Acts 8:21 (WEB)
You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t right before God.
Catechism · 1
“Simony is defined as the buying or selling of spiritual things.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 8:9-24.
Fathers and councils · 10
Tertullian
“There is the (infamous) Simon of Samaria in the Acts of the Apostles, who chaffered for the Holy Ghost: after his condemnation by Him, and a vain remorse that he and his money must perish together, he applied his energies to the destruction of the truth, as if to console himself with revenge.” — editor's note: Acts viii. 18–21. [Vol. I. pp. 171, 182, 193, 347.]
Read the whole comment“For thenceforward Simon Magus, just turned believer, (since he was still thinking somewhat of his juggling sect; to wit, that among the miracles of his profession he might buy even the gift of the Holy Spirit through imposition of hands) was cursed by the apostles, and ejected from the faith.” — editor's note: See Acts viii. 9–24.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“…nor lot in this matter, for thy heart is not right in the sight of God; for I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.”” — editor's note: Acts viii. 20, 21, 23.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“…the Acts of the Apostles thought to purchase with money the unsaleable grace of the Spirit, and heard the words, Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter, and the rest: concerning whom also it is written, They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us.” — editor's note: Acts viii. 18–21.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perchance this thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee, for I see that thou art in the bond of iniquity and in the bitterness of gall.”” — editor's note: Acts viii. 21 ff.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For here is one person, one human being, and he as a whole will be condemned, unless those things which, as lacking the will to do, and yet having the will to please the mind with them, are perceived to be sins of thought alone, are pardoned through the grace of the Mediator.” — editor's note: [Augustin here teaches that the inward lust is guilt as well as the outward action prompted by it. This is in accordance with Matt. v. 28; Acts viii. 21–22;…
Read the whole comment“Thy money perish with thee; and the rest which he spake in the same place suitably to the occasion.” — editor's note: Acts viii. 19–21.
Read the whole comment“Understand that he did not; attend to the very words of the Apostle Peter, for he goes on, “Thou hast no part nor lot in this faith: for I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness.”” — editor's note: Acts viii. 5–23.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
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“…disciple makes this fig tree to wither, by making it be seen that he is void of Christ, as Peter said to Simon, “Thy heart is not right in the sight of God.” [Acts 8:21]” — the author cites it
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Hippolytus of Rome
“(But) the man was a (mere) cheat, and full of folly, and the Apostles reproved him in the Acts.” — editor's note: Acts viii. 9–24.
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Cross-references · 18
Cited together in Against Heresies I.23.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XII.12.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XII.12.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.23.
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 21:17–22 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 21:17–22 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 21:17–22 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 21:17–22 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 21:17–22 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.