Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done. But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries. “But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. It documents the true history of the Samaritans, the meaning of the word “peter” in the ancient world and the church that was established at Rome by Simon the Sorcerer.
Simon the Sorcerer established the “church” of Rome. Paul established the “Congregation” of Christ at Rome. Simon Peter versus Simon the Sorcerer or St.
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