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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 .
Simon Magus ( Greek Σίμων ὁ μάγος, Latin: Simon Magus), also known as Simon the Sorcerer or Simon the Magician, was a religious figure whose confrontation with Peter is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles. [1] The act of simony, or paying for position, is named after Simon, who tried to buy his way into the power of the ...
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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Simon Magus was a magician who tried to buy the power of the Holy Spirit from the apostles Peter and John in Acts 8. He became a symbol of evil and a founder of heresies in later Christian tradition, but his story reveals the challenges of defining Christianity in the first centuries.
16. Jan. 2019 · Simon Magus der Magier, aus Gittä in Samaria, vom Diakon Philippus dort für das Christentum gewonnen (Apg. 8, 9-13). Er glaubte, die Gabe, durch Handauflegung des Hl. Geist zu erteilen, von den Aposteln Petrus und Johannes mit Geld erkaufen zu können (ebd. 18-24); danach seitdem die Bezeichnung Simonie = Kauf oder Verkauf von geistlichen Sachen.
18. Mai 2018 · Simon Magus was a Samaritan magician who converted to Christianity and tried to buy the power of the Holy Spirit from the apostles. He later became the founder of a Gnostic sect that blended biblical and pagan elements.
The name of Simon Magus occurs frequently in the early history of “Christian” gnosticism (for which see article), and there has been much debate as to whether the Simoniani, a sect which lasted well into the 3rd cent., had its origins in the magician of Acts 8.
