What is simony?
Simony is a sin of irreligion which consists in imitating the impiousness of Simon the Magician by offering insult to things holy in treating them as ordinary material things, of which men dispose as though they belonged to them, and which they buy or sell for a sum of money (C. 1).
Is simony a great sin?
Yes, and the Church punishes this sin with the most severe penalties (C. 6).
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