He aha ka simony a pehea e hoʻopio ai?

Ma keʻano holoʻokoʻa, simony ʻo ia ke kūʻai a kūʻai aku paha i kahi keʻena, hana a iʻike pono ʻia paha i ka ʻuhane. No Simona Magus kēia huaʻōlelo, ke kahuna hoʻokalakupua nāna i ʻimi e loaʻa ka mana e hāʻawi i nā hana mana mai nā lunaʻōlelo (Hana 8:18). ʻAʻole pono ke kālā e hoʻololi i nā lima no kahi hana e manaʻo ʻia ai he simony; ina e haawiia kekahi ano uku a ina paha o ke kumu o ka ae ana i waiwai a kekahi o kekahi, alaila o ke kii he hihia.

Ke kū mai o simony
I nā makahiki mua o CE CE, i ʻole hana me nā hihia like ʻole i waena o nā Karistiano. ʻO ke ʻano o ka haipule he ʻano haʻaha ʻole a hoʻoweliweli ʻia i ka manaʻo he nui wale nā ​​poʻe e makemake i ke kiʻi ʻana mai o nā mea Kristiano e hele a pau e uku. Akā ma hope o ka lilo ʻana o ke Kalikiano i hoʻomana haipule o ka Western Roman Empire, ua hoʻomaka ia e loli. Me ka holomua o ka emoole e hilinaʻi pinepine ʻia i nā hui o ka Ekalesia, ka ʻimi ʻilihune a ʻoluʻolu loa e ʻimi i nā keʻena ʻo ka Ekalesia no ka hanohano a me nā waiwai hoʻokele waiwai i hele mai me ia, a ua makemake e hoʻolilo kālā i loaʻa iā lākou.

ʻO ka manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ka simony hiki ke hōʻeha i ka ʻuhane, hoʻāʻo nā luna o nā halepule nui e pani. ʻO ke kānāwai mua i kūʻē iā ia ma ka Council of Chalcedon ma 451, kahi i pāpā ʻia ai ke kūʻai aku a kūʻai aku paha i nā hoʻolaha i nā kauoha hemolele, e like me ka episekopo, ka ʻoihana kahuna a me ka diaconate. E kamaʻilio ʻia ka hihia i nā ʻaha kūkā he nui e like me ka simony i hoʻolaha i nā kenekulia. ʻO ka hopena, ʻo ke kālepa i nā pono, nā aila hoʻomaikaʻi a i ʻole nā ​​mea hoʻolaʻa ʻē aʻe a me ka uku ʻana i nā lehulehu (ʻē aʻe ma mua o nā mōhai i ʻae ʻia) i loko o ka hewa o ka simony.

I loko o ka hale pule Katolika medieval, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo simony kekahi o nā lawehala nui loa a ma nā kenekulia XNUMX a me XNUMX he pilikia ia. Ua ʻike nui ʻia ia ma kēlā mau wahi kahi i koho ʻia ai nā luna o ka hale pule e nā alakaʻi o ka honua. I ke kenekulia XNUMX, ua hana ikaika nā pope reformist e like me Gregory VII e kāohi i ka hana a, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻomaka ka emi ʻana o ka simony. I ke kenekulia XNUMX, he kakaikahi a mamao loa nā ʻāpana o ka simony.