Rape (Violent Defloration)

Forcible defloration: its nature, gravity, and the obligations that follow.

The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Also asked about as…

forced intercourse · sexual assault (ed.)

In the index as Rape · Abduction · Defloration (Stuprum) · Violence · Stuprum · Abductors · Defilement · Defloration of a virgin · Fornication (Fornicatio) · Lust · Raptus (abduction) · Seducer · Seduction · Unjust aggressor

In the manuals

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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J.

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VI, Chapter II. Consummated Sins of Impurity, n. 5 — Rape is the violent abduction of a person from a place of safety for the purpose of satisfying lust. The violence may be offered to the person abducted, or to the parents, or to those who have charge of her, and it adds … Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 4 passages

Vol. III, Bk. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. II, § 5. On *Stuprum*, or Seduction, n. 43 — I. Notion. Stuprum can be taken in a broad and in a strict sense. Taken in the broad sense, it is defined: intercourse with a woman - whether a virgin or deflowered - who consents in no way or not freely, for example wit… Read in context →

Vol. III, Bk. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. II, § 6. On Rape, nn. 45, 46 & 47 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P.

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, Defloration and Rape, n. 2529 — Defloration and Rape. Defloration and Rape.—Defloration and rape are distinct species of lust, for each of them in its very concept includes a special and notable deformity not found in other species of impurity. (a) Defloration is unlawful c… Read in context →

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S.

Vol. II, Supplement: On the Virtue of Chastity, n. 39 — 39. 2. Concerning rape. Rape is distinguished as threefold: in the strict, or canonical, sense, it is the defloration of a virgin, she being unwilling; in the less strict sense, it is the defloration of a virgin, even if… Read in context →

Pastoral Questions

Benedict H. Merkelbach, O.P. — 8 passages

Article II: Concerning Stuprum and Raptus, nn. ¶185, ¶186, ¶187, ¶188, ¶189, ¶191, ¶192 & ¶193 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Clement Marc, C.SS.R. — 3 passages

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, Ch. II, Art. I, § 2. On Stuprum, nn. ¶776, ¶777 & ¶778 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Anthony Konings, C.SS.R. — 2 passages

Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, Ch. III, Art. I, § V. On stuprum (Rape), nn. ¶497 & ¶498 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 24 passages

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. 1008, 1009 & 1010 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. I, Tr. VI, On the Sixth and Ninth Pre…, Ch. II, Art. I, § VI. On Raptus, nn. 299 & 300 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Consummated Sins of Impurity — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, On Chastity · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · The Roman Catechism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)