Simon Magus
Simon the Magician or Magus, according to Christians, or Simon of Samaria, born in Gittens ( Palestine today) and probably died in Rome in the first century , is a Christian Gnostic , condemned as heretical by the Church.
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The Acts of the Apostles , Chapter 8 (4-25), have Simon as a magician to success in Samaria , and as a kind of divine emanation. It would have attracted the crowds by flying in the sky. (Acts of Peter, 32).
According to the Acts of the Apostles , having been baptized by Philip , Simon Magus tried to buy Peter 's power to perform miracles (Acts VIII.9-21), which earned him the condemnation of the apostle : "Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought purchase with money the gift of God. "
Justin and Irenaeus of Lyons give us more details. They think Simon comes from the Samaritan village of Gitta and he was called Zeus by Simonian and his wife Helen is called Athena.
They also state that a statue was erected by Simon Claude on an island in the Tiber , where two bridges cross with the inscription "Simoni Deo Sancto," "Simon the holy God." In the sixteenth century , a statue was actually unearthed on the island described. However, registration is addressed to " Semo Sancus , "a deity Sabine. This led historians to believe that Justin Martyr has confused Semo Sancus and Simon.
Debates and controversies with Peter is widely cited in the pseudo-Clementine.
As with many ancient thinkers, two versions exist of his death, both legendary and intended to make the extension of his life Literary references to Simon Magus Dante quote Simon the magician in Canto XIX of Hell , the first part of the Divine Comedy See also
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