Simon Magus - Couverture souple

Mead, G. R. S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1479183776 ISBN 13 : 9781479183777

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

Everybody in Christendom has heard of Simon, the magician,and how Peter, the apostle, rebuked him, as told in the narrativeof the Acts of the Apostles. Many also have heard the legend ofhow at Rome this wicked sorcerer endeavoured to fly by aid ofthe demons, and how Peter caused him to fall headlong and thusmiserably perish. And so most think that there is an end of thematter, and either cast their mite of pity or contempt at thememory of Simon, or laugh at the whole matter as the inventionof superstition or the imagination of religious fanaticism,according as their respective beliefs may be in orthodoxy ormaterialism. This for the general. Students of theology andchurch history, on the other hand, have had a more difficult taskset them in comparing and arranging the materials they have attheir disposal, as found in the patristic writings and legendaryrecords; and various theories have been put forward, not theleast astonishing being the supposition that Simon was an aliasfor Paul, and that the Simon and Peter in the accounts of thefathers and in the narrative of the legends were simply concretesymbols to represent the two sides of the Pauline and Petrinecontroversies.

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Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. 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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1479183776
• ISBN 13: 9781479183777
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
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