source: http://www.historykb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/ancient/293/Re-translated-from-the-Greek-EVOLUTION-OF-THE-NT-Saul-Paul-Simon
"Simon Magus" is none other than Saul/Paul of Tarsus, whose name was replaced by someone, but whose depiction is quite clear.
Clement was St. Peter's hand-picked successor and much of the material that follows is from the Clementine Homilies and Recognitions. In the works, much is said concerning a doctrinal battle between Peter and a magician named Simon Magus.
Scholars are certain that 'Simon' is a pseudonym for St. Paul and that the disputes mentioned are really between Peter and Paul. In writing about this matter G. Strecker states:"It is true that in the basic writing the statements in question are directed against Simon Magus, and in this way veiled; nevertheless the allusions to citations from the Pauline letters, above all to the discussion between Paul and Peter in Antioch (Galatians 2:11ff), the designation of the magician as a missionary to the Gentiles, and not least the scarcely disguised attitude of the Epistula Petri (the letter from Peter to James that I mentioned earlier) show that in the Kerygmata Petrou (preaching of Peter) source they are leveled against Paul." (Apostolic Pseudepigrapha, p. 108)
Hans-Joachim Schoeps, Professor of Religious History, in Germany, and a recognized expert on matters dealing with St. Paul concurs:This conflict is developed to its full extreme in the presentation of the Kerygmata Petrou, which reproduces similarly the point of view of the Judaistic opponents of Paul. Their old enemy here appears under the pseudonym 'Simon." This "Simon who Is also Paul..." (Jewish Christianity, p. 51)
As you can see, these are only a few examples which reveal to you the opinion of the scholarly community that there seems to be a consensus that the mentioned 'Simon' is indeed Paul in these writings. "
(FROM: "THE CLEMENTINE HOMILIES AND THE STRUGGLE TO PRESERVE JESUS' REAL MESSAGE" at
http://www.geocities.com/paulproblem/clementine_homolies_preserve_message.htm)
All argument for or against Paul can be settled quickly with a very simple rule of discovery: When what the man is teaching is in question go to the Apostles. If they do say specifically, go to what heir disciples were taught by them. Clement was a disciple of Peter and Polycarp was a disciple of John, and both were trained to hold Paul in high regard. See Clement's letters to the Corinthians and Polycarps letter to the Philippians. There is no way these disciples of the Apostles trained by Jesus would approve a deceiver, nor would they not be aware if Paul was one. Accounting Simon Magus to be Paul the Apostle is pure speculation and has no merit whatsoever.
ReplyDeleteEven the elect can be deceived. It sounds to me like Paul was actually a disciple of Simon Magus, who claimed he himself was Christ and the Son of God. Paul's doctrine mirrors that of Simon Magus. Think of how Paul became an apostle, it was curious and suspicious — Lucifer appears as an angel of light. Simon Magus was a great sorcerer and could have easily bewitched Paul. When Magus went to Rome they actually considered him a god and venerated him as such. Maybe Paul was working with him the whole time. Either way, their doctrines of salvation are the same and at odds with what Jesus taught.
Deletesaul of tarsus did consider himself the greatest of all. Please, read Clementine Homilies and Clementine Recognitions, as well as his own works where he says that in him is son revealed.
Deletesaul of tarsus = more wicked than satan himself.
Shalom.
Yes, Paul was the most wicked person. He was more wicked than the Devil.
DeleteThose letters mentioned from Clement and Polycarp, offered up to sanction Paul offer nothing of first hand instructions regarding Paul. There are even discrepancies to the dating of those letters. Even when mentioning Peter, the Clement letter offers nothing of first hand information, such as here where it would have been useful:
ReplyDelete1Clem 42:1
The Apostles received the Gospel for us from the Lord Jesus
Christ; Jesus Christ was sent forth from God.
1Clem 42:2
So then Christ is from God, and the Apostles are from Christ. Both
therefore came of the will of God in the appointed order.
Also:
1Clem 47:1
Take up the epistle of the blessed Paul the Apostle.
1Clem 47:2
What wrote he first unto you in the beginning of the Gospel?
1Clem 47:3
Of a truth he charged you in the Spirit concerning himself and Cephas
and Apollos, because that even then ye had made parties.
1Clem 47:4
Yet that making of parties brought less sin upon you; for ye were
partisans of Apostles that were highly reputed, and of a man approved
in their sight.
Laurence Welborn writes about the dating of 1 Clement (op. cit., p. 1060):
Thus one must rely upon more general statements in the epistle and in tradition. The account of the deaths of Peter and Paul in chap. 5 is not that of an eye-witness. The presbyters installed by the apostles have died (44:2), and a second ecclesiastical generation has passed (44:3). The church at Rome is called "ancient" (47:6); and the emissaries from Rome are said to have