A Topic of Moral Theology
The purpose of the sexual faculty and its lawful use
Procreation and education of children; the marital act; venereal, sensual and sensible pleasure.
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
See also The Marriage Debt — in Matrimony
Also asked about as…
purpose of sex · sexual pleasure · what sex is for (ed.)
In the index as Sexual appetite · Vagina · Breasts · Clitoris · Nemaspermata · Sexual love · Zoospermata · Afferent canals · Copulation · Glands · Mentula (penis) · Penis · Sexual act · Venereal appetition · Carnal heat · Deferent canals · Female seed · Lingering pleasure · Lustful excitation of the breasts · Male member · Organs of generation · Testes or testicles · Uterus · Venereal appetite
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VI, Chapter I. The Nature of Impurity, n. 1 — THE means devised by God for the preservation and increase of the human race is the union of the sexes. This union has for its primary object the procreation of children, who require for their proper education the long a… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Preliminary Notions, nn. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
On Chastity and on the Contrary Vices: A Doctrinal and Moral Treatise
§ 2, Appetite, and Copulation, nn. 2, ¶95, ¶96, ¶97, 3, ¶98, ¶99, ¶100, 4, ¶101, ¶102, ¶103, ¶104, ¶105, ¶106, ¶107, 5, 6, ¶108, ¶109, ¶110, 7, ¶111–¶124, 8, ¶125, ¶126, ¶127, ¶128, ¶129, ¶130, ¶131, ¶132, ¶133, ¶134, 9, 10, ¶135, ¶136, 11, ¶137, ¶138, ¶139, 12, ¶140, 13 & ¶141–¶155 (73 passages — hover a number to read it)
§ 7. Comparison of Friendship and Sexual Love, nn. 40, ¶260, ¶261, ¶262, ¶263, ¶264, ¶265, ¶266, ¶267 & ¶268 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vermeersch, On Chastity, Supplements, Certain Things to be Noted…, III. On Sexual Instinct, A. In Nonrational Animals, nn. 427, ¶2195, ¶2196, ¶2197, ¶2198 & ¶2199 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vermeersch, On Chastity, Supplements, Certain Things to be Noted…, III. On Sexual Instinct, B. In Man, nn. 428, 429, ¶2200, ¶2201, ¶2202, ¶2203, ¶2204, 430, ¶2205, ¶2206, 431, ¶2207, ¶2208, ¶2209, ¶2210 & ¶2211 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, Tomus IV: On Chastity and …, Proemium, Article II: Introduction Concerning Sexual Matter, nn. ¶1 & 3–16 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, I. Questions Concerning Ch…, On Chastity and Lust, Question Two: Concerning Chastity and Lust in General — Theological Principles, nn. ¶144, ¶145, ¶146, ¶147, ¶148, ¶149, ¶150, ¶151 & ¶152 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Nature of Impurity — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Coppens, Medical Practice · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · The Roman Catechism · Spirago · Deshon, Guide — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)