https://simony.info/audiobook The Doctrine of Simony: A Theological Retrieval and Appraisal, by Conley Owens, read in full by Andrew Taylor and Chris Brift. The prohibition of simony filled canon law from the patristic period, occupied the schoolmen, and entered the confessional standards of the Reformation. Today, most Christians have never heard the word. The Doctrine of Simony brings that scattered inheritance into a single account, expounding simony’s definition clause by clause and recovering the tradition’s answers to the standard questions that accompanied it. What does Scripture say of the sin? How severely should it be regarded? How may a minister receive support without committing it? The book then addresses the practices of our own day that run afoul of that doctrine. The Protestant Reformation itself began in a dispute over the sale of spiritual things. What new reformation awaits a church that learns again to discern the sin of simony? The text is free to read at https://simony.info. en-us CC0 1.0: dedicated to the public domain Conley Owens The Doctrine of Simony: A Theological Retrieval and Appraisal, by Conley Owens, read in full by Andrew Taylor and Chris Brift. The prohibition of simony filled canon law from the patristic period, occupied the schoolmen, and entered the confessional standards of the Reformation. Today, most Christians have never heard the word. The Doctrine of Simony brings that scattered inheritance into a single account, expounding simony’s definition clause by clause and recovering the tradition’s answers to the standard questions that accompanied it. What does Scripture say of the sin? How severely should it be regarded? How may a minister receive support without committing it? The book then addresses the practices of our own day that run afoul of that doctrine. The Protestant Reformation itself began in a dispute over the sale of spiritual things. What new reformation awaits a church that learns again to discern the sin of simony? The text is free to read at https://simony.info. serial false Conley Owensconley@svrbc.org 4e65a276-873f-5bd9-a439-63458a141905 yes CC0-1.0 audiobook Conley Owens Andrew Taylor Chris Brift Andrew Case https://simony.info/audiobook-cover.jpghttps://simony.info/audiobook Opening Credits 1 full simony.info/audiobook/01-opening-credits 39 https://simony.info/#title Opening Credits, from The Doctrine of Simony, by Conley Owens. Read by Andrew Taylor and Chris Brift. Read the text: https://simony.info/#title Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:01:00 +0000 Preface 2 full simony.info/audiobook/02-authors-preface 212 https://simony.info/#preface Preface, from The Doctrine of Simony, by Conley Owens. Read by Andrew Taylor and Chris Brift. Read the text: https://simony.info/#preface Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:02:00 +0000 Introduction 3 full simony.info/audiobook/03-introduction 303 https://simony.info/#intro Introduction, from The Doctrine of Simony, by Conley Owens. Read by Andrew Taylor and Chris Brift. Read the text: https://simony.info/#intro Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:03:00 +0000 Chapter 1: A Brief History of Simony 4 full simony.info/audiobook/04-chapter-01-a-brief-history-of-simony 3234 https://simony.info/#ch1 Chapter 1: A Brief History of Simony, from The Doctrine of Simony, by Conley Owens. Read by Andrew Taylor and Chris Brift. Read the text: https://simony.info/#ch1 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:04:00 +0000 Chapter 2: The Need for Retrieval 5 full simony.info/audiobook/05-chapter-02-the-need-for-retrieval 1512 https://simony.info/#ch2 Chapter 2: The Need for Retrieval, from The Doctrine of Simony, by Conley Owens. Read by Andrew Taylor and Chris Brift. 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Read the text: https://simony.info/#conclusion Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:20:00 +0000 Appendix: The Layman’s Complaint 21 full simony.info/audiobook/21-the-laymans-complaint 240 https://simony.info/#appendix-a Appendix: The Layman’s Complaint, from The Doctrine of Simony, by Conley Owens. Read by Andrew Taylor and Chris Brift. Read the text: https://simony.info/#appendix-a Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:21:00 +0000 Further Reading 22 full simony.info/audiobook/22-further-reading 209 https://simony.info Further Reading, from The Doctrine of Simony, by Conley Owens. Read by Andrew Taylor and Chris Brift. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:22:00 +0000 Closing Credits 23 full simony.info/audiobook/23-closing-credits 19 https://simony.info Closing Credits, from The Doctrine of Simony, by Conley Owens. Read by Andrew Taylor and Chris Brift. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:23:00 +0000