Acts 8:9 (WEB)
But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,
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
“Many attempts were also wrought against the apostles by the sorcerers Simon and Elymas, but the blindness which struck (them) was no enchanter’s trick.” — editor's note: Acts viii. 9; xiii. 8.
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
“And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had driven them mad by his sorceries.”” — editor's note: Acts viii. 9–11.
Read the whole comment“…crucified under Pontius Pilate, and which she exerts day by day for the benefit of the Gentiles, neither practising deception upon any, nor taking any reward from them [on account of such miraculous interpositions].” — editor's note: Comp. Acts viii. 9, 18.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“And divine grace worked so mightily with him that even Simon Magus with many others was attracted by his words.” — editor's note: See Acts viii. 9 sqq. Upon Simon, see chap. 13, note 3.
Read the whole comment“He conducted thither the above-mentioned Simon, aided him in his deceitful arts, led many of the inhabitants of Rome astray, and thus brought them into his own power.” — editor's note: Simon Magus, of whom mention is first made in Acts viii. 9 sqq. (quoted above, in chap. 1), played a very prominent role in early Church history. His life has…
Read the whole comment“…smitten in the eyes of his mind by a divine and miraculous flash, and after the evil deeds done by him had been first detected by the apostle Peter in Judea, he fled and made a great journey across the sea from the East to the West, thinking that only thus could he live according to his mind.” — editor's note: Acts viii. 9 sqq. This occurred in Samaria, not in Judea proper, but Eusebius evidently uses the word “Judea” in a wide sense, to indicate the Roman province…
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Augustine of Hippo
“…was also reported of Simon, when he thought that he would gain heaven by wicked arts, and pass from the human generation to the generation divine by magic.” — editor's note: Acts viii. 9.
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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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 · 10
Cited together in Church History II.14.
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Cited together in Against Heresies I.23.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.23.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.32.