Section 42 (Page 190)
S1MONIANA
CAP. XVI.
Qucb est Simonis Samaritce magi doctrina.
Simon enim Samarites, magus ille, de quo discipulus et o. sectator Apostolorum Lucas ait :
Vir quidam autem nomine Simon, qui ante erat in civitate, *magicam evercens [artem], et seducens gentem Samaritanorum, dicens se esse aliquem magnum, quern auscultabant a pusillo usque ad magnum, dicentes : Hie est virtus Dei, quw vacatur magna.
Intuebantur autem eum. propter quod multo tempore magicis suis dementasset eos.
Hie igitur Simon, qui fidem simulavit, putans Apostolos et ipsos sanitates per magicam, et non virtute Dei perficere, et per impositionem manuum Spiritu sancto adimplere credentes Deo per eum, qui ab ipsis evangelizatur Christus Jesus, per majorem quandam
magicam scientiam et hoc suspicans fieri, et offerens pecunias Apostolis, ut acciperet et ipse hanc potestatem quibuscunque velit dandi Spiritum sanctum, audivit a Petro : Pecunia tua tecum sit in perditionem, quoniam donum Dei e vistimasti pecunia pomderi: non est tibi pars, neque sors in sermone hoc: cor enim tuutn non est rectum coram Deo.
In felle enim amaritudinis, et obligatione injustitiw video te esse.
Et cum adhuc "magis non credidisset Deo, et cupidus intendit contendere adversus Apo stolos, uti et ipse gloriosus videretur esse, et universam magicam a.
'Anne? OVV
KO< TO Sl'/AWVOf TOV
TetTTfJVOV, Mt/Mff Ttjl ^.afiapelai, vvv tK0i<rOai3 trap' ov nai tovi anoXoudow 0e'iFo/xt¥ d<popfidt Aa/JoVrac, CTtpoK 6v6/ta<riv Spout TeTo\fxt]Ktvat.
Ovtos
^Li/im* iiaycia? tfiireipot (Si/, nai to ftev irai'fa? iroWovt to St xai Cid iatfuonur Kaicovpyij<ra<;, Qeofrotrjtrat eavrov efre^etprjtrev^ avdpwrro*! yoijs teat (UC(tto9 dirovoias, ov & ra?<! Wpd^eaw ol dirda-roXoi tjXcy^av. —Hipp.
P/iilos. VI. 71 The Clermont MS. has simply by Hippolttds in the sixth book of tho magiam excrcens, N. T. inaytiwv.
The Vo88 MS. however has artem.
Philosophumena, being more or legs taken from the lost text of Iren^eds, a The Benedictine restores magis, which Grabe had altered to magus, such portions of it as agree with the translation are restored as text; other chiefly on tho authority of the Voss MS. but the Clermont MS. has the extracts are added as a secondary text at the foot of the translation, with such adverb, and tri paWov oiic iiruSTevatv marginal marks as may enable the reader to compare more easily the words of Hippolttds with the translation.
He reads more like the Greek, though Stieren says, qua lectio cur magis pro also says that statues of Simon, as J ove, banda sit non liquet.
3 The account given of Simon Magus were worshipped by his followers.
HiERESIS.
adhuc amplius inscrutans, ita ut in stuporem cogeret multos u»l«i.i. hominum : quippo cum esset sub Claudio Caesare, a quo etiam ^nf',1'
'statua honoratus esse dicitur propter magicam.
Hie igitur a multis quasi Deus glorificatus est, et docuit semetipsum esse ' qui inter ! Judseos quidem quasi Filius apparuerit, in Samaria autem quasi Pater descenderit, in reliquis vero gentibus quasi Spiritu8 sanctus adventaverit.
Esse autem se sublimissimam c. virtutem, hoc est cum qui sit super omnia Pater, et sustinere n. vocari se quodcunque eum vocant homines. b.
Simon autem Samaritanus, ex quo universal haereses substiterunt. habet hujusmodi sectas materiam.
Hie Helenam quandam, 3quam ipse a Tyro civitate Phoenices quaestuariam d. cum redemisset, sccum circumducebat, dicens 4hanc esse primam r. ». mentis ejus conceptionem, matrem omnium, per quam in initio
mente concepit angelos facere et archangelos.
Hanc enim d.
Ennoiam exsilientem ex eo, cognoscentem quae vult pater ejus, b.
