Michael C, writes:
"Simony is the sin (under Christian canon law) of buying or selling any of the
offices or other holy things of the Church. Bribing someone to make you Pope at
one end of the scale or purchasing holy water or other sacred materials at the
other."
In philosophical terms, simony is diverting the things of God to the purposes
of man. It is often argued that the Christian Coalition and many Christian
leftists are equally guilty of this sin -- using the word of God to serve
temporal and earthly purposes.
Jim Chapin
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