Assertion: simony | /r/HasProperty | selling
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text: In general, simony is the buying or selling of a spiritual office, act, or privilege.
text: In the second paragraph of "The Sisters," the unnamed narrator mentions simony (the selling to its members by the Roman Catholic Church of blessings, pardons, or other favors), of which Father Flynn has apparently been guilty.
text: Simony has also been a problem, it is the selling of anything sacred (sacraments, objects of devotion, or Church offices) for money.
text: In general, simony is the buying or selling of a spiritual office, act, or privilege.
text: Simony is the buying or selling of God’s grace.
text: Simony is the buying or selling of spiritual things.
text: Simony is the buying or selling of spiritual things.