'EauToY he \tywv Ttjv virep irdvTa Zvvaptv elvai at «al dvdpatrov (palveadai avrdv, fit} ovra avBpuirov, xa't iraBeTv Se ev tj/ 'Ioi/Saia Qkoi] BeSoKifKevai, fit] irevovBoTa, d\\d (pavev-ra 'lovhaloa pev at Ylov, ev
Se Trj ^afiapeia at IlaTcpa, ev Se T019 AonroTt eBvetriv at Tlvevfxa dyiov.
'Yirofievetv Se avrdv Ka\eT<r6ai o'tw av dvdfxart xaAe?v (3ov\avTai ol SvBpairoi... —Hipp. P/iilos. vi. 19.
'[It ovv avTOK e'avrdv viro eavrov irpoayayav etpavtpaaev eavra Trjv (Siav eVi'voiav, ovrat «ai tj (paveT&a eirlvoia ovk eiro!t]<rev, d\\d loovaa avrdv, evenpv\j/e rdv irarepa ev eavrrj, rovretrri Tt;v SJvajuiv, xa! co-tiv apcrevd8t]\vt Zvvapit ko\ evlvoia, odev aWtjKoit avrio-rof^ovaiv oilSev yap Ziatpepei Zvva/xit eirivolat, ev ovret. — c. 18. d.
"Odev xa\ d TpmUdt TroKepot Si' avrrjv yeyevtjrat.
'Ev 70^ rtj 1 The heretic is here confounded doret than by HlPPOLYTUS.
Kai 'Iovperhaps with the Sabine deity, Semo Salois fiiv (is vlbv tpavfjycu, Tp6s Se 2a/tapelras ws irarlpa KareXrfKvffivai, iv Si Sancus.
See Bp Kaye's Just. M. vii.
But compare Burton, Bamp. L. note 42.
IitENiEua follows the account of Justin M. 'EtI KAavSlov Kaiffapos . . . Qebs ivorots iXXtxs IQvecw d?s irvevfia dyiov eV(- 4>oirij<rai.
Theod. Hier. Fab. I.
3 Massuet cancels qnam, but he is in error as regards the Clerh. MS. fdcdi}, kcU dvbpiavri Trap' iipMp ius debt 4 Theodoret again preserves a sen TtTlpvrtrtu, is ivSptas ivey/jycpTai iv rip tence, with slight variation.
'EXeVijv Tlj3ept. TrorapQ, fxerai-d rdv Svo yetpipajv, T7)V Trpuynjv avrov [tov vou] twoiav ttpa- ?XW" iiriypaipTiv 'Pwjiuuirtjv raim\v, SlMOKI. DEO.
BANCTO.
Ap. i. 7.6. a In some particulars this sentence aicev (hat, koX injrtpa t£v S\uv iiv6/mi"e, Kai St' airifi Kai toi)s 'AyyiXovs Kai 'kpxayy£Kovs ireroniKivat.
H. F. I. V.
is preserved more accurately by Theo-
SIMONIANA
LiB.i.ivi.i. degredi ad inferiors, et generare angelos et potestates, ae. mass.l quibua et mundum hunc factum dixit.
Posteaquam autem generavit eos, hsec detenta est ab ipsis propter invidiam, quoniam nollent progenies alterius cujusdam putari esse.
Ipsum enim se in totum ignoratum ab ipsis :
Ennoian autem ejus detentam ab iis, quae ab ea emissae essent potestates, et angeli ; et omnem contumeliam ab iis passam, uti non recupe ret sursum ad suum patrem, usque adeo ut et in corpore humano includeretur, et per saecula veluti de vase in vas transmigraret in altera muliebria corpora.
Fuisse autem earn et in d. ilia Helena, propter quam Trojanum contractum est bellum ; OJ/TW? yovv tov 1~2iTni<rlyopov Sia twv eirwv XoiSopqaavra avrriv, Taf o\|/et? Tv<p\w6rjvar av6if Se, fierafi.e\t]6ei>TOS avTov vL la
Kal ypa^avTOi Tay TraXtvwStai ev cuy vfivijcrev avTrjv, avaj8\e'\|/-a<.
MeTecerw/xoTOi'/xeViji' . . . quapropter et Stesichorum per carmina maledicentem earn, orbatum oculis: post deinde pcenitentem et scribentem eas, quae vocantur palinodias, in quibus hymnizavit earn, rursus vidisse.
Transmigrantem autem earn de corpore in corpus, ex eo et semper contumeliam sustinentem, !in novissimis etiam in fornice prostitisse : et hanc esse perditam ovem.
