“The Council pronounced a decree that no mercy should be shown to the simoniacal and married clergy.”

“And, since the number of simoniacal bishops was at that period extremely large, incalculable consequences resulted.”

“Thus they gave simony a new meaning by declaring that every election which was not canonical was simoniacal.”

“To promote reform, Gregory held councils, issued legislation, called on the bishops and princes of the world to remove simoniac clergy, and even allowed simoniac or unchaste clergy to be rejected by the laity.”