A Topic of Moral Theology
Sex Education
Whether and how the young are to be instructed in matters of chastity, and by whom.
The works themselves ask 7 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Confessor · Incapacity for knowledge among Negro adolescents · Knowledge of sexual matters · Books concerning sexual matters · General counsels · More honorable non-Catholics · "Sex-Series" · Parents of betrothed persons · Sexual pedagogy · Care for the poor · Children · Education · Greater purity of Catholics · History · Ignorance of sexual matters, whether and how it is to be dispelled · Lies to be avoided · Life · Menstrual flow · Parents · Pollution · Satisfaction of curiosity · Sexual revelations · The French disease · Those about to marry to be instructed
In the manuals
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Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 2. Duties of Members …, Sex Education, n. 2632 — Sex Education of Children. Sex Education of Children.—(a) Necessity.—Some moralists believe that sex education of the young should be indirect. They hold that it is dangerous to speak of venereal matters to the young; that silence itself is to the… Read in context →
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Supplement: On the Virtue of Chastity, nn. 61 & 62 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
On Chastity and on the Contrary Vices: A Doctrinal and Moral Treatise
Ch. I, Art. II, § 2, III. On the Utility and Method of Revealing the Mysteries of Life, nn. 186, ¶1012, ¶1013, ¶1014, 187, ¶1015, ¶1016, ¶1017, ¶1018, ¶1019, ¶1020, ¶1021, 188, ¶1022–¶1038, 189, ¶1039–¶1055, 190, ¶1056, ¶1057, ¶1058, ¶1059, ¶1060, ¶1061, ¶1062, ¶1063, ¶1064, ¶1065, ¶1066, ¶1067, 191, ¶1068, ¶1069, 192, ¶1070, ¶1071, ¶1072, ¶1073, 193, ¶1074, ¶1075, ¶1076, 194, ¶1077, ¶1078, ¶1079, ¶1080, ¶1081, 195, ¶1082, 196, 197, 198, ¶1083, 199, ¶1084, ¶1085, ¶1086, ¶1087, ¶1088, ¶1089, ¶1090, ¶1091, ¶1092, ¶1093, ¶1094, 200, ¶1095, ¶1096, ¶1097, ¶1098, ¶1099, ¶1100, 201, ¶1101 & ¶1102 (107 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, I. Questions Concerning Ch…, On Chastity and Lust, Question Seven: Concerning the Causes and Remedies of Lust, nn. ¶457, ¶458, ¶459, ¶460, ¶461, ¶462, ¶463 & ¶464 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Instruction in Relation to Chastity — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Coppens, Medical Practice · Clark, New Questions, Old Answers · The Roman Catechism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)