Summa Theologiae by St Thomas Aquinas
SS: Treatise On The Cardinal Virtues
Q100 On Simony
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We must now consider simony, under which head there are six points of inquiry:

A1 What is simony?

A2 Whether it is lawful to accept money for the sacraments?

A3 Whether it is lawful to accept money for spiritual actions?

A4 Whether it is lawful to sell things connected with spirituals?

A5 Whether real remuneration alone makes a man guilty of simony, or also oral remuneration or remuneration by service?

A6 Of the punishment of simony.

 
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