Chii chinonzi simony uye chakauya sei?
Kazhinji, simony ndiko kutenga kana kutengeswa kwehofisi, chiito kana mukana wekunamata. Izwi iri rinobva kuna Simon Magus, n'anga iyo yakatsvaga kuwana simba rekupa zvishamiso kubva kuvaApostora (Mabasa 8:18). Mari haidi kuchinja maoko kuti chiito chionekwe sesimoni; kana chero rudzi rwemuripo rukapihwa uye kana chikonzero chechibvumirano chiri chega kuwana rweimwe mhando, iko kusimoni imhosva.
Kubuda kwesimoni
Mumazana emakore ekutanga CE, pakanga pasina zviitiko zvehusimoni pakati pevaKristu. Chinzvimbo chechiKristu sechinamato chisiri pamutemo uye chakadzvinyirirwa zvaireva kuti paive nevanhu vashoma vanofarira zvakakwana kuti vawane chero chinhu kubva kuvaKristu kuti vasvike pakubhadhara icho. Asi mushure mekunge chiKristu chave chitendero chepamutemo cheWestern Roman Empire, izvo zvakatanga kuchinja. Nekufambira mberi kweumambo kazhinji kunoenderana nesangano reChechi, vashoma uye vanamati vakatsvaga mahofisi eChechi kuti vawane mukurumbira uye hupfumi hwenyika hwaiuya nahwo, uye vaida kushandisa mari kuzviwana.
Vachidavira kuti simoni inogona kukuvadza mweya, vakuru vakuru vechechi vakaedza kuimisa. Mutemo wekutanga wakapihwa uchipesana nawo waive paKanzuru yeCalcedon muna 451, uko kwairambidzwa kutenga kana kutengesa kukwidziridzwa kumirairo inoyera, kusanganisira episcopate, hupirisita nedhikoniyoni. Nyaya ichataurwa mumatare mazhinji emunguva yemberi sezvo simonyi yapararira kwemazana emakore. Pakupedzisira, kutengeserana kwemabhenefiti, mafuta akakomborerwa kana zvimwe zvinhu zvakatsaurwa uye kubhadharwa kwevanhu (zvimwe kunze kwezvipiriso zvakabvumirwa) zvakaverengerwa mhosva yemusimoni.
MuChechi yeKaturike yeMiddle Ages, simony yaionekwa seimwe yemhosva dzakakomba uye muzana ramakore rechiXNUMX nerechigumi raive rimwe dambudziko. Yakanga ichinyanya kucherechedzwa munzvimbo idzo kwaisarudzwa vakuru vechechi nevatungamiriri venyika. Muzana ramakore rechigumi nerimwe, vanapapa vanochinja zvinhu vakaita saGregory VII vakashanda zvine simba kudzvinyirira tsika iyi uye, chokwadi, simonyi yakatanga kudzikira. Muzana ramakore rechi XNUMX, zvikamu zveusimoni zvaive zvishoma uye zviri pakati nepakati.