirect. They hold that it is dangerous to speak of venereal matters to the young; that silence itself is to the… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Chastity (Sixth and Ninth Commandments) — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Deshon, Guide · Slater, Back to Morality · 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.)