A Topic of Moral Theology

Moral Species of Lewdness

Moral Species of Lewdness, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 8. The Virtue of Temperance).

In the index as Lewdness

In the manuals

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, Moral Species of Lewdness, n. 2519 — The Moral Species of Lewdness. The Moral Species of Lewdness.—(a) Theoretically, it is more probable that the imperfect sins of impurity do not differ from the perfect sins to which they tend; for the natural circumstances or antecedents of an act hav… 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.)