Simony
241Stephen the Martyr and Simon the Sorcerer
30 Mar 2026
27:44¶ 96
“The word simony – if you have never heard it – typically refers to an attempt to buy a church office or a high…”
28:20¶ 97
“You see it a lot where wealthy families will essentially buy a nice priest position or something higher up – archbishop, cardinal, pope –…”
29:46¶ 100
“Yes, and then the whole conflict over whether Wickham should have had this, because it somehow was promised to him by a wealthy landowner…”
95Failure of Levi (Part 1)
6 Dec 2021
44:37¶ 165
“That’s just a modern example I could think of, but throughout this whole story I’m just thinking Simony. It’s 100% the throughline of this…”
45:02¶ 166
“We see it in the first story with the son. “Oh, thank you, mother. This metal, 1,100 pieces to Yahweh for me to build…”
41:08¶ 156
“Also bringing in something else I’ve been thinking about. This is just an etymological notice at first here. We call it Simony, after Simon…”