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Simon Magus (auch Simon der Magier, Simon von Samarien oder Simon von Gitta; † 65 in Rom) gilt als erster Häretiker der Kirche. Das Wenige, das über ihn bekannt ist, stammt aus christlichen Quellen, meist Polemiken gegen Gnostiker.
11. Juni 2015 · Simon is discussed in a variety of different lights, most notably "as a Christian, a Jew, a pagan and the founder of a new religion; a magician, a sorcerer, a religious philosopher and an arch-heretic; a pseudo-apostle, a pseudo-Messiah and a pretended incarnation of God; and the 'father of all heresies.'" It is with this widespread ...
- Riley Winters
According to Acts, Simon was a Samaritan magus or religious figure of the 1st century AD and a convert to Christianity, baptised by Philip the Evangelist. Simon later clashed with Peter. Accounts of Simon by writers of the second century exist, but are not considered verifiable.
8. Apr. 2024 · Simon Magus was a practitioner of magical arts who probably came from Gitta, a village in biblical Samaria. Simon, according to the New Testament account in Acts of the Apostles 8:9–24, after becoming a Christian, offered to purchase from the Apostles Peter and John the supernatural power of.
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According to the church fathers of the second, third and fourth centuries, Simon Magus is the founder of all Christian heresies, including Gnosticism, and the champion of all wrong thinking and blasphemous worship. In the 14th century, Dante deposited him head first, in a pit, in the eighth circle of Hell.
18. Mai 2018 · Simon Magus [1] (ca. 67 C.E.) Founder of the heterodox sect of Simonites, often identified with the sorcerer mentioned in the New Testament [2] (Acts 8) who was said to have bewitched the people of Samaria [3] and made them believe that he was possessed of divine power.
17. Feb. 2022 · Still, many early Christians did not trust the Magician Simon Magus. He was considered a representation of Satan, who came to earth to alter and mislead the true faith. St. Cyril of Jerusalem, a theologian of the early Church, wrote that he was "the first Dragon of evil" who was "cast into hell."
