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Dante speaks to Pope Nicholas III, committed to the Inferno for simony. |
I recently wrote a blog post for Church Anew about Simony, the buying and selling of sacred things. It's a reflection about one of the most ancient limits the church has placed on commerce, a prohibition that is occasionally forgotten in our marketbased society.
"In 2023, the Washington National Cathedral caused a social media uproar when it announced that it was selling tickets for its Christmas Eve Eucharist. Though the decision was quickly retracted, the initial sale ended up stoking a passionate—and for me, highly interesting—debate about the moral and theological question of whether a church should ever charge people for the Eucharist, or for any sacrament, really."
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