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The Simonians were a Gnostic sect of the 2nd century which regarded Simon Magus as its founder and traced its doctrines, known as Simonianism, back to him. The sect flourished in Syria, in various districts of Asia Minor and at Rome .
Gustave d'Eichthal was a sympathiser of the Saint-Simonian movement who developed Saint-Simonian notions practically and involved himself in the development of the French economy, founding a number of leading concerns including the Suez Canal Company, founded by Saint-Simonian sympathiser Ferdinand de Lesseps, and the bank Crédit Mobilier ...
Simon Magus (Greek Σίμων ὁ μάγος, Latin: Simon Magus), also known as Simon the Sorcerer or Simon the Magician, was a religious figure whose confrontation with Peter is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles. [1]
Simonyan (Armenian: Սիմոնյան) or in Western Armenian Simonian Western Armenian: Սիմոնեան), sometimes transliterated as Simonjan is an Armenian patronymic surname meaning "son of Simon". Notable people with the name include:
Menander (Ancient Greek: Μένανδρος) was a first-century AD Samaritan Gnostic and magician.He belonged to the school of the Simonians, becoming its leader after the death of his master and instructor, Simon Magus, who was in Rome during the reign of Emperor Claudius.
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Pellarin turned his inheritance from the Rogon family over to the Saint-Simonians. In 1832 he was briefly a member of the Saint-Simonian commune in Ménilmontant. That year, Enfantin and Bazard quarrelled over the direction of the school—Enfantin emphasised the religious, mystical aspects, Bazard was more interested in practical politics.
One such sect, that of the Simonians, was said to have been founded by Simon Magus, the Samaritan who is mentioned in the 1st-century Acts 8:9–24 and who figures prominently in several apocryphal and heresiological accounts by Early Christian writers, who regarded him as the source of all heresies.