'Quapropter d. kot' eneTro xatpov yevo/xeirti 'EAeV»j, evmKtjoev iv avTj) ij in'tvoiu, xai ovtws iraauiv eiriCiKai^optvwv avTrjs tuiv e^ovaiwv, arao-ts k«i iroXe/iui eiraveoTtj, €v of? e(pdvrj edveatir ,"Yo'T€jOOi/ eVi t€ toik [Voutok] Tv^ui ti/c rjv KctTeAdwi/, evpev.
'Etti yap Tt}v tclvtij?
4>oir<«f}v iroXei CTrjvai, ■KpwTtjv £qTif<nv e(pri Trapayeyovivai, owta? pv<rt]rai outijV Tteu Ce<rfiai/, XvTpwo-dpevo?
5/j.a iavrm irepirjye, (pda-Kuv rovro eivat aVoAwAoc tjv irpofiarov. —c. 19. e.
...viro tuSk ayyeXwv koi twv Kara) i^ovatwv,
na\ too koo/iov, tpqvir, fwoit]<rav c. 19.
Vid. Tehtull. de An. c. 34.
Stesichorus was a Sicilian poet; struck blind for the assigned offence by Castor and Pollux, and subsequently tion, but they are scattered in much con
fusion no great ingenuity however re is ; quired to re-arrange the disjecta membra.
In Theodoret again: "Clare Kal airrty rwv eriKtiitiruv i\ev8epw<rai Serestored to sight.
fiarepov iirl TOiVois expresses though imperfectly the Latin translation in novittimit etiam.
HlPPOLYTUS
preserves s fffiwv, Kal rois avOfxbiroLS Sia rijs els avrby iiriyvjiaeui rapatrx*"' awrripiav.
Tueod.
Hot. Fab. I. I. many of his teacher's sentences in this sec
H^RESIS.
Phftm °vTU>?
T0'? avdpwiroig (TWTtjplav vapetr^e Sia rrjg iSlag eiriLq^i,ixxx*vi. 19.
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MASS.
-yvoxrewy.
JVaKtw "ya^o oioikovvtwv twv ayye\u>v tov koo-/jlov, xxm.
3. c?ta to (piXapy^elv avrovg, eig eiravopQaxriv i\t]\v9evai avrov eiptj fxerafiopcpov/xevov ica) e^o/moiovfJievov raig ctpxaig ical rati e^ovalaig, koi rolg ayyeKoig, tog Kai avOpaivov (patveaOai avrov, fir) ovra avOpwirov, Ka\ vafhtv Se ev rjj 'lovSala SeSoicrjicevai '/cat fiy veirovdora . .
Tow Se TTpocpyrag airo twv kocthottoiwv ayyekwv efnrvevtr6ivras eip>]Kevai rag Trpo<p>jrelag.
A/o firi (ppovrll^eiv avrwv rol/g eig rbv ^1/jLwva Kai rtjv 'EXeciyi' ireTriarevKorag, £etoj vvv irpaacreiv ra o-aj tow crvfiirpavcrovTag aj fiovXovrai wg " eXevdipovgKara yap rrjv avrov 3yapiv crwl^eaOai avrovg
(pda-Kovo-f juirjSev yap etvai alrtov SUijg el wpafcei rig KaKWg, et ipsum venisse, uti earn assumeret primam et Hberaret earn a vinculis, hominibus autem salutem praestaret per suam agnitionem.
Cum enira male moderarentur Angeli mundum, quoniam unusquisque eorum concupisceret principatum, ad emendationem venisse rerum, et descendisse eum transfiguratum, et assimila. tum Virtutibus, et Potestatibus, et Angelis, ut et in hominibus homo appareret ipse, cum non esset homo ; et passum autem in Judaea putatum, cum non esset passus.
Prophetas autem a mundi fabricatoribus Angelis inspiratos dixisse prophetias : quapropter nec ulterius curarent eos hi qui in eum et in Helenam ejus spem habeant, et ut liberos agere quas velint : m. 100. secundum enim ipsius gratiam salvari homines, sed non secun dum operas justas.
Nec enim esse naturaliter operationes 1 Bunsejt and Dr Scott, Tlieol.
3 The antinomian principles of GnosCrilic.
Vol.
11. p.
531, discard the ticism form by no means its least conparticle ical, standing as it does in spicuous character, cf. I. § 12 and XXIv.
Miller's text before SeSoKTjK&ai.
They Hippolttus describes the profligacy of overlooked the fact, however, that the followers of Simon as being in Hipfolytus was quoting his master's keeping with their tenets.
