A Topic of Moral Theology
Lust
The inordinate desire of venereal pleasure: the capital vice at the root of the sins against chastity.
The works themselves ask 43 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
Opposed to Chastity (Sixth and Ninth Commandments) — in The Commandments of God
Also asked about as…
lustful desire (ed.)
In the index as Lust · Pollution · Drunkenness · Chastity · Luxury · Immodest · Sacrilege · Fornication · Incest · Pride · Adultery · Anger · Bestiality · Cause · Dances · Delectation · Foul speech · Gluttony · Shameful · Sloth · Sodomy · Use · Virginity · Avarice
Further reading On Guarding against Wandering Lust — on Ecclesiasticus 36 ↗ — Cornelius a Lapide, The Great Commentary, read off-site at lapide.org (public-domain translation) (ed.)
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On the Sixth Precept and t…, Book First. On the Sixth and Ninth Precepts of the Decalogue., n. ¶1 — "Thou shalt not commit adultery." Ex. 20, 14. "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife." Ibid. 20, 17. The sixth precept of the Decalogue explicitly indeed prohibits adultery, or moechia, but implicitly any external lus… Read in context →
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. IV, Pt. II, Ch. II, 3. Lust, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. III, Ch. II, Art. IV, § III. On Lust, nn. 309, 310, 311 & 312 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, Bk. I, Pt. I, Section II. On the Opposite Vice, or Lust, n. ¶1 — (St. Thomas, II-II, qq. 153-154; St. Alphonsus, Theologia Moralis III, nn. 412-485; Homo Apostolicus, treatise 9.) We shall speak first of lust generally; then of natural consummated lust; next of unnatural consummated l… Read in context →
Vol. III, Bk. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Chapter I. On Lust Generally, nn. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 & 30 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, Bk. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Chapter II. On Natural Consummated Lust, n. 31 — Natural consummated lust is an act of lust which of itself is apt for generation. Six species are distinguished, namely: fornication, adultery, seduction, rape, incest, and sacrilege. The said sins differ specifically, s… Read in context →
Vol. III, Bk. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Chapter III. On Unnatural Consummated Lust, n. 48 — I. Unnatural consummated lust is: a completed venereal act which is unsuited for generation. Moreover, in order that an act be of itself apt for generation, there are required: 1. the carnal union of two; 2. the union of… Read in context →
Vol. III, Bk. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. III, Art. IV, Scholion I. On Some Other Modes of Lying Together, n. 61 — # Scholion IIRead in context →
Vol. III, Bk. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Chapter IV. On Non-Consummated Lust, nn. 62, 63 & 64 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, Bk. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. IV, Scholion. On Indirectly Voluntary Lust, nn. 65, 66, 67 & 68 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, Bk. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. IV, Scholion II. On Remedies Against Lust, n. 80 — I. Natural remedies are, for example: 1. to use tonic foods, light and of easy digestion, but by no means exciting foods and drinks; 2. to avoid idleness and solitude, and to be occupied with useful work, which work, ins… Read in context →
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. II, Art. 3. Bad Habits, or Vices, The Motives of Sin, n. 269 — The predominant individual motives for sin are as numerous as the different characters of those addicted to sin, and hence it is impossible to classify them. The predominant general motives for sin, on the contrary, can … Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On Human Acts, I. On the Nature of the Human Act, nn. 37 & 40 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, On Sins and Virtues, V. On the Capital Vices, nn. 325 & 326 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, On the Precept of Charity, VI. On Scandal, nn. 432, 433 & 440 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, On the Sixth and Ninth Pre…, I. On Acts of Lust Not Consummated, nn. 762, 765, 766, 767, 768, 769, 773, 774, 776, 780, 783 & 784 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, On the Sixth and Ninth Pre…, II. On Sins of Lust According to Nature, nn. 787, 788, 790, 792, 793, 795, 796 & 800 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, On the Sixth and Ninth Pre…, III. On Sins of Lust Against Nature, nn. 809, 823, 826 & 827 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Commentaries on the Nature of Moral Theology, on Conscience and Probabilism, on the Fourth Precept, and on the Sixth and Ninth Precepts of the Decalogue (Commentarii)
Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910), Fourth Commentary: On the …, Preliminary Notes, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Supplement: On the Virtue of Chastity, nn. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 & 17 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. I, Tr. V, Ch. II, Art. I, § 4. Concerning Luxury, n. 473 — — Notion. 1. Luxury is the inordinate appetite of venereal things, concerning which elsewhere expressly. 2. As a capital vice, it begets in the intellect: blindness of mind, alienated from heavenly thoughts; precipitatio… Read in context →
Pastoral Questions
Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, I. Questions Concerning Ch…, On Chastity and Lust, Question Two: Concerning Chastity and Lust in General — Theological Principles, nn. ¶86, ¶87, ¶88, ¶89, ¶90, ¶91, ¶92, ¶93 & ¶94 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, I. Questions Concerning Ch…, On Chastity and Lust, Question Seven: Concerning the Causes and Remedies of Lust, nn. ¶447, ¶448, ¶449, ¶450 & ¶451 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Ch. III, Which Are the Cause of Oth…, Question IV: Concerning Lust, nn. ¶5188–¶5240 (53 passages)
Moral Principles and Medical Practice: The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence
Coppens, Medical Practice, Lecture V. Venereal Excesses, nn. ¶1–¶36 (36 passages)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract V. On Sins In General, Ch. VIII, Article III. On lust, n. 420 — 420. Notion. Lust is the disordered appetite of venereal delectation. It will be treated more broadly below, when there will be discussion of the virtue of chastity. Lust is a capital vice, because from it many other sin… Read in context →
Vol. II, Tr. XIII, Ch. III, Art. V, Namely, Lust, § 1. On Lust in General, nn. 681, 682, 683 & 684 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, TREATISE VI: On the Sixth and Ninth Precept of the Decalogue, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶762 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, CHAPTER I: On Chastity and Lust in General, nn. ¶1 & ¶763 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, Ch. I, ARTICLE I: On Chastity and Modesty, nn. ¶764, ¶765 & ¶766 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, Ch. I, ARTICLE II: On Lust and Immodesty, nn. ¶767, ¶768, ¶769 & ¶770 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, CHAPTER II: On Sins of Consummated Lust, nn. ¶1 & ¶771 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, Ch. II, ARTICLE I: On Sins of Lust According to Nature, n. ¶1 — Sins of consummated lust according to nature are: fornication, stuprum, raptus, adultery, incest, sacrilege. These sins differ specifically among themselves, not indeed by reason of lust, but on account of the special ma… Read in context →
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, Ch. II, Art. I, § 1. On Fornication, nn. ¶772, ¶773, ¶774 & ¶775 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, Ch. II, Art. I, § 2. On Stuprum, nn. ¶776, ¶777 & ¶778 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, Ch. II, Art. I, § 3. On Raptus, nn. ¶779 & ¶780 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, Ch. II, Art. I, § 4. On Adultery, nn. ¶781 & ¶782 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, Ch. II, Art. I, § 5. On Incest, nn. ¶783, ¶784, ¶785 & ¶786 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, Ch. II, Art. I, § 6. On Carnal Sacrilege, nn. ¶787, ¶788 & ¶789 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, Ch. II, ARTICLE II: On Sins of Lust Against Nature, nn. ¶1 & ¶2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, Ch. II, Art. II, § 1. On Pollution, nn. ¶790, ¶1, ¶791, ¶792, ¶793, ¶794, ¶2, ¶795, ¶796, ¶3, ¶797, ¶798, ¶799 & ¶800 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, Ch. II, Art. II, § 2. On Onanism, n. ¶801 — 801. Notion. Onanism (or the sin of Onan) is copulation so performed that from the semen poured out generation cannot follow. This crime perpetrated among unmarried persons is a double sin, namely fornication begun and e… Read in context →
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, Ch. II, Art. II, § 3. On Sodomy, nn. ¶802, ¶803 & ¶804 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, Ch. II, Art. II, § 4. On Bestiality, nn. ¶805 & ¶806 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, CHAPTER III: On Sins of Non-Consummated Lust, nn. ¶1 & ¶807 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, Ch. III, ARTICLE I: On Shameful Speech and the Reading of Obscene Things, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶808, ¶809, ¶810 & ¶811 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, Ch. III, ARTICLE II: On Immodest Looks, nn. ¶812, ¶813, ¶814, ¶815, ¶1 & ¶2 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, Ch. III, ARTICLE III: On Lustful Touches, nn. ¶816, ¶817, ¶818, ¶819, ¶820, ¶821, ¶822 & ¶823 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, CHAPTER IV: On the Dangers of Chastity, nn. ¶1, ¶824, ¶2, ¶825, ¶826, ¶827, ¶828, ¶3, ¶829, ¶830, ¶831, ¶832, ¶833, ¶4, ¶834, ¶835, ¶836, ¶5 & ¶837 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, CHAPTER I: ON CHASTITY AND LUXURY IN GENERAL, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, Ch. I, ARTICLE II: ON LUXURY IN GENERAL, nn. ¶483, ¶484 & ¶485 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Sins in General, Second Part: On the Causes…, Third Question: On Sin Whi…, Article IV: On Lust and Gluttony, nn. ¶1, 505 & 506 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fourth Part: On the Virtue…, Question Two: On Luxury, nn. ¶1, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003 & 1004 (33 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. IV, Pt. II, Chapter II. On Capital Sins, nn. 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 150, Q. 2 & 150, Q. 3 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. VI, Disputation II: On the Vic…, Question III: On lust, n. 1 — LUST is a fire devouring even unto consumption, as is said Iob 31., like Greek fire, of which the holy Doctor relates in Diaeta, tit. 1. cap. 9.; for there, once kindled, it is extinguished only when covered with sand an… Read in context →
Tr. VI, Disputation II: On the Vic…, Q. III, Doubt I: What lust is, and of how many kinds, nn. 1–15 (15 passages)
Treated under the broader heading The Capital Vices — Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)