Simony (/ˈsɪməni/) is the act of selling church offices and roles or sacred things. It is named after Simon Magus, who is described in the Acts of the...

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marriage or to celebrate any of the sacraments was considered as a crime of Simony. Nevertheless, since the beginning of the Western Christianity, but especially...

dressing their saint. Though selling the relics would have been considered simony, enterprising church officials still managed to raise funds while countering...

Christian monasticism is a religious way of life of Christians who live ascetic and typically cloistered lives that are dedicated to Christian worship...

were privileged. The ideal of what they should be compared with claims of simony, gluttony, sexual immorality, and violence caused resentment among the folk...

Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, proponent of clerical celibacy, opponent of simony, concubinage, Antipope Clement III 1079 Stanislaus of Szczepanów, patron...

at the time regularly harangued delegates to these conferences regarding simony, venality, lack of chastity and celibacy, and the holding of multiple benefices...

had also usurped important ecclesiastical revenues (dimes, altars, etc.). Simony, or trading in religious functions: this accusation was levelled primarily...

critical of the Christian clergy saying they did not live according to the word. He rejected the practice of selling indulgences (simony), as well as the...

cities of Europe to deal with the church's moral problems firsthand, notably simony and clerical marriage and concubinage. With his long journey, he restored...

which had until then commonly married, and also attacked the practice of simony. During the power struggles between the papacy and the Empire, Gregory excommunicated...

confrontation with Peter is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles. The act of simony, or paying for position, is named after Simon, who tried to buy his way...

Lateran (1179) limited papal electors to the cardinals alone, condemned simony, and forbade the promotion of anyone to the episcopate before the age of...

has been defined as "a division of the Christian Church using a distinctive liturgy", or simply as "a Christian Church". In this sense, "Rite" and "Church"...

represented, and ambassadors of the Byzantine emperor were present. Here too, simony and clerical marriage were the principal matters dealt with. He is regarded...

Council which passed several disciplinary decrees, such as those against simony and concubinage among the clergy, and violators of the Truce of God. Born...

unless he had learned the Psalter by heart. Measures had been taken against simony, the buying and selling of holy orders, by the Council of Chalcedon. It...

bishops and abbots, although the reformist clerics condemned this practice as simony (a forbidden sale of church offices). Pope Alexander II blamed Henry's advisors...

agreement among different Christian denominations or Christian individuals that share certain essential principles of Christian theology. Views vary among...

corruption, not only from vacant sees but also from other practices such as simony. Thus, the Investiture Contest was part of the Church's attempt to reform...

and who generally obtained their orders by paying for them, that is, by simony. The Council of Pavia, in 853, legislated its canons 18 and 23 against them...

the queen consort, Eligius was ordained a priest and campaigned against simony in the Church. Appointed Bishop of Noyon–Tournai in 642, he founded many...

clerics that had improper or illicit relations with women. It condemned simony and the charging of fees for administering the Eucharist. It enjoined those...

until the mid-20th century. Merit (Christianity) Pardon of Assisi Purgatory Simony Peters, Edward (2008). A Modern Guide to Indulgences: Rediscovering This...

order to attract pilgrims; or even to facilitate the lucrative practice of simony. By the end of the Middle Ages so many churches claimed to possess relics...

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papacy. Mercilessly cruel and defiantly decadent, the Borgias use bribery, simony, intimidation and murder in their relentless quest for wealth and power...

universally recognized as such. Benedict IX refused to appear on charges of simony in 1049 and was excommunicated. Benedict IX's eventual fate is obscure,...

Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 2019. Paragraph 2121. Weber, Nicholas (1912). "Simony". Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 14. Retrieved August 31, 2014. "ref # 2413"...