Simonian
Pertaining to the legends surrounding and teachings of Simon Magus.
Adjective
- Pertaining to the legends surrounding and teachings of Simon Magus.
- The Justin account is the nucleus of the huge Simonian legend which was mainly developed by the cycle of Pseudo-Clemenine literature of the third century, based on the second century Circuits of Peter. - 1906, George...
- If we agree that HSim was not a forgery, it remains to ask whether it is actually Simonian. For this question the identity and teachings of the historical Simon Magus — in any case irrecoverable —are not important. -...
- The amalgam of paganism and Christianity, especially obvious in the Simonian system , is readily explicable in the teachings of Simon Magus. - 2024, David K. Hebert, A Kingdom of the Truth or Deception?::
- Pertaining to the heretical sect that worshiped Simon of Samaria (Simon Magus).
- Yet it must be acknowledg'd, that although a Pagan-like Mundane Magistracy of the Holy Angels was entertain'd by several of the Learned Theologers of the three first Ages of the Church, yet no such thang as...
- Luke's choice of words appear to be subtle but also sharp and effective critiques of Simonian claims to Simon's divity. - 2022, Daniel B. Glover, Patterns of Deification in the Acts of the Apostles, page 115:
- He considered the Simonian veneration of Simon to be blasphemy. He never seems to have examined why Simonians honored Simon's reputed icon. - 2022, M. David Litwa, Found Christianities:
- Pertaining to the theories of Herbert A. Simon.
- Suppose you are a serious Christian and you come to recognize that Simonian science endorses conclusions incompatible with certain Christian beliefs; and suppose you also hold science in high regard. - 2011, Alvin...
- On the other hand, Simonian entrepreneurs are non-alert individuals who search for alternatives that are good enough for them. - 2018, Shinji Teraji, The Cognitive Basis of Institutions, page 162:
- The result is a prism providing a spectrum of Simon's work and offering the reader a glimpse into how their own ideas can be seen through a Simonian lens. - 2024, Gerd Gigerenzer, Shabnam Mousavi, Riccardo Viale, Elgar...
Origin
From Simon + -ian. See simony.
Forms
Proper noun
- A surname from Armenian.
Origin
From Armenian Սիմոնյան (Simonyan).
Forms
Noun
- One of the followers of Simon Magus.
- It is no coincidence that the Gospel of John portray's Jesus in terms analogous to the Simonians' depiction of Simon. Could the first converts among the Children of LIght have been Simonians who transferred their...
- The church fathers who attacked heresies took this up and made Simon Magus not only the founder of the Simonians, but of gnosis as a whole - 2003, Hans-Josef Klauck, Magic and Paganism in Early Christianity, page 16:
- Simonians used sex to pollute women in imitation of their founder . - 2021, Alberto Ferreiro, Simon Magus in Patristic, Medieval and Early Modern Traditions:
- An adherent of an early Christian heretical sect that worshiped Simon of Samaria (Simon Magus) as divine.
- The Simonians did not truly follow the Roman gods, but instead venerated their order's founders—Simon and his wife, Helena—in the guises of Zeus and Minerva. - 2016, Mark Latham, The Cthulhu Campaigns: Ancient Rome,...
- He considered the Simonian veneration of Simon to be blasphemy. He never seems to have examined why Simonians honored Simon's reputed icon. - 2022, M. David Litwa, Found Christianities:
- Simonians associate Helena, Simon's consort, with Athena, who sprung from the head of Zeus, just as Thought, particularly associated with Helena, emanates from Mind.. - 2022, Daniel B. Glover, Patterns of Deification in...