In the First Apology of Justin Martyr, Simon Magus is mentioned to have been in Rome…īut the evil spirits were not satisfied with saying, before Christ’s appearance, that those who were said to be sons of Jupiter were born of him but after He had appeared and been born among men, and when they learned how He had been foretold by the prophets, and knew that He should be believed on and looked for by every nation, they again, as was said above, put forward other men, the Samaritans Simon and Meander, who did many mighty works by magic, and deceived many, and still keep them deceived. Later in history, this “Simon” feigned himself to be the Messiah, then moved to Rome and claimed to be Simon Peter. Simon Magus was the one who previously deceived many in Samaria to be, as if he really was, “The great power of God” due to his abundant sorceries. A widespread deception was made and started by Simon Magus himself and propagated ignorantly by some Christian writers as well as others who authored counterfeit articles. This was more than just a mistaken identity.
This appears to likely be Simon Magus, known as Simon the Sorcerer in the book of Acts. Who then is it that is the “Peter” spoken of by a number of ancient writers that became the first bishop of Rome? Since Peter the Apostle was never in Rome (see previous page discussing) and could not, therefore, have been its first bishop.
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If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. Seeing that Saint Peter was never in Rome, who was its first bishop?
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