• 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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  • Simony is the act of selling church offices and roles. Simony may also refer to: Friedrich Simony (1813–1896), Austrian geographer and Alpine researcher...
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  • Simony Benelli Galasso (born July 1, 1976) is a Brazilian singer and television presenter. She is most well known for being a member of child pop band...
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  • Jairzinho & Simony is the only studio album by Simony and Jairzinho. The album was popular in Brazilian and Spanish speaking markets. This the only album...
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    Simony's giant lizard (Gallotia simonyi) is a large species of wall lizard endemic to the island of El Hierro and nearby islet Roque Chico de Salmor in...
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    The Simony Act 1688 (1 Will. & Mar. c. 16) is an Act of the Parliament of England. This Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010. This...
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    Friedrich Simony (30 November 1813, Hrochowteinitz – 20 July 1896, Sankt Gallen) was an Austrian geographer and Alpine researcher. Initially trained as...
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    The Return from Parnassus The Return from Parnassus: Or the Scourge of Simony The second and third plays are sometimes referred to as Part One and Part...
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    Šimonys is a small town in Panevėžys County, in northeastern Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 441 people. "2011 census"...
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    Archived from the original on 2008-05-20. Retrieved 2008-05-21. Charles Simony profile, Google Scholar. Accessed November 15, 2022. "Anything You Can Do...
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    The Simony Hut (German: Simonyhütte) is an Alpine club hut belonging to the Austrian Alpine Club (OeAV) located at a height of 2,205 metres, just below...
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  • its followers. Within the church, important new laws were pronounced on simony, on clerical marriage and from 1059 on extending the prohibited degrees...
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  • number of theological and disciplinary issues. He was a determined foe of simony, which some medieval ecclesiastical authors denounced as the most abominable...
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    represented, and ambassadors of the Byzantine emperor were present. Here too, simony and clerical marriage were the principal matters dealt with. He is regarded...
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    participants, as Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere — enacted stronger rules against simony in 1503, shortly after Alexander VI's death in the same year. Of the 23...
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    Alexander VI, they were suspected of many crimes, including adultery, incest, simony, theft, bribery, and murder (especially murder by arsenic poisoning). Because...
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    The Simony Act 1588 (31 Eliz. 1. c. 6) is an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act stipulates penalties for simony (the act of selling church offices...
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    The Simony Act 1713 (13 Ann. c. 11) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The whole Act was repealed by section 1 of, and Part II of the Schedule...
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    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...
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  • 40% of the public vote over Simony & Patrick Souza and took home the R$697.000 prize they accumulated during the show. Simony & Patrick received a brand...
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    subreption Obrogation Promulgation Resignation of the Roman Pontiff Sede vacante Simony Vacatio legis Validity and liceity Visitation Apostolic visitor Philosophy...
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  • in particular Canons 1 through 7 legislating universal condemnation of 'simony': the practice of building to acquire, and acquiring via purchasing, position...
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    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...
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  • nations who have been troubled by Omnia's imperialistic ambitions. Sergeant Simony, whose native Istanzia had been conquered by Omnia in his youth, brings...
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    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...
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    patronage as their personal property, and simony—the sale of church offices—was a common practice. Simony aroused a general fear as many believed that...
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    corruption, with many Popes fathering children, and engaging in nepotism and simony. The corruption of the Popes and the huge expenses for their building projects...
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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...
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    by the emperor, he showed himself both desirous of checking the tide of simony which was rising high in the Church, and of advancing the cause of monasticism...
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    temporal rule of the clergy, the collection of annates, indulgences, and simony. He entered the politics of the day with his great work De civili dominio...
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