Simon Magus
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Simon Magus, also known as 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
Relief of Simon Magus at the gate of the Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
Peter's conflict with Simon Magus by Avanzino Nucci, 1620. Simon is on the right, wearing black.
Detail from The Fall of Simon Magus by Jan Rombouts the Elder, 16th century.
Illustration of the Simonian philosophy
Samaritans
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Samaritans, often preferring to be called Israelite Samaritans, are an ethnoreligious group originating from the Hebrews and Israelites of the ancient Near East. They are indigenous to Samaria, a hist
Simon Magus
…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…
Samaritans marking Passover on Mount Gerizim, near modern Nablus and ancient Shechem, 2006
Foreigners eaten by lions in Samaria, illustration by Gustave Doré from the 1866 La Sainte Bible, The Holy Bible
Ruins of the Hellenistic-era Samaritan settlement on Mount Gerizim, built next to the Samaritan Temple and destroyed c. 110 BCE
Central panel of the mosaic floor from the 4th-century El-Khirbe synagogue, now displayed in the Good Samaritan Museum