A Topic of Moral Theology

Sacrilege by carnal sin

With persons, in places, or with objects consecrated to God.

See also Sacrilege — in The Worship of God (First Commandment)

Also asked about as…

breaking a vow of chastity · sexual sin by a nun · sexual sin in church · sexual sin with a priest (ed.)

In the index as Sacrilege · Carnal sacrilege · Intercourse apt for generation · Impure touches (Tactus impudici) · Moral person · Sacred place · Code of Canon Law · Cooperation · Counsel · Holy Communion and chastity · Impurity · Lust · Luxury · Personal sacrilege · Pollution · Sacrilegious intercourse · Shameful · Thing · Vow violated by intercourse · What is a sacred place?

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VI, Chapter II. Consummated Sins of Impurity, n. 6 — By sacrilege is here understood the violation by carnal sin of a. person, place, or object, consecrated to God. The doctrine concerning it will be sufficiently clear from what was said above under the First Commandment.Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, Bk. I, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. II, § 4. On Carnal Sacrilege, nn. 40, 41 & 42 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, Carnal Sacrilege, n. 2533 — Carnal Sacrilege. Carnal Sacrilege.—Carnal sacrilege is the violation by an act of impurity of the sacredness of a person, place or thing. (a) It is a violation of sacredness, and thus it is a special sin, adding irreligion to lust (see 2… 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 VII: On Sacrilege, nn. 84 & 85 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, Supplement: On the Virtue of Chastity, n. 44 — 44. 5. Concerning sacrilege. Sacrilegious luxury is the violation of a sacred person, place, or thing through a venereal act; concerning the threefold species of this sin it was said above, n. 930-934. The sin of solicit… Read in context →

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

Ch. I, Art. I, § 2, II. On Sacrilegious Copulation, nn. 314 & ¶1636–¶1650 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Article V: Concerning Carnal Sacrilege, nn. ¶225, ¶226, ¶227, ¶228, ¶229, ¶230, ¶231, ¶232, ¶233 & ¶234 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VI, Ch. II, Art. I, § 6. On Carnal Sacrilege, nn. ¶787, ¶788 & ¶789 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. IX, § 2. On Personal Sacrilege, n. 544 — 544. As regards 4. Violation of a solemn vow of chastity (the same applies to the vow solemnized in the reception of the subdiaconate) is certainly sacrilege. Thus all teach. The reason is that through such a vow a man i… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XIII, Ch. III, Art. V, Namely, Lust, § 4. On the External Sins of Lust Consummated According to Nature, n. 702 — 702. 5. Carnal sacrilege is sacrilegious lust and is committed by the violation of a sacred person, place, or thing through a venereal act. It contains a twofold malice: one against chastity, the other against religion. … Read in context →

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, Ch. III, Art. I, § IV. On sacrilege, n. ¶496 — 496. Definition. - Sacrilege (in matter of luxury) is the violation of a sacred person, place, or thing through a venereal act. It is a great sin: for reason dictates that holy things are to be treated holily; and it con… 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 I: On Luxury According to Nature, n. 1013 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. VI, On the Sixth and Ninth Pre…, Ch. II, Art. I, § IV. On Sacrilege, nn. 295 & 296 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. VI, Disputation II: On the Vic…, Q. III, Doubt VII: On sacrilege, nn. 1–23 (23 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Consummated Sins of Impurity — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia 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.)