Simony - Simony

Japanese: 聖職売買 - せいしょくばいばい(英語表記)simony
Simony - Simony
In Christianity, simony is the buying and selling of priesthood and its powers through money or goods. The English word simony comes from the story of Simon the Magician, who tried to buy the power of the Holy Spirit from Peter (Acts 8:18ff.). Today, simony is strictly prohibited in all churches, but it seems to have been practiced after the three centuries of persecution of the early church, and the Council of Chalcedon (451) banned it by decree. However, it was widely practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and although simony was sometimes excommunicated as heresy or blasphemy, the evil practice did not stop and was one of the factors in the Protestant Reformation. After the 16th century, this custom fell into disuse due to the government's confiscation and transfer of church property.

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Japanese:
キリスト教において金銭や物品を媒介にして聖職やその権限を売買すること。英語の simonyは,ペテロから聖霊の能力を買取ろうとしたシモン (魔術師シモン) の故事 (使徒行伝8・18以下) に由来する。今日聖職売買はどの教会でも厳禁されているが,初代教会の3世紀に及ぶ迫害時代が過ぎた頃すでに行われていたらしく,カルケドン公会議 (451) は法令によって禁じている。しかし中世やルネサンス時代でも広く行われ,ときには聖職売買は異端あるいは涜神として破門されたが,この悪習はやむことがなく,宗教改革の一因となった。 16世紀以後,教会財産の政府による没収や移譲のためこの風習はすたれた。

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