Simon Magus (Simon the Sorcerer)
Was He the First Pope of the Roman Catholic Church?
"Simon Magus also known as Simon the Sorcerer or Simon the Magician was a religious figure whose confrontation with Peter is recorded in Acts 8:9–24" continue reading at wikipedia.org
Simon is "Peter" in Greek - "As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen)." - Matthew 4:18 Net Bible
Justin Martyr and Irenaeus
"Justin Martyr (in his Apologies, and in a lost work against heresies, which Irenaeus used as his main source) and Irenaeus (Adversus Haereses) record that after being cast out by the Apostles, Simon Magus came to Rome where, having joined to himself a profligate woman of the name of Helen, he gave out that it was he who appeared among the Jews as the Son, in Samaria as the Father and among other nations as the Holy Spirit. He performed such signs by magic acts during the reign of Claudius that he was regarded as a god and honored with a statue on the island in the Tiber which"...
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