-
whether simoniacus (the
perpetrator of a
simoniacal transaction) or
simoniace promotus (the
beneficiary of a
simoniacal transaction), was
liable to deprivation...
-
ushering in the
Avignon Papacy (1309–1377).
Dante delivers a
denunciation of
simoniacal corruption of the Church.
Canto XX
Bolgia 4 – Sorcerers: In the middle...
- Pope
Gregory I,
relies on this p****age to
justify his
policy against simoniacal clergy,
comparing them to merchants.
Other medieval Catholic figures will...
-
because the
arrangement he had
entered into with
Benedict was
considered simoniacal; that is, to have been paid for. A German,
Clement II, was
chosen to succeed...
- simony. The
bishops of the
synod ****ured
Gratian that this act was
indeed simoniacal,
regardless of his
virtuous motivations for it, and
called upon him to...
- Meanwhile, the
question arose as to the
validity of the
ordinations of
simoniacal clerics.
Peter Damian wrote (about 1053) a treatise, the
Liber Gratissimus...
-
election as
beginning with some
clergy who were
dissatisfied with Paschal's
simoniacal favoritism of the
Colonna and
Pierleoni families. This,
coupled with the...
- cir****stances of his election,
which seemed to many of the
bishops to be
simoniacal;
realizing the
depth of his difficulties,
Gregory resigned his
papal office...
- or
impropriate churches. So
concerned were the
Grandmontines regarding simoniacal entry that in the
customary composed about 1170, it was
forbidden to ask...
- kings, for whom it had been
common practice. Humbert's
argument that
simoniacal ordinations and
sacraments were
invalid was re****ed by
Peter Damian. Humbert...
