The buying or selling of ecclesiastical pardons, offices, or emoluments. The word derives from the sorcerer Simon, who offered the apostles money to transfer their charismata (extraordinary powers, such as the ability to perform miracles, granted by the Holy Spirit) to him; cf. Acts 8:9 ff. – See indulgence money, dispensation money, church money, offering money, palliative money, St. Peter’s penny, penal money, procuration money, temporalities.
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