Oi Si aSdis words, the translation of which enapupnrral tov vXdrov Kai Stfuuvot p.dyov bles us to restore the particle to its yivbpevoi, ro Suma Sp&aui, aXoylffTUt proper place. tpioKOvres Seiv plyvvaBai, \4yovres, iraaa 3 Theodoret slightly departs from yij 77), Kai oi 5ia<p4pci tov tis airelpei, the text of Hippolttus, as well as from TrXr)» tva oirelp-g, dXAA naKaplfyvo-iv lavthe Latin version.
'AXXA irpirruv us rois M /iffei, ravrty etvai Xiyovres iXevfftpovs, &irep av iBeX^auffiV oi yap Tip/ reXclav ayiirriv . . . Phihi.
VI.
191.
Si A Tp&gewv ayaBCbv, dXXA 81A x^PlTOS Then follow the words quoted at p. 123, Tf i''{e<rflai rrjs (rurripias. he. eit. note 1 .
VOL. I.
SIMONIS ASSECLA. xxiti. 3.
"Vi*»1 °v 7™/> ^0"7"'
(pvarei ica/coi, aWa Qeaei.
"EOetro yap (ptja-iv ol ayyeXot ol tov kov/jlov TrotqtravTes o<ra eftouXovTO, Sia. tHov tl MASS. toioutwv Xoyoov SovXovv vo/il^ovTef Toui avTaiv aKOvovra1}. avOtf XiyovTt tov Ko<Tfiov iiri <Je] Qucriv Se \J.
A.v9>)vai Xvrptibcrei TtO>v tSlwv avOpunrwv.
3Ot oiiv toutov fxaQrfTai fiaOtjTui'j fiayelan ewiTeXovtrt iwd.
<pl\Tpa re icai aywyifxa teat tovs Xeyofievoug Ka) iiraoiSaii'
6veipoTr6fj.Trovi Salfiovat eTrnrefnrovtri irpos to Tapdtrcreiv oui ^ovXofTai.
'AXXa teat irapeSpovi tovs Xeyofiivovs atTKOvtrtv.
[TlapeSpovs Kat oveipOTTOfMTrovi, aXXa koi ^irepUpya Sera e/a/meXwi aancoveriv.~j EiVoVa Te tov ^iljuwvot eyovtxtv els Aioc quemadmodum posuerunt qui mundum justas, sed ex accidenti
; fecerunt Angeli, per hujusmodi pra;cepta in servitutem deducentes homines.
Quapropter et solvi mundum, et liberari eos qui sunt ejus ab imperio eorum qui mundum fecerunt, repromisifc.
Igitur liorum mystici sacerdotes libidinose quidem vivunt, magias autem perficiunt, quemadmodum potest unusquisque ipsorum.
Exorcismis et incantationibus utuntur.
Amatoria quoque et agogima, et qui dicuntur paredri et oniropompi, et qutecunque sunt alia 3perierga apud eos studiose exercentur.
Imaginem quoque Simonis habent factam ad figuram Jovis, et Helena? in habent quoque et vocabulum et has adorant figuram Minervae :
; Theodoret gives the synonym miracuta ciraduioriis pnestigiis ludunt ;
et somnia immittunt habentes scmel the word in ipuTiKi, but (plXrpa si is Hippoi.ttus, and also in the previous invUatorum angelorum danaonum assiset passage, p. hi.
This charge was comtentem sibi potentiam, &c. Apol. 23. The monly urged against every sect of Simon's allusion here to the irdpeSpos of Simon followers.
So in the case of Carpoas mentioned in the Recogn. Clem, eviis rendent, Pueri incorrupt! et riolenter neeati J21, crates, c.
XX. iyuyi/xa, p. is cf. animam jurameniis ineffabilibus evocatam dered adlcctantia ; """"
Besiderique temperare pocula. ad*i*tere mihi * *** ipmm a 13.
Ruffinus also Hob. Ep. mi.
80. speakg of Simon's familiar spirit:
Utent quod jubeo. n.
§ Paredri were such familiar spirits adminiculo assistants sibi adhcerentis el
ns the daemon of Socrates.
So Tertcldemoniacesvirtutis quam iripibpov rocant.
LIAN:
Sciimts etiam magos elicere explo-
II. 11. 13.
randis occuliis per catabolicos et paredros ireplepya, cf. Acts xix.
20.
Latin
et pytlionicos spiritus.
De An.
28, and curiosa as in Hor.
An, qua; movcrc cereas imagines, they are indicated elsewhere.
Porro si et magi pbantasmala eduni, et jam deUt ipse nCsti curiosus, polo et functorum inclamant animas; si pticros Deripcre Lunam vocibus possim meis. multa Epod. xrn.
77. in eloquiiim oraculi elidunt si ;