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### The Apostle Paul, Simon Magus, And Marcion
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I think the connection between Simon Magus and the Apostle Paul is
fairly compelling. In Acts of the Apostles 8, Simon Magus, a baptized
member of the inner circle, tries to buy a seat at the Apostles’ table:
When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the
word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria…When Simon saw that
the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he
offered them money ^19 and said, “Give me also this ability so that
everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
20 Peter (Cephas) answered: “May your money perish with you,
because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money.
Compare Peter’s scorn and the money issue with Paul’s description of an
event in Galatians 2:
James, Cephas^ (Peter) and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me
and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the
grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles,
and they to the circumcised. ^10 All they asked was that we should
continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do
all along… When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face,
because he stood condemned
Here, we have a rift between Peter and Paul where Paul called into
question Peter’s ideological commitment to Mosaic law. The final word
here was to “remember the poor” – a reference to money exchange of some
sort. Are we talking about the same story here, told by 2 different
participants? Seems plausible to me.
How does Marcion fit in? According to Robert Price, Marcion was the
first person to really use Paul as a foundation for his theology –
Price says Marcion “discovered” Paul’s letter to the Galatians
(Tertullian used the word “finding” in his book “Against Marcion” –
[11]book 4, chapter 3 – I’m up in the air about whether Tertullian
meant he discovered it – I’d have to see the original Latin to get
better insight). The story of Marcion goes that he was a wealthy
shipyard owner who lived in Northern Turkey. He was a prominent
member of, and had donated a large sum of money to the Roman church.
After Marcion was deemed a heretic, sometime in the 130s, the church
returned that money to him, and ex-communicated him (or whatever the
church did at the time).
I think this hypothesis fits – at least tentatively: Marcion invented
Paul, who was in turn originally demonized by some groups in the early
Christian church, but eventually converted to Simon Magus for the
purpose of reintegrating Paul into the canon, notice that in Acts, as
well as a couple epistles, a character named Apollos is introduced as a
man educated in the Greek tradition, hailing from Alexandria.
In previous posts, I’ve linked Apollos to Philo of Alexandria to create
a plausible link between Philo’s earliest notions of a Judaic messiah
and the eventual historicized Christ.
I think it’s equally as plausible that Apollos in the Pauline texts and
Acts was simply a representation of Apollonius of Tyana, whose life
greatly resembles both Jesus Christ and Paul.
I think the great link here, to get from Paul to the proto-orthodoxy
is the Valentinians. It’s well-known that the Valentinians did not
secede from the church; rather, they remained in the church, on the
lookout for people who were ready to receive gnosis. The Valentinians
were fond of Paul (and claimed Valentinus received instruction from
Paul’s disciple Theudas, as well as revelation from Jesus). The
Valentinians were also fond of the Johannine texts, which probably
originated in Western Turkey. Who lives in Western Turkey? Polycarp.
All signs point back to Polycarp, whose disciple was Irenaeus, who in
180 was quite zealous to deem Marcion and Valentinus as heretics.

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The Apostle Paul, Simon Magus, And Marcion
I think the connection between Simon Magus and the Apostle Paul is
fairly compelling. In Acts of the Apostles 8, Simon Magus, a baptized
member of the inner circle, tries to buy a seat at the Apostles’ table:
When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the
word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria…When Simon saw that
the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he
offered them money ^19 and said, “Give me also this ability so that
everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
^20 Peter (Cephas) answered: “May your money perish with you,
because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money
Compare Peter’s scorn and the money issue with Paul’s description of an
event in Galatians 2:
James, Cephas^ (Peter) and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me
and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the
grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles,
and they to the circumcised. ^10 All they asked was that we should
continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do
all along… When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face,
because he stood condemned
Here, we have a rift between Peter and Paul where Paul called into
question Peter’s ideological commitment to Mosaic law. The final word
here was to “remember the poor” – a reference to money exchange of some
sort. Are we talking about the same story here, told by 2 different
participants? Seems plausible to me.
How does Marcion fit in? According to Robert Price, Marcion was the
first person to really use Paul as a foundation for his theology –
Price says Marcion “discovered” Paul’s letter to the Galatians
(Tertullian used the word “finding” in his book “Against Marcion” –
[11]book 4, chapter 3 – I’m up in the air about whether Tertullian
meant he discovered it – I’d have to see the original Latin to get
better insight). The story of Marcion goes that he was a wealthy
shipyard owner who lived in Northern Turkey. He was a prominent member
of, and had donated a large sum of money to the Roman church. After
Marcion was deemed a heretic, sometime in the 130s, the church returned
that money to him, and ex-communicated him (or whatever the church did
at the time).
I think this hypothesis fits – at least tentatively: Marcion invented
Paul, who was in turn originally demonized by some groups in the early
Christian church, but eventually converted to Simon Magus for the
purpose of reintegrating Paul into the canon, notice that in Acts, as
well as a couple epistles, a character named Apollos is introduced as a
man educated in the Greek tradition, hailing from Alexandria.
In previous posts, I’ve linked Apollos to Philo of Alexandria to create
a plausible link between Philo’s earliest notions of a Judaic messiah
and the eventual historicized Christ.
I think it’s equally as plausible that Apollos in the Pauline texts and
Acts was simply a representation of Apollonius of Tyana, whose life
greatly resembles both Jesus Christ and Paul.
I think the great link here, to get from Paul to the proto-orthodoxy is
the Valentinians. It’s well-known that the Valentinians did not secede
from the church; rather, they remained in the church, on the lookout
for people who were ready to receive gnosis. The Valentinians were
fond of Paul (and claimed Valentinus received instruction from Paul’s
disciple Theudas, as well as revelation from Jesus). The Valentinians
were also fond of the Johannine texts, which probably originated in
Western Turkey. Who lives in Western Turkey? Polycarp. All
signs point back to Polycarp, whose disciple was Irenaeus, who in 180
was quite zealous to deem Marcion and Valentinus as heretics.
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[24]michaelduncanlive says:
[25]August 4, 2020 at 5:12 am
This is a heretical suggestion and throws the account of the rest
of Acts away in place of an anti Pauline heretical reasoning. Quite
simply a puffed up piece of work with no historical merits meant to
attack the gospel of grace and take us captive with an argument to
run back to the law. Stop publishing heretical suggestions…
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[29]August 4, 2020 at 9:16 am
You’re probably not going to like my other stuff…
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David says:
[32]February 14, 2021 at 6:55 pm
Michael
Simon Magus is a pseudonym which Clementine used to conceal the
identity of Saul in order that it might survive for posterity’s
sake. In the epistles written to James by both Peter and Clementine
you can see the reference to the man Peter was pursuing as far as
Rome to enlighten the West, but neither he nor Clementine name him.
And yet, the bulk of the homily involves his discourse with Simon.
So if it’s Simon they are referring to when writing to James, since
that’s essentially the bulk of the homilies, why not simply refer
to him as Simon?
Moreover, if you read (for understanding) the epistles of Paul, you
see he’s always contending with Peter time and again. The man was
consumed with hatred and disdain for Peter. The whole of Galatians
is precisely that, as other epistles. Finally, when one comes to
the understanding that Paul is constantly defending his positions
in opposition to Peter and the apostles, and the true teachings of
Christ, you can plainly see Paul’s positions are the same ones
Simon Magus is arguing with Peter. Read the Pauline epistles and
see how often he says, God, even the Father, and our Lord Jesus
Christ. Paul believed there was a just God over the Jews, and a
good God above Him. That would be the same God He refers to in the
third heaven, or paradise where he doesn’t remember if he was in or
out of his body, stating twice, and claiming he does not lie, with
God as his witness of course. The man was shameful. Now go and
learn about Cerdo and Marcion, before you start hurling the word
heretical against brothers who are trying to teach you the truth
which you were “never” intended to see. Pray God that He might
remove the veil of ignorance that blinds you.
David 😇
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