People/Characters Simon Magus
Works (26)
- The Encyclopedia of the Dead by Danilo Kiš
- Lectures on the Christian Sacraments: The Procatechesis and the Five Mystagogical Catecheses (English and Ancient Greek Edition) by San Cirillo di Gerusalemme
- The Acts of the Apostles: The Greek Text with Introduction and Commentary by F. F. Bruce
- To the Land of the Living by Robert Silverberg
- The Hounds of God by Judith Tarr
- Astro City Vol. 06: The Dark Age, Book One: Brothers and Other Strangers by Kurt Busiek
- The Legend of the Sleepers by Danilo Kiš
- The Illusionist by Anita Mason
- Scroll of Thoth by Richard Tierney
- Justice League of America Archives, Volume 01 by Gardner Fox
- The Thorn of Arimathea by Frank G. Slaughter
- The Heretics: Heresy Through the Ages by Walter Nigg
- The Pre-Nicene New Testament: Fifty-four Formative Texts by Robert M. Price
- The Gospels: A Synoptic Presentation of the Text in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John with explanatory notes by Joh. Ylvisaker
- Simon Magus by G. R. S. Mead
- Astro City Vol. 16: Broken Melody by Kurt Busiek
- Our neighbor : Martin Luther: Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta family by Elizabeth Rundle Charles
- Evangelical Lutheran Dogmatics III by Adolf Hoenecke
- Magicians, Wizards and Sorcerers (The Weird & Horrible Library) by Daniel Cohen
- Evangelical Lutheran Dogmatics II by Adolf Hoenecke
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| Description | 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. The act of simony, or paying for position, is named after Simon, who tried to buy his way into the power of the Apostles. 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. There are many legends about him. Wikipedia |