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Examples of simony
simony
Both Edward VI of England and Elizabeth I promulgated statutes against simony.
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Benedict IX later refused to face charges of simony and was excommunicated.
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Here too, simony and the marriage of the clergy were the principal matters dealt with.
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English provincial and legatine constitutions continually assailed simony.
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Here, the Church dealt with issues of simony, concubinage of the clergy.
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Measures had been taken against simony by the Council of Chalcedon.
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The impetus for the reforms was corruption within the church, particularly simony and concubinage.
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Napoleon did not like the chaplain and suspected him of simony and the selling of indulgences.
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In this episode Anselm was careful, and managed to both avoid charges of simony, and be generous.
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- Traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments
- Simony (pron. Si-mon-ee) is the crime of paying for sacraments and consequently for holy offices or positions in the hierarchy of a church, named after Simon Magus, who appears in the Acts of the Apostles 8:18-24. ...
- Simony may refer to: *The crime of simony, the paying of monies in exchange for spiritual favors from the Roman Catholic Church; *Simony Diamond, a.k.a. Simony, a Hungarian pornographic actress.
- The buying or selling of spiritual things, particularly Church offices and benefices.
- The purchase of a position of authority within a church (particularly the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages); or the purchase of any position of public influence.
- The sale of Church positions
