| 单词 | simony |
| 例句 | They condemned the sale of offices as a sin called simony and insisted that bishops should be elected by clergy, independent of a lord. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Pope Leo IX and Pope Gregory VII enforced Church laws against simony and the marriage of priests. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In describing the cash gifts Bransfield gave to other clergy members, Quirk used the term “simony” — the buying or selling of church offices or positions. Warnings about West Virginia bishop went unheeded as he doled out cash gifts to Catholic leaders 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z "We know some people do this but it counts as simony and it is a sin." The special water flown in for Princess Charlotte - BBC News 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z It is true that these instances of simony and of the use of influence belong to the last degenerate years of the monasteries in England. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Another root has been sought in Lambert-le-Bègue, or the Stammerer, a priest of St. Christopher at Liège, about 1180, who became prominent by denouncing the simony of the canons of the cathedral. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z Under these circumstances simony, with all its attendant evils, was almost universal, and those evils made themselves everywhere felt on the character both of electors and elected. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z The emperor assisted Pope Clement in his efforts to banish simony. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z What! they say, have we not already simony and usury, wherefore then need a pope, who would come in person to devour the kingdom and our churches. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z It was the Cluny monks who gave the Pope his chief support in the struggle to free the Church from lay investiture and simony and to enforce the ideal of a celibate clergy. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z Concubinage was well-nigh universal, and simony pervaded the Church in all its ranks, the sacraments were sold and penitence compounded for. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z The form of simony which consists in selling his sacred ministrations therefore became general. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z Henry was a pious and peace-loving prince, who favoured church reform, sought earnestly to suppress private warfare, and alone among the early emperors is said to have been innocent of simony. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z “The crime of simony shall be banished the “kingdom. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z Nomino� hastened to depose the four Frankish bishops, after wringing from them by force confessions of simony; he then established a metropolitan see at Dol. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Damiani was a determined foe of simony, but his fiercest wrath was directed against the married clergy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z This battle for the foundation of papal omnipotence within the church is connected with his championship of compulsory celibacy among the clergy and his attack on simony. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z He answers Simon's question, lances and probes the most secret wound of his conscience, declares how divine gifts are given, proscribes the plague of simony, orders penance, and inflicts excommunication on a scandalous public offender. St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture 2011-11-28T03:00:25.013Z Behold Clement V., elected in 1305, and mark the gross simony, nepotism, and arrogance which disgraced his administration. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z This form of simony is practised even now. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Eadward, even if guiltless of simony himself, took no pains to ensure the purity of episcopal appointments, and treated them simply as a means of gratifying his favourites. The English Church in the Middle Ages 2011-08-01T02:00:14.773Z The war against simony in its original form was undoubtedly necessary, but it led to highly complicated and problematic issues. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The "Congregation of Cluny" preached also against the universal simony, by which all clerical dignities were bought and sold. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z He had formerly been Archbishop of Mainz, but had been deposed from his office on account of simony. Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde Extracts from the Book of Matilda of Magdeburg 2011-04-11T02:00:10.567Z Had it not been better to have abolished forever the simony by which every bishop and every abbot in Gaul pays to the Italian apostolic chamber the half of his revenue? A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z Nicolas II. refused to grant him the pall, accused him of ignorance, simony, and plurality, and of having accepted translation without his permission, and actually declared him degraded from the episcopal order. The English Church in the Middle Ages 2011-08-01T02:00:14.773Z Was the priest or bishop, whose ordination was due to simony, actually in the possession of the sacerdotal or episcopal power or not? Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z He relied mainly upon two measures to accomplish this change,—the suppression of simony and the celibacy of the priesthood. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z It is with reference to his proposition to purchase spiritual authority that all traffic in spiritual offices has come to be known as simony. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z Popes and Emperors worked together to enforce celibacy among the clergy and to put down simony. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Most of William’s bishops were men of high character, for his appointments were free from simony, and were, no doubt, suggested by Lanfranc; and the king himself had no liking for evil men. The English Church in the Middle Ages 2011-08-01T02:00:14.773Z The reason was that in many cases it had assumed an extremely subtle form, and detection was difficult when the simony took the character of a tax or an honorarium. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Temporal Price in Simony.—The temporal price in simony is some temporal good or advantage. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Pluralism, nepotism, simony and all the other ancient abuses were more rampant than ever. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z We pass over her simony, her unheard-of exactions, her open usury, and her new-fangled tricks, which infect the whole world. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z A minority of the chapter declared that simony and undue influence had been practised, and Theobald took their part, while Henry consecrated his nephew in spite of him. The English Church in the Middle Ages 2011-08-01T02:00:14.773Z Philip I. of France, by his simony and the violence of his proceedings against the church, provoked a threat of summary measures; and excommunication, deposition and the interdict, appeared to be imminent in 1074. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z In reference to its matter or the law violated, simony is either against natural and divine law or against positive ecclesiastical law. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z The typical faults of the dark ages, pluralism, simony, lax observation of the clerical rules, contented ignorance, worldliness in every aspect, were all too prevalent in England. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Gregory, almost immediately after his elevation to the pontificate, held a council and denounced simony, marriage of the clergy, and lay investiture. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Bishoprics were sought after as sources of wealth and power, and were often obtained by simony and held in plurality. The English Church in the Middle Ages 2011-08-01T02:00:14.773Z He did his best to reform the State Church, which he found sunk in torpor, sinecurism, and simony, while its edifices were ruins and piggeries. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z External simony is an outward pact freely entered into between two parties to exchange spirituals for temporals. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z I should have told him that in my opinion his attitude was simony—rank simony, and let it go at that. Sinister Street, vol. 1 It had smeared itself from head to foot with simony, nepotism, and vice; it had cast religion to the winds. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z To this was added the news from Italy itself,--how discontented the inhabitants were with the pope, how wanton the simony, and how wicked the princes of the Church. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. There was so much obscurely said of "larceny, simony, prevarication"! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 Hence, it is not merely disobedience, but simony, to violate a law which forbids a certain contract because of its nearness to the sale of spirituals for temporals. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Bishoprics and abbacies were rewards of service to the king, the bishops were worldly-minded, plurality was frequent, and simony not unknown. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" He roundly taxes the great nobles with simony and extortion. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Mr. George Butt, M.P., who opposed Mr. Phillimore's motion for amending the laws against simony, may be looked upon as one of the buttresses of the Established Church? Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Hence arose long vacancies of the See, indiscreet interference in the elections by the imperial officials, and sometimes cases of simony and venality. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" Purely mental simony is not subject to ecclesiastical penalties, since the Church does not pronounce on internal acts. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z The charge of simony was inspired by Jesuit hatred; there is absolutely no evidence that Ganganelli pledged himself to suppress the order. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" He called worldly or negligent bishops to order, and in particular took vigorous measures to root out simony, which was very prevalent. St. Gregory and the Gregorian Music But the carrying out of reforms led at once to dissensions with the civil power, the starting-point being the attack upon simony. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Canon 40 calls it "the detestable sin of simony," and every person on being instituted to a benefice has to swear that he is not guilty of it. The Church Handy Dictionary There is no simony when a temporal is given on the occasion of but not for a spiritual. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z At this council the canons against simony were read; but the bishops retorted that they did not sell Holy Orders, and expected no fees—though they took presents! Legends & Romances of Brittany Many English writers refer to this extraordinary desecration of a consecrated building, and from them we learn that the trading carried on in Paul's Walk included simony and chaffering for benefices. Memorials of Old London Volume I Certainly the removing it were the stopping the way of simony, except we will apprehend that whole presbyteries will be bribed for patronage. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies In the second place they were to refrain from simony, or the purchase of ecclesiastical preferment, that they might not be dependent on the great men of the world. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII Offenses committed in the matter of Mass stipends are not called simony in the Code, but the penal law classes them with offenses against religion, as may be seen from Canon 2324. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z The truth is, the Priest who would solicit a fee for absolution knows that he would be guilty of simony, and would be liable to suspension. The Faith of Our Fathers Then there comes a story of "simony," in which the influence of Worcester is again apparent. Memorials of Old London Volume I Let the Lords Spiritual quit themselves of simony, we laymen will look after the heretics for them. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing On the contrary, Hus held it the duty of kings to restrain the wickedness of the clergy and root out simony. John Hus A brief story of the life of a martyr Greed about getting or keeping money pertains to avarice, not necessarily to simony. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Besides simony and the scandalous lives of many of the clergy, there were other evils which brought the Church into disrepute. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe He hardly knew whether he would not be guilty of simony in making such a promise, and he felt that at any rate the arrangement would be an improper one. The Bertrams The priests also, imitating their superiors, resorted to simony and war to humble their rivals and strengthen their own power. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan One such sin, so subtle, so dangerous, and so constantly recurring in Christian history, having taken the name of its first author and being called "simony," has been handed down from generation to generation. The Ministry of the Spirit It would be simony to grant a benefice in exchange for work done as secretary, treasurer, or advisor. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z The evil of simony was, therefore, explicable enough, and perhaps ineradicable under the circumstances. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe The condition of the church under Childebert is also shown; see § 98 for canons bearing on simony and irregularities in connection with ordination. A Source Book for Ancient Church History It was the case in those passages of medieval history when simony resisted the Supreme Pontiff, or when heresy lurked in Universities. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin Is there no approach to the sin of simony in those churches which spend thousands yearly in artistic music? The Ministry of the Spirit But "a charitable or friendly gift" may easily be palliated simony; that is, there may be a pretense of liberality to conceal the real purpose of purchasing spirituals with temporals. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Leo IX undertook to visit France and Germany and even Hungary in person, with the purpose of calling councils to check simony and the marriage of the clergy. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe The question surprised me and I was not prepared to give, offhand, a definition of simony. Lalage's Lovers The practice of simony has converted a temple into a loathsome stable. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 Was there ever a simony like this,—that does not sell, but withholds, the gift of God for a price? The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays Such sins are idolatry, superstition, perjury, the sins of those who had Christ crucified, simony, sacrilege, unworthy reception of the Eucharist or other Sacrament, violation of vows, etc. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z In the first place, there was simony, a disease so deep-seated and persistent that Innocent III declared it incurable. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe Lalage is a person of great originality and daring, but I did not see how even she could possibly have committed simony. Lalage's Lovers He ruled, unquietly enough, for four years; and died, leaving a memory free at least from simony, and honoured as a lover of the poor. The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 Then bribery was unborn, No simony men did use; Christians did usury scorn, Devised among the Jews. English Songs and Ballads The first attacks made by the broadside literature were naturally directed against the simony and benefice-grabbing of the clergy, a characteristic of the priestly office that has always powerfully appealed to the popular mind. German Culture Past and Present The king of France was warned to give up his practice of simony, lest he be excommunicated and his subjects freed from their oath of allegiance. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe Hilda, with a very fair imitation of the Archdeacon's manner, repeated his words: "'Young lady, are you aware that this is the sin of simony?'" Lalage's Lovers St. Flavian, an enemy to simony, answered resolutely, than the revenues and treasure of the church were designed for other uses, namely, the honor of God and the relief of his poor. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Indignation was rife, and monkish versifiers and chroniclers protested in lines more or less uncomplimentary, and more or less forcible, their loathing of such sin of simony. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Norwich A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See And in another point the canon law was express and positive, that no man guilty of simony could attain that dignity. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary Therefore it would seem that simony is defined insufficiently. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province "It was," I said, "but it doesn't seem to me, so far, to amount to actual simony." Lalage's Lovers In Africa he extirpated the Donatists, converted many schismatics in Istria and the neighboring provinces; and reformed many grievous abuses in Gaul, whence he banished simony, which had almost universally infected that church. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March His marriage obliged him to give up his canonry, which he sold to Ménage's man-servant, a little bit of simony which was not even noticed in those days. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 The pretence for this appropriation was to prevent simony—in others, not in his Holiness—as the sale of benefices was carried by him to an enormous height. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch Therefore simony is not the will to buy or sell something spiritual or connected with a spiritual thing. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province "Anyhow," I said, "whether the Archdeacon mistook it for cheek or not—and I can quite understand that he might—it wasn't simony." Lalage's Lovers The holy man reconciled discords, settled the bounds of the jurisdiction of certain dioceses, and condemned and deposed in councils those who were convicted of simony. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Howbeit, if he came to it by simony or some such other evils means, then that would be one good reason wherefore he should rather leave it off. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens Quite a contrast to the plain rigidity of Benedict, he was courteous and munificent, but withal a voluptuary; and his luxury and profusion gave rise to extortions, to rapine, and to boundless simony. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch Therefore he should not be expelled from the monastic state which he has acquired by simony. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province There must," I said, "have been something in the questions which you put to the Archdeacon which suggested simony to his mind. Lalage's Lovers Hearing that a certain Venetian had by simony obtained the abbey of Classis, he hastened thither. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March He laboured strenuously for the rebuilding 168of churches, the preservation and extension of ecclesiastical property, the education of the clergy, and the extirpation of clerical matrimony and simony. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Gregory accused Henry openly of simony, haughtily bade him to come to Rome, and excommunicated the bishops who had been guilty of the same offence. Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German Objection 1: It would seem that simony is not "an express will to buy or sell something spiritual or connected with a spiritual thing." Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Warham appointed Colet to preach the sermon, which he did with wonderful energy, denouncing the simony, the self-indulgence, and the ignorance of the bishops and clergy. Old St. Paul's Cathedral In this and the neighboring cities several councils were held, in which the archbishop of Ephesus and several other bishops in Asia, Lycia, and Phrygia, were deposed for simony. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March This casket is loaded with your sins; 'tis the cargo of rapines, simony, and extortions; the iniquity of thirty years muftiship converted into diamonds. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 In this council, Stigand, for simony and for other crimes, of which it is easy to convict those who are out of favor, was solemnly degraded from his dignity. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Therefore simony should not be defined as an act of the will. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province All other bargains and covenants being contrary to the law ought to be punished, as the quality is of the offence more or less, as simony or inordinate covetousness. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) Adrian met the emergency, and took up arms against the sea of troubles by expressing his horror of simony, sensuality, thievery and so forth. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots Gregory pardons him; and, in 1074, holds his first council at Rome against simony and the incontinence of the clergy. The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century Is it not simony, or the buying of a sacred thing, to offer the priest money for saying Mass for your intention? Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 On the other hand, to receive anything for the support of those who administer the sacraments, in accordance with the statutes of the Church and approved customs, is not simony, nor is it a sin. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province By means of another rocky bridge the travellers reach the third gulf, where are punished all who have been guilty of simony. The Book of the Epic Benefices were disposed of with rather more reserve and privacy, for simony had not yet come to be considered venial. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots Yet amid these cares, such as human shoulders seldom knew before or since, he forgot not the objects to which he had dedicated his life—the punishment of simony and the preservation of ecclesiastical purity. The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century For what simony, sacrilege, and deceitful perjury, with respect to ordination vows, patronage opens a door, he that runs may read. The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London But to present a person to an ecclesiastical benefice with the understanding or intention that he provide for one's kindred from the revenue is manifest simony. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province But that is precisely the transaction which you have cleared from the guilt of simony. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy After Alfonso, Alexander felt himself in greatest peril, for he dreaded the assembly of a Council which might depose him from the throne he had bought by simony. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots The Court of High Commission heard mostly matrimonial cases, but also moral offenses both of clergy and laity, and simony, plurality, drunkenness, and other clerical irregularities. Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. I mustered up courage enough, one day, to ask my confessor what was meant by the phrase: "To be guilty of simony in the collation of benefices." Recollections of My Youth Therefore that which has been acquired by simony ought not always to be restored. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Yet, according to your authors, so long as a man does not entertain this metaphysical comparison, he may give his benefice to another, and may receive money in return, without incurring the guilt of simony. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy The tedious leisure of Innocent's long lethargy was employed by them in active simony. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots The lord-keeper pays a pension to the Marquis—so doth the attorney-general—and simony is openly practised; for the Bishop of Salisbury paid him £3,500 for his bishopric. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance Might not all those who enter upon any office in her Majesty's family, be obliged to take an oath parallel with that against simony, which is administered to the clergy? The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 Therefore, if simony is an intentional will to sin, it would seem that it is always a sin against the Holy Ghost. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Let me closely explain, for instance, your doctrine with regard to simony. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy His open simony might be the consequence of distress; and his blasphemous invocation of Jupiter and Venus, if it be true, could not possibly be serious. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 In his visitation through the Asiatic provinces, he deposed thirteen bishops of Lydia and Phrygia; and indiscreetly declared that a deep corruption of simony and licentiousness had infected the whole episcopal order. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 And that is great sclaundre, for now is simony king crowned in Holy Church: God amend it for his mercy! The Travels of Sir John Mandeville Therefore simony is not the will to sell a spiritual thing. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province This is, that simony consists in valuing the money, considered in itself, as highly as the spiritual privilege, considered in itself. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy He consolidated and increased the estates of the church, exercised the powers of a count, denounced simony and initiated financial reforms. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 I imagine that at one time her husband had argued much with her upon Arminianism and the sin of simony, but finding his exhortations useless, he had abandoned the subject save on very rare occasions. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 "Although you sometimes unwillingly tell the truth, you will howl for simony." The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy Hence if one intend this chiefly one commits simony. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Not more of simony beneath black gowns, 80 Not more of bastardy in heirs to crowns. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 By simony was meant the purchase and sale of benefices, which had come to prevail in the different countries. Outline of Universal History And would you not have practised simony, in trying for favours and using them unlawfully? Letters of Catherine Benincasa At the beginning of his pontificate his harshest phrases were directed against Philip I of France, who added to the crimes of lay investiture and shameless simony a scandalous personal immorality. The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 Now sometimes those who are guilty of simony are, by dispensation, promoted to greater dignity. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Stake it? what should I stake at this game of simony? A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 But simony, or the sale of ecclesiastical benefices, was a still more alarming evil to the mind of Gregory. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 05 The Middle Ages He deposed others for simony, and they became still more hostile. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity Councils and Popes still thundered against simony, but with the extending authority of Rome the staff of the papal curia was increased, and the traffic in things ecclesiastical at Rome was notorious. The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 In like manner he might commit simony by accepting from a layman moneys not belonging to the goods of the Church. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province The Pope, having thus declared war against the Emperor, proceeded to fill up certain vacant bishoprics, and to suspend bishops, both in Germany and Italy, who had been guilty of simony. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) It is not often that simony has found so good an apology. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 Gradually the bishops acquired the right to try all cases relating to marriage, trusts, perjury, simony, or concerning widows, orphans, or crusaders, on the ground that such cases had to do with religion. General History for Colleges and High Schools Here and elsewhere Pope Leo exercised all kinds of powers, forcing bishops and abbots to clear themselves by oath from charges of simony and other faults, and excommunicating and degrading those who had offended. The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 Hence simony is fittingly defined from its relation to the will. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Henry had been guilty of the grossest simony. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) The Court of High Commission heard mostly matrimonial cases, but also moral offences both of clergy and laity, and simony, plurality, drunkenness, and other clerical irregularities. Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III Simon Magus gave us 'simony'; this, however, as we understand it now, is not a precise reproduction of his sin as recorded in Scripture. On the Study of Words In France, too, we are told that the envoys of Alexander interfered in the smallest details of the ecclesiastical administration and punished without mercy all clergy guilty of simony or of matrimony. The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 Nevertheless there may be simony in the intention, if one look, not to the worthiness of the person, but to human favor. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province He also cited Henry before him to answer for his simony, crimes, and excesses. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) To make an end of simony the German princes were encouraged in a policy of provincial separatism, a premium was placed on perjured accusations, and a son was suborned to betray his father. Medieval Europe The church, too, strove to set an example of centralized administration; but its organization was still monastic rather than parochial and episcopal, and even Dunstan failed to cleanse it of sloth and simony. The History of England - a Study in Political Evolution The obligation of clerical celibacy was acknowledged: simony had much diminished; Henry was the only King in Western Europe who still claimed to invest his prelates. The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 Objection 1: It would seem that those who are guilty of simony are not fittingly punished by being deprived of what they have acquired by simony. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province We are told that he gained his election by simony. The Life of Cesare Borgia In the first place it would be simony; and then it would be simony beyond all description mean and simoniacal. Framley Parsonage It had always sounded strangely in my ears, like the word gnomon in the Euclid and the word simony in the Catechism. Dubliners We have, therefore, to ask how far the attempts to get rid of simony and to enforce the celibacy of the clergy had met with permanent success. The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 Therefore a bishop does not lose his episcopal power, if he has acquired it by simony. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Further, if a simoniacal election was unprecedented, what of Lorenzo Valla's fierce indictment of simony—for which he so narrowly escaped the clutches of the Inquisition some sixty years before this date? The Life of Cesare Borgia These are the talents that adorn them all, From wicked waters even to godly * * Not more of simony beneath black gowns, Nor more of bastardy in heirs to crowns. An Essay on Man Grave charges of ignorance, indifference, concubinage, and simony were not wholly groundless, as the decrees of various councils sufficiently testify. History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 Thus in the thirteenth century papal writers denied that the Roman Church could commit simony. The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 Therefore a person should not always be deprived of what he has acquired by simony. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province If payment in the literal sense was made or promised, then unquestionably simony there was. The Life of Cesare Borgia The whole business, he argued, smacked of simony. A History of the Moravian Church He could do little more than proclaim his horror of the course which things had taken hitherto, of simony, nepotism, prodigality, brigandage, and profligacy. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy Beneath my head are stretched the others that preceded me in simony, flattened through the fissures of the rock. Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Hell Now sometimes a man gives unlawfully that which another accepts unlawfully, as in the case of the giver and receiver who are guilty of simony. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Lord Acton—in his essay upon this subject—has not been content to rest the imputation of simony upon such grounds as satisfied M. Yriarte. The Life of Cesare Borgia They must be innocent of the crime of simony. A History of the Moravian Church In a constitution of his Lateran Council, Julius had solemnly denounced the simony of the Papal elections. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy But simony, or the sale of eeclesiastical benefices, was a still more alarming evil to the mind of Gregory. Beacon Lights of History Therefore simony does not consist in a will to buy something spiritual. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province This charge of simony was levelled with the object of making Alexander VI appear singularly heinous. The Life of Cesare Borgia In the first he denounced the sale of indulgences, and declared that even the Pope himself could be guilty of the sin of simony. A History of the Moravian Church As early as 1494, a Carmelite, Adam of Genoa, who had preached at Rome against simony, was found murdered in his bed with twenty wounds. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy This simony is in practice to the present day. Maitre Cornelius Therefore, were he to accept money from the income of any church in exchange for a spiritual thing, he would not escape being guilty of the vice of simony. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province It has been dubbed "an atrocious act of simony;" but the reasoning that so construes it is none so clear. The Life of Cesare Borgia Is it possible for the people to respect the clergy when they see everywhere amongst them simony, carelessness in performing the religious rites, and disorder in administering the sacraments? Russia He supplied himself with the necessary funds by simony, which suddenly grew to unheard-of proportions, and which extended from the appointment of cardinals down to the granting of the smallest favours. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy The ecclesiastical revenues of all Europe were flowing into Rome, a sink of corruption, simony, usury, bribery, extortion. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science And most of all are the profits from simony ill-gotten, since thereby the Holy Ghost is wronged. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province He backed up this terrible indictment by a round attack upon the clergy, its general corruption and its practices of simony; and as a result he fell into the hands of the Inquisition. The Life of Cesare Borgia Beneath my head the others are dragged down Who have preceded me in simony, Flattened along the fissure of the rock. Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete Deficits were made up by forced loans, by executions and confiscations, by open simony, and by contributions levied on the ecclesiastical corporations. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy This simony of his, says Dr. Jacob Burckhardt, "grew to unheard-of proportions, and extended from the appointment of cardinals down to the sale of the smallest benefice." The Life of Cesare Borgia It is also lawful to give alms out of the profits of simony, because they are not due to him who paid, indeed he deserves to lose them. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province His election, it is generally admitted, was simoniacal; and by simony he raised the funds necessary for his campaign to reestablish and support the papal authority. The Life of Cesare Borgia Charges of that simony are common; conclusive proof there is none. The Life of Cesare Borgia Whether he really was elected by simony or not depends largely—so far as the evidence available goes—upon what we are to consider as simony. The Life of Cesare Borgia What of the accusations of simony against Innocent VIII, which rest upon a much sounder basis than these against Alexander, and what of those against Sixtus IV? The Life of Cesare Borgia This happens in simony, wherein both giver and receiver contravene the justice of the Divine Law, so that restitution is to be made not to the giver, but by giving alms. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Again, as in the case of Sixtus, there is no lack of those who charge this Pontiff with having obtained his election by simony. The Life of Cesare Borgia More, you shall hunt in vain for any accusation so authoritative, formal and complete, regarding the simony practised by Alexander VI on his election. The Life of Cesare Borgia If that does not entail simony and sacrilege, then such things do not exist at all. The Life of Cesare Borgia |
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