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Simon, like the other Apostles, is regarded as a saint by the Catholic Church, including the Eastern Catholic Churches, as also by the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, Lutheran Church and the churches of the Anglican Communion.
Saint Peter [note 1] (born Shimon Bar Yonah; died AD 64–68), [1] also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, [6] was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church.
Simon Magus (Greek Σίμων ὁ μάγος, Latin: Simon Magus), also known as Simon the Sorcerer or Simon the Magician, was a religious figure whose confrontation with Peter is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles. [1] The act of simony, or paying for position, is named after Simon, who tried to buy his way into the power of the Apostles.
Simon the Tanner is mentioned three times in Chapters 9 and 10 of Acts of the Apostles of the New Testament. Firstly, Acts 9 records Paul's conversion and then recounts Peter's missionary activities. Peter visited Jaffa and raised Tabitha from dead. This account observes that "Peter stayed some time in Joppa with a certain tanner named Simon". [1]
James Tabor, in his controversial book The Jesus Dynasty, suggests that Simon was the son of Mary and Clophas. [7] While Robert Eisenman suggests he was Simon Cephas (Simon the Rock), known in Greek as Peter (from petros "rock"), who led the Jewish Christian community after the death of James in 62 CE. [8]
The Encyclopædia Britannica relates that "James the Lord's brother was a Christian apostle, according to St. Paul, although not one of the original Twelve Apostles." [ 1 ] According to Protestant theologian Philip Schaff , James seems to have taken the place of James the son of Zebedee, after his martyrdom, around 44 AD.
Simon Peter, better known as Saint Peter, also known as Peter the Apostle, Cephas, and Simon bar Jonah (Simon son of Jonah), foremost disciple of Jesus (Matthew 4:18ff). [1] [8] [9] The author of 2 Peter also calls himself 'Simon' or 'Simeon Peter', [7] although the true authorship is disputed.
Simon Niger is a person in the Book of Acts in the New Testament. He is mentioned in Acts 13 :1 as being one of the "prophets and teachers" in the church of Antioch : In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas , Simon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene , Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch ) and Saul .