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  2. Simon Magus - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Simon the Sorcerer (series) - Wikipedia

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    Simon the Sorcerer is a teenager transported into a fantasy world as a sorcerer dressed in a cloak and pointy hat; his cloak and hat are purple in the first game, but change to red for the rest of the series (aside from possible magical colour changes in the third game). He must use his logic and magical skills to solve puzzles as he progresses ...

  4. Elymas - Wikipedia

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    Elymas (/ ˈ ɛ l ɪ m ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἐλύμας; [1] c. 1st century AD), also known as Bar-Jesus (Ancient Greek: Βαριησοῦς, [1] Imperial Aramaic: Bar-Shuma, Latin: Bariesu), is a character described in the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 13, [2] where he is referred to as a mágos (μάγος), which the King James Bible translates as "sorcerer" and false prophet ...

  5. Acts of Peter - Wikipedia

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    Simon is then taken to Terracina to one Castor "And there he was sorely cut (Lat.[in Latin] by two physicians), and so Simon the angel of Satan came to his end." [ 5 ] Peter's confrontation with Simon Magus has some resemblance to the Prophet Elijah 's confrontation with the Priests of Baal , as depicted in the Old Testament 's Book of Kings ...

  6. Librarians Consider These the Best Children's Books of All Time

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    Simon & Schuster. If You Run Out of Words by Felicita Sala. ... Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling. The entrance into a wizarding world, the first book in this blockbuster ...

  7. Medieval European magic - Wikipedia

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    [6] [7] The model of the magician in Christian thought was provided by Simon Magus, (Simon the Magician), a figure who opposed Saint Peter in both the Acts of the Apostles and the apocryphal yet influential Acts of Peter. [8] The historian Michael D. Bailey stated that in medieval Europe, magic was a "relatively broad and encompassing category ...

  8. What happened in the courtroom? FBI agent testifies that ...

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    Testimony resumed Monday in the trial against Leilani Simon, the Savannah mother charged with murdering her 20-month-old son, Quinton Simon.

  9. Kathy Garver then and now: See Cissy from 'Family Affair ...

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    She would go on to snag roles in "Spider-Man," "Simon & Simon," and dozens more productions -- and according to IMDb, she currently has at least five more projects on the calendar.