simony can be a very dangerous practice. From LearnThat.org.
The practice of simony has converted a temple into a loathsome stable. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
Venetian had by simony obtained the abbey of Classis, he hastened thither. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
The term simony comes from a sorcerer named Simon Magus, who tried to bribe the Apostles into selling him their power (Acts 8: 18-20). From Wordnik.com. [orrologion] Reference
(Acts 8: 9-24) The memory of his peculiar guilt has been perpetuated in the word simony, as applied to all traffic in spiritual offices. From Wordnik.com. [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference
She supported synods that reformed abuses that were so prevalent at the time, such as simony and usury. From Wordnik.com. [Catholic Exchange] Reference
Therefore oral remuneration does not entail simony. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Hence if one intend this chiefly one commits simony. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Therefore simony is not the will to sell a spiritual thing. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Therefore simony should not be defined as an act of the will. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Therefore it would seem that simony is defined insufficiently. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Hence simony is fittingly defined from its relation to the will. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Therefore simony does not consist in a will to buy something spiritual. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
He appeared the inflexible chastiser of simony and ecclesiastical corruption. From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
We must now consider simony, under which head there are six points of inquiry. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Therefore that which has been acquired by simony ought not always to be restored. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Therefore a person should not always be deprived of what he has acquired by simony. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Therefore a bishop does not lose his episcopal power, if he has acquired it by simony. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Therefore he should not be expelled from the monastic state which he has acquired by simony. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Clermont, Dijon, Autun, Poietiers, and Lyons were thundering against simony and incontinency. From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
Now sometimes those who are guilty of simony are, by dispensation, promoted to greater dignity. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
The Doones (if still there be any Doones) could never have come abroad; that is as sure as simony. From Wordnik.com. [Lorna Doone] Reference
Therefore simony is not the will to buy or sell something spiritual or connected with a spiritual thing. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
It had always sounded strangely in my ears, like the word gnomon in the Euclid and the word simony in the. From Wordnik.com. [Dubliners] Reference
Reply Obj. 4: As stated above, "custom does not prevail over natural or divine law" whereby simony is forbidden. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Nevertheless there may be simony in the intention, if one look, not to the worthiness of the person, but to human favor. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Obj. 5: Further, sometimes a person obtains admission to a monastery by simony, and there takes the solemn vow of profession. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
And if the bishop has been guilty of simony otherwise than by a simoniacal promotion, and the fact be a secret, one can receive. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Three celebrated jurisconsults, Dumoulin, Lannoy, and Duaren, have written strongly against annats, which they call a real simony. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
Objection 1: It would seem that simony is not "an express will to buy or sell something spiritual or connected with a spiritual thing.". From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
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