Simonian
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Simon + -ian. See simony.
Base: Simon
Affixes: -ian
Inflected forms:
form: Simonians
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more Simonian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Simonian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: One of the followers of Simon Magus.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: It is no coincidence that the Gospel of John portray's Jesus in terms analogous to the Simonians' depiction of Simon. Could the first converts among the Children of LIght have been Simonians who transferred their Gnostic mythology from Simon Magus to Jesus?
The church fathers who attacked heresies took this up and made Simon Magus not only the founder of the Simonians, but of gnosis as a whole
Simonians used sex to pollute women in imitation of their founder .
gloss: An adherent of an early Christian heretical sect that worshiped Simon of Samaria (Simon Magus) as divine.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: The Simonians did not truly follow the Roman gods, but instead venerated their order's founders—Simon and his wife, Helena—in the guises of Zeus and Minerva.
He considered the Simonian veneration of Simon to be blasphemy. He never seems to have examined why Simonians honored Simon's reputed icon.
Simonians associate Helena, Simon's consort, with Athena, who sprung from the head of Zeus, just as Thought, particularly associated with Helena, emanates from Mind..
gloss: Pertaining to the legends surrounding and teachings of Simon Magus.
pos: adj
examples: The Justin account is the nucleus of the huge Simonian legend which was mainly developed by the cycle of Pseudo-Clemenine literature of the third century, based on the second century Circuits of Peter.
If we agree that HSim was not a forgery, it remains to ask whether it is actually Simonian. For this question the identity and teachings of the historical Simon Magus — in any case irrecoverable —are not important.
The amalgam of paganism and Christianity, especially obvious in the Simonian system , is readily explicable in the teachings of Simon Magus.
gloss: Pertaining to the heretical sect that worshiped Simon of Samaria (Simon Magus).
pos: adj
examples: Yet it must be acknowledg'd, that although a Pagan-like Mundane Magistracy of the Holy Angels was entertain'd by several of the Learned Theologers of the three first Ages of the Church, yet no such thang as Church-Demonolatry appeareth in those early Days, save only amongst the Simonian Gnosticks and the ancient Angelici or Angelits condemn'd by S Paul (Col. 2.18), which I suppose to have been a distinct sort of Gnosticks from the Simonian, who had their origin from Simon Magus.
Luke's choice of words appear to be subtle but also sharp and effective critiques of Simonian claims to Simon's divity.
He considered the Simonian veneration of Simon to be blasphemy. He never seems to have examined why Simonians honored Simon's reputed icon.
gloss: Pertaining to the theories of Herbert A. Simon.
pos: adj
examples: Suppose you are a serious Christian and you come to recognize that Simonian science endorses conclusions incompatible with certain Christian beliefs; and suppose you also hold science in high regard.
On the other hand, Simonian entrepreneurs are non-alert individuals who search for alternatives that are good enough for them.
The result is a prism providing a spectrum of Simon's work and offering the reader a glimpse into how their own ideas can be seen through a Simonian lens.
Derived words: Simonianism
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