A Topic of Moral Theology

Prostitution

The traffic in impurity: the sin of those who sell and who buy, the toleration of brothels, and the duties of those who can suppress it.

Also asked about as…

brothels · harlotry · selling oneself (ed.)

In the index as Prostitution · Concubinage · Fornication · Toleration of concubines · *Publice indigni* · Baptism · Brothel · Brothels · Castrated man · Christ · Confession of a prostitute · Customs of colonies · Denmark · England · Eunuch · Freemasons · Gambling · Luxury · Moderation of the eyes · Occupations · One who has undergone vasectomy · Penance · Scandal · Usury

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On the Sixth Precept and t…, Book First. On the Sixth a…, Question Third. On Consumm…, Article First. On Sins According to Nature., nn. 16, 17 & 18 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, Bk. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. II, § 1. On Fornication, n. 34 — III. To fornication are referred concubinage and prostitution; likewise, in a certain way, the intercourse of a castrated man and of one who has undergone vasectomy, and onanistic intercourse. 1. Concubinage is carnal an… 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. II, Article II: On Concubinage and Prostitution, nn. 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55 & 56 (26 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, On the Sixth and Ninth Pre…, II. On Sins of Lust According to Nature, n. 789 — Note: "He who only begins intercourse, but does not complete it, nor emits seed, must explain this very thing, because although then there is fornication begun and in affection, nevertheless it is not fornication in real… Read in context →

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Ch. II, Section 1: The Moral Requisites of Valid Administration, n. ¶6 — So much for the interior disposition of the minister. Now for the act of administration. As the minister acts in the name and by authority of the Church, the first rule is that he must comply with her directions. Sancta … Read in context →

Vol. III, Pt. II, Ch. II, Section 4: Manual and Intellectual Labor, and Recreation, n. ¶6 — The intellectual and the material aspects of human labor as a factor in the advancement of civilization and culture are aptly summarized in the ancient Benedictine adage: "Ora et labora —Pray and work!" See Anonymus, Die… Read in context →

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

Ch. II, Appendix. Remaining Questi…, III. On the Toleration of Prostitutes and Certain Concubines, nn. 212, ¶1167, ¶1168, ¶1169, ¶1170, ¶1171, ¶1172, ¶1173, ¶1174, ¶1175, ¶1176, 213, ¶1177, ¶1178, ¶1179, ¶1180, ¶1181, ¶1182, ¶1183, ¶1184, ¶1185, ¶1186, ¶1187 & ¶1188 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fourth Part: On the Virtue…, Question Three: On the Spe…, Article I: On Luxury According to Nature, nn. ¶1, 1006 & 1007 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Consummated Sins of Impurity — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · The Roman Catechism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)