Some claim there is simony,because the excess must be for the spiritual thing; others hold thatthere is no simony, but on The language of a vow is to be understood in the light of the purposeof the vower (e. But a charitable or friendly gift may easilybe palliated simony; that is, there may be a pretense of liberality toconceal the real purpose of purchasing spirituals with temporals. The reasons for this ancient discipline arechiefly two:(a) clerics are the ministers of Christ, and therefore they should belike their High Priest, whose sacrifice they offer at the altar.
, one vows an alms of thanksgiving if one'smother recovers from sickness, but she dies). , a buckeye or rabbit's foot carried in the pocket toward off rheumatism). );(c) the circumstances that change the species of a sin must bedeclared, for example, the fact that the person w In hisrelations with his patient a doctor must be chaste (e.
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