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    Which Biblical magician also appears in an apocryphal work where he is fatally brought to earth?

    Question #54891. Asked by gmackematix. (Feb 07 05 1:35 AM)


    mibmob

    		Simon Magus

    Feb 07 05, 5:46 AM
    gmackematix

    		Yay Mibby. He first appears in the book of Acts where he is trying to buy the power of the Holy Spirit. Because of this, the exchange of spiritual goods for temporal goods is known as simony. In the Acts of Peter he is seen pretending to be a god by an act of high levitation, so Peter prays to God to cut this act short. Simon the Sorceror (as he is sometimes called) then ceases to be suspended in mid-air and plummets to his doom.

    Feb 08 05, 1:33 AM

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