Simon Magus
First-century magician and heresiarch whose heresy proscribed the Old Testament, teaching it was produced by a sinister power and evil angels.
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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Heresies Proscribing the Old Testament
— His heresy proscribed the Old Testament; taught it was produced by a sinister power and evil angels
"It was the heresy of Simon Magus and his followers"
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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God (Elohim): Thirteen Definitions
— Listed as erring about God creating the Son
"Simon Magus, Arius, and others err, who say that God created the Son"