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Simony

William Downes Willis
Simony by William Downes Willis PDF

Author : William Downes Willis
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Page : 260 pages
File Size : 11,57 MB
Release : 1865
Category : Feoffees for the buying-in of impropriatons
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The Law of Simony:

Timothy Cunningham
The Law of Simony: by Timothy Cunningham PDF

Author : Timothy Cunningham
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Page : 232 pages
File Size : 11,33 MB
Release : 1784
Category : Simony
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On Simony

John Wycliffe
On Simony by John Wycliffe PDF

Author : John Wycliffe
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 34,85 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780823213498

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Repeatedly denounced by bishops, local synods, national councils, and popes, simony - the buying and selling of spiritual offices - had enjoyed a centuries-old existence in the church when John Wyclif penned this treatise in the late fourteenth century. The tenth in a series of twelve treatises the English reformer wrote between 1374 and 1382, On Simony forms an integral part of the writings generally considered his summa. Basing his condemnation of simony on an idiosyncratic concept of dominion developed in earlier treatises, Wyclif argues that the church, with its spiritual message and mission, has no right to temporal power or temporal goods. Viewing simony as a form of theft, the selling of spiritual things over which it has no dominion, Wyclif advocates the removal of all property from the church - by secular force, if necessary - and the abolition of ecclesiastical patronage. In the Introduction to this first-ever English translation, Professor McVeigh traces the history of simony in the church and describes the circumstances prompting Wyclif to develop his theory of dominion, showing the decisive influence of this theory on his concept of simony. A brief discussion of the treatise's influence on later reformers, both inside and outside England, follows a thorough, chapter-by-chapter analysis of the treatise itself.