Simon Magus

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noun

1. Simon.

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Simon Magus British  

noun

1. New Testament a Samaritan sorcerer, probably from Gitta, of the 1st century _ad After being converted to Christianity, he tried to buy miraculous powers from the apostles (Acts of the Apostles 8:9–24). He is also identified as the founder of a Gnostic sect

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The first recorded heretic, a converted Jew named Simon Magus, tried to convince St. Peter that Christ's message could be welded to the wisdom of the Greeks.

From Time Magazine Archive

This Simon, known in history as Simon Magus, is referred to by early Christian writers, as the founder of heresy, owing to his persistent attempts to combine Christianity with Gnosticism.

From The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History by Talmage, James Edward

There was, however, in Samaria at that time, a man named Simon Magus, who pretended himself to be the expected Messiah.

From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Ross, Lady Mary

Simon Magus, who believed himself attended by Moloch and Beelzebub, two princes of hell, under the respective forms of a leopard and a serpent, was the most remarkable sorcerer in the time of Christ.

From In Both Worlds by Holcombe, William Henry

No one can aid you so efficiently as Simon Magus.

From In Both Worlds by Holcombe, William Henry