A Topic of Moral Theology

Pollution

Voluntary emission outside intercourse, its gravity, and the involuntary pollution that is no sin.

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distillation (ed.)

In the index as Pollution (Pollutio) · Distillation (Distillatio) · Lust · Seed · Impurity · One Dreaming · Sodomy · Venereal pollution · Bestiality · Concupiscence (Concupiscentia) · Copulation · Delectation · Desire · Itching · Luxury · Menstruation · Nocturnal pollution (Pollutio nocturna) · Warning · Carnal commotion · Carnal distillation · Cause · Children · Church · Copula

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

§ 1. On Pollution., nn. 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 & 41 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, Bk. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. III, Article I. On Pollution, nn. 49, 50 & 51 (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, 67 & 68 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, Bk. II, Part II. On the Illicit Acts of Spouses, n. 104 — The following must especially be noted: I. Pollution, which in spouses in a certain way takes on the character of adultery, insofar as it involves the use of one's own body and thereby injures both the partner's right ov… Read in context →

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, Pollution, nn. 2535, 2536, 2537 & 2538 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, On Human Acts, I. On the Nature of the Human Act, n. 40 — You will resolve: 1. "If the cause of pollution is one gravely influencing it, and the man does not abstain from positing that cause or action, it is clear that the pollution is imputed as sin, even if it was not intende… Read in context →

Vol. I, On Conscience, II. On Certain Conscience, n. 110 — Can children invincibly be ignorant of the malice of pollution? - R. Affirmatively, absolutely speaking, at least in some rare case, and at the beginning of a depraved habit. The reason is that the fact that an immodest … Read in context →

Vol. I, On Sins and Virtues, I. On the Nature of Sin, n. 292 — Resolves: To rejoice concerning the manner, e.g., new, clever, vigorous, by which a thing was accomplished is not illicit, since the object of delectation is not evil. L. 18. If the thing, as it happened, is not evil, no… Read in context →

Vol. I, On the Sixth and Ninth Pre…, III. On Sins of Lust Against Nature, nn. 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 816, 817, 818, 819, 820, 821 & 822 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. III, On the Eucharist, VII. Various Adjuncts of Mass, n. 641 — How is a church polluted, and how must it be reconciled? - Resp. To the first. A church is polluted or violated when certain base or indecent actions and actions injurious to a sacred place are exercised in it, on accoun… Read in context →

Vol. III, On Penance, XII. On the Various Duties of the Minister, nn. 814 & 815 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. IV, On Marriage, V. On the Use of Marriage, n. 1080 — What if spouses foresee that pollution will follow from these shameful acts in themselves or in the other? The resolution depends on the intrinsic nature of the act, on the manner in which it is exercised, on the cause, … Read in context →

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)

Ch. III, Article I: On Softness, or Pollution, nn. 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110 & 111 (70 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Vol. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the Sixth and Ninth Pre…, Ch. II, Art. II, § I. On Pollution, nn. 428, 429, 430, 431 & 432 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, Supplement: On the Virtue of Chastity, nn. 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53 & 54 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

On Chastity and on the Contrary Vices: A Doctrinal and Moral Treatise

Ch. I, Art. II, § 1, IV. Connected Scholia; Especially the Specific Varieties of Pollution, nn. 336, 342, ¶1803, ¶1804, ¶1805, ¶1806 & ¶1807 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Article I: Concerning Solitary Sin, or Pollution, nn. ¶272, ¶273, ¶274, ¶275, ¶276, ¶277, ¶278, ¶279, ¶280 & ¶281 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

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)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, Ch. III, Art. II, § I. On pollution, nn. ¶500, ¶1, ¶501, ¶2, ¶502, ¶3 & ¶503 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XIII, Ch. III, Art. V, Namely, Lust, § 5. On the External Sins of Lust Consummated Contrary to Nature, n. 705 — 705. 1. Venereal pollution (mollities; by physicians it is also called onanism, masturbation, that is, defilement by the hand) is the emission of seed or quasi-seed outside carnal intercourse. It is said: the emission of… Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fourth Part: On the Virtue…, Question Three: On the Spe…, Article II: On Luxury Against Nature, nn. ¶1, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018 & 1019 (32 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. VI, On the Sixth and Ninth Pre…, Ch. II, Art. II, § I. On Pollution, nn. 301, 302, 303 & 304 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. VI, Disputation II: On the Vic…, Q. III, Doubt VIII: On sins agains…, Subdoubt IV: On pollution, nn. 1–29 (29 passages)

The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)

Pt. I, Distinction VI, cc. , 1, 2 & 3 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Self-abuse (de pollutione) — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology — this work does not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so its treatment stands one heading up (ed.)