A Topic of Moral Theology

Modest Relaxation

Modest Relaxation, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 8. The Virtue of Temperance).

In the index as Relaxation · Eutrapelia

In the manuals

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, Modest Relaxation, nn. 2567 & 2568 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. VI, Disputation II: On the Vic…, Q. VII, Doubt II: On immodesty in words, gestures, jokes, and games, nn. 1–26 (26 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Modesty — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, On Chastity · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)