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simonyIn the Christian church, the buying and selling of church preferments, now usually regarded as a sin. First condemned 451, it remained widespread until the Reformation. The term is derived from Simon Magus (Acts 8) who offered money to the Apostles for the power of the Holy Ghost. |
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