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The Gnosis Of Simon Magus
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Author : Keith Hill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-04-19
The Gnosis Of Simon Magus written by Keith Hill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-19 with categories.
Simon Magus is an enigma. Long derided as a heretic magician, the truth is much more complex. And fascinating. Keith Hill's dramatic retelling of Simon's story draws on documentary and legendary materials that show him to be a misunderstood pioneer of Western spirituality. An in-depth background essay explores his connection to Gnostic thought and how he came to be declared an enemy of Christianity. The Gnosis of Simon Magus is set in Jerusalem in 52 CE. The city is occupied by Rome, a puppet king sits in the palace, the populace is seething, and the Roman army's presence is provoking rebellion rather than instilling peace. In this cauldron, Jesus' apostle Kepa is struggling to guide the first Christian community. Enter Simon Magus. After the death of John the Baptist, Simon travelled to Egypt to study spiritual philosophy and penetrate the mysteries of magic. Twenty years after Jesus' crucifixion, he returns to Jerusalem with a former prostitute who knew Jesus well and lights another fuse in a city ready to explode.
Simon Magus
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Author : George Robert Stow Mead
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2020-09-28
Simon Magus written by George Robert Stow Mead and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with Fiction categories.
Simon Magus The First Gnostic
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Author : Stephen Haar
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2012-10-24
Simon Magus The First Gnostic written by Stephen Haar and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-24 with Religion categories.
This latest comprehensive work on Simon Magus lends new impetus to the investigation of Early Christianity and questions surrounding the origin and nature of Gnosticism. Major contributions of this study include: (1), a departure from the traditional exegesis of Acts 8, 5-24 (the first narrative source of Simon), and the later following reports of ancient Christian writers; (2), an overview of the literature of Graeco-Roman antiquity to determine the contribution of "magic" and "the Magoi" in the development of perceptions and descriptions of Simon; and (3), the inclusion of social science explanation models and modern estimations of "identity", in a creative approach to questions surrounding the phenomenon of Simon.
Simon Magus
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Author : G. R. S. Mead
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-05-28
Simon Magus written by G. R. S. Mead and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-28 with Fiction categories.
According to Apocrypha, Simon Magus was a contemporary of the Biblical apostles and an important religious figure. Biblical legend tells that Simon was trying to buy his way into the number of Apostles but got rejected by Peter. Later he started preaching as well and collected a group of adherents. In his book, G.R.S. Mead compares the deeds of Simon with those of Peter and Paul and casts a look on the Simonian ideas, which he believes are similar to the system of Theosophy popular in Mead's times.
Simon Magus
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Author : G. R. S. Mead
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2018-11-14
Simon Magus written by G. R. S. Mead and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-14 with Religion categories.
Everybody in Christendom has heard of Simon, the magician, and how Peter, the apostle, rebuked him, as told in the narrative of the Acts of the Apostles. Many also have heard the legend of how at Rome this wicked sorcerer endeavoured to fly by aid of the demons, and how Peter caused him to fall headlong and thus miserably perish. And so most think that there is an end of the matter, and either cast their mite of pity or contempt at the memory of Simon, or laugh at the whole matter as the invention of superstition or the imagination of religious fanaticism, according as their respective beliefs may be in orthodoxy or materialism. This for the general. Students of theology and church history, on the other hand, have had a more difficult task set them in comparing and arranging the materials they have at their disposal, as found in the patristic writings and legendary records; and various theories have been put forward, not the least astonishing being the supposition that Simon was an alias for Paul, and that the Simon and Peter in the accounts of the fathers and in the narrative of the legends were simply concrete symbols to represent the two sides of the Pauline and Petrine controversies.
Simon Magus
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Author : G. R. S. Mead
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2019-02-04
Simon Magus written by G. R. S. Mead and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-04 with categories.
George Robert Stowe Mead (04/22/1863 - 09/28/1933), commonly known as G. R. S. Mead, was an English historian, writer, editor, translator, and an influential member of the Theosophical Society, as well as the founder of the Quest Society. His scholarly works dealt mainly with the Hermetic and Gnostic religions of Late Antiquity, and were exhaustive for the time period. Simon the Sorcerer or Simon the Magician, in Latin Simon Magus, was a Samaritan magus or religious figure and a convert to Christianity, baptised by Philip, whose later confrontation with Peter is recorded in Acts 8:9-24. The sin of simony, or paying for position and influence in the church, is named for Simon. Surviving traditions about Simon appear in anti-heretical texts, such as those of Irenaeus, Justin Martyr, Hippolytus, and Epiphanius, where he is often regarded as the source of all heresies. Justin wrote that nearly all the Samaritans in his time were adherents of a certain Simon of Gitta, a village not far from Flavia Neapolis. Irenaeus held him as being one of the founders of Gnosticism and the sect of the Simonians.
Simon Magus The Gnostic Magician
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Author : George Robert Stow Mead
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Simon Magus The Gnostic Magician written by George Robert Stow Mead and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Gnosticism categories.
Simon Magus In Patristic Medieval And Early Modern Traditions
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Author : Alberto Ferreiro
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2005
Simon Magus In Patristic Medieval And Early Modern Traditions written by Alberto Ferreiro and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
This book is an exploration of the post-New Testament figure of Simon Magus spanning the patristic era, Middle Ages, and the early modern period as found in art, vernacular literatures, heresiologies, theological texts, hagiographies and homilies.
Simon Magus
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
Simon Magus written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with Gnosticism categories.
Simon Magus
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Author : George Robert Stowe Mead
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-11-28
Simon Magus written by George Robert Stowe Mead and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-28 with Religion categories.
An Essay on the Founder of Simonianism Based on the Ancient Sources with a Re-evaluation of his Philosophy and Teachings. First published in 1892. Mead (1863-1933) was an English historian, writer, editor, translator, and an influential member of the Theosophical Society as well as the founder of the Quest Society. His scholarly works dealt mainly with the Hermetic and Gnostic religions of Late Antiquity and were exhaustive for the time period. He became interested in Theosophy while at Cambridge University and later abandoned the teaching profession to take the role of Helena Blavatsky's private secretary, having joined her Theosophical Society in 1884. He also became a joint-secretary of the society's Esoteric Section reserved for those deemed more advanced. He made many contributions to The Theosophical Review (formerly Lucifer) and became sole editor in 1907. In 1909 he and some 700 members resigned from the Theosophical Society in protest against Charles Webster Leadbetter's reinstatement, and he went on to found the Quest Society which took an undogmatic approach to the comparative study of religion, philosophy and science, holding lectures in central London and publishing The Quest: A Quarterly Review which ran from 1909-31 with many respected contributors.