And for the pastors who have given in to the temptation of
simony, another objective is to not lose the "seed sowers": this way, tithes can continue to be sent to the pastor!
And thus, Benvenuto concludes, money turns hypocrisy into
simony ("ita quod lucrum hypocrisis convertit in simoniam").
At the same time, popular denouncement of the secular clergy as heretics sullied by
simony and concubinage questioned the nature of traditional ecclesiastical authority itself.
Simony, the trading of favours between birds of a feather.
Week 6 Results: 1st Sang Hyo Nam & Yeon Gul Kim (27 points), 2nd Steve Middleton & Rob Kennedy (25), 3rd Ahmed Abdulaziz & Ali Mohamed (23 c/b), 4th Jason Smith & Jesper
Simony (23), 5th Stan & Hilde Kwik (22).
It's a spiritual shortcut, the great-grandson of what the Catholics called
simony, and today we call sentimentality (except, that is, when there is literally a prayer involved, in which case I guess we can still call it
simony).
Rosmini documented and denounced at length the
simony and corruption that had flourished in past centuries under centralized systems of episcopal appointments, such as cathedral chapters and papal reservations.
Mehlman notes how "the very language of the novel" seems "intent on underscoring, against the author's own argument, a perilous symmetry" in the curious similarity between the name of Zola's protagonist, "Simon," and the crime--"
simony"--of his venal Catholic enemies; the novel thus pits the "simonistes" against the "simoniaques" (246).
Gregory was also particularly concerned with
simony, or the sale of
The precise sin of which Boniface is guilty is
simony, the selling of spiritual benefits for material gain.
Hugh's duty was to preside at councils in Northern France, particularly concerning issues of clerical marriage,
simony, and lay investiture.
Under a sub-heading which reads: "The reason can only be sinister", Mr Gibbs states, "
Simony is closely associated with politics."
