Miguel Conner on Who Was Simon Magus?
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The First Church Father to Talk About Simon Magus
The first church father to talk about simon magus is justin martyr. He basically starts saying that simon was a magic worker and controller of demons, original originally from the village of gida in samaria. And i on an interesting sort of side note, according to justin martyr, simon considered himself the god and was honored with a statue. This statue was erected in the river tiber between two bridges, with the following inscription in latin, simonio dio sancto. But actually, a justin martyr is wrong, because the statue actually belonged to a lightning god called simu sancas.
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