A Topic of Moral Theology

What simony is and its kinds

Buying or selling the spiritual; mental, conventional, real; of divine and of ecclesiastical law

In the index as Simony · Price · Thing · A gift from the hand, tongue, or service · Custom · Dulia · Ecclesiastical benefice · Ecclesiastical burial · Gratitude · Hand · Labor · Liberality · Redemption from unjust vexations · Service · Titles

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. I, Chapter VII. Simony, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 5. The Quasi-integral…, Simony, nn. 2317–2334 (18 passages)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. IV, Pt. II, Chapter IV: Simony, nn. ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tr. II, Ch. II, Art. IV, § 1. Notions and Divisions, nn. 275, 276 & 277 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tr. II, Ch. II, Art. IV, § 2. The Malice of Simony, n. 278 — 1. St. Thomas, 2, 2, q. 100, art. 1, recognizes a threefold ratio of malice in simony: "because a spiritual thing cannot be compensated by any earthly price," since it far transcends earthly things; because the sale of a… Read in context →

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. X, § 1, Division, and Malice of Simony, nn. 555, 556, 557, 558, 559 & 560 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. X, § 2. On Simony of Divine Law, nn. 561, 562 & 563 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. X, § 3. On Simony of Ecclesiastical Law, n. 564 — 564. We touch upon very few things concerning this matter, which pertains more to canon law than to moral theology. Simony of ecclesiastical law is committed chiefly in the following ways: 1. To give or accept something,… Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Sect. C, Ch. II, Question Four: On Simony, nn. ¶1, 808, 809 & 814 (32 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. II, Chapter I — The definition of simony, its various species: and what things have the character of a price for contracting simony, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII & IX (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Diss. II, Chapter II — How simony is committed while a temporal thing is delivered either as a price, or as a motive, or as a gratuitous compensation, nn. I–XXXII (32 passages)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. IV, Disputation XII: On Simony, Question I: What simony is, and of how many kinds, nn. 1–29 (29 passages)

Tr. IV, Disputation XII: On Simony, Question II: How simony is known on the part of the object, nn. 1–49 (49 passages)

Tr. IV, Disputation XII: On Simony, Question III: How simony is committed on the part of the act of exchange itself, nn. 1–15 (15 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Simony — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · The Casuist · Decretum of Gratian · Decretals of Gregory IX — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)