Note 964 — Chapter II · THE TREATMENT OF PENITENTS IN DIFFERENT EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES

S. Alph. Prax. Conf. n. 93. Cf. Aertnys, Theol. Mor. Lib. III. Tract. II. n. 112. We may suggest that the following distinctions are to be made: (1) votum non nubendi seu cælibatus; (2) votum virginitatis; (3) votum (perpetuæ) castitatis. The first prohibits marriage (ergo non formaliter sed consequenter tantum inducit obligationem perfectæ castitatis); the second, any peccatum consummatum, by which virginity is violated, i.e. voluntariam seminis effusionem, si de viro agitur, sive per copulam, sive per pollutionem fit; si de muliere agitur, copulam aut innaturalem corporalis integritatis læsionem culpabiliter factam; the third forbids (formaliter et per se) every interior or exterior act which is contrary to chastity ex motivo religionis. Cf. Lehmkuhl, Theol. Mor. P. II. Lib. I. Tract. VIII. n. 719.