An early Doctor of the church and fierce opponent of SIMONY- the practice of paying for religious office- which he viewed as a perverse corruption of all things holy and spiritual.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simony
The danger of corruption persists in modern simonistic incarnations, awarding promotion to those with best fundraising results, those whose budgets and councils cater to the monied.
Statute in Saint Patricks Cathedral, Manhattan.
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