A Topic of Moral Theology
Sterility; women after operations
Barrenness is not impotence; the decisions on removal of the womb or ovaries.
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
can infertile people marry · hysterectomy and marriage · infertility · sterile couple (ed.)
In the index as Sterility · Impotence · Matrimony · Woman · Age and marriage · Caesarean operation · Castration · Circumcision · Copulation · Man · Ovaries · Portugal · Vasectomy · "Porro" · *Per accidens*, *per se* · Austria · Azoospermia · Belgium · Capacity for intercourse · Carsamatia · Castrated man · Chastity of Christians · Code of Canon Law · Confessor
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch. X, Article I. Impotence, n. 3 — Mere barrenness or sterility is not impotence, nor does it make marriage impossible or unlawful. There is a controversy among experts as to whether removal of the ovaries or of the womb or of both organs makes a woman im… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Bk. II, Pt. I, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. III, § 3. On Impotence for Intercourse, nn. 86 & 87 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Matrimony, n. 994 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Marriage (Volume I), Supplement to the Treatise on Marriage, nn. 10 & 57 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
On Chastity and on the Contrary Vices: A Doctrinal and Moral Treatise
§ 10. Surgical Operations, nn. ¶339, 50, 51, ¶340, ¶341, ¶342, ¶343, ¶344, 52, ¶345, 53, ¶346, ¶347, ¶348, ¶349, ¶350, ¶351, ¶352, ¶353 & ¶354 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)
§ 12, I. On the Genuine Nature o…, C. Corollaries and Scholia, nn. 65, 66, 67, 68, ¶473, ¶474, ¶475, ¶476, ¶477, ¶478, ¶479, ¶480, 69, ¶481, ¶482, ¶483, ¶484 & ¶485 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)
§ 12, III. Examples of Sterility, nn. 76, ¶509 & ¶510 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, I. Questions Concerning Ch…, On Chastity and Lust, Question One: Concerning the Genital Organs and Generation — Physiological Notions, nn. ¶47, ¶48, ¶49, ¶50, ¶51, ¶52, ¶53, ¶54, ¶55 & ¶56 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, IIbis. Questions Concernin…, Appendix — On the Marriage of Sterilized Persons, nn. ¶1702–¶1721 (20 passages)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Matrimony, Third Part: On the Impedim…, Question Three: On Dirimen…, Article II: On Impotence, nn. 879 & 880 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Matrimony, Case 5. Maternity Impossible, nn. ¶8 & ¶9 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Impotence — Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910) · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Palmieri, On Christian Marriage · Decretum of Gratian · Decretals of Gregory IX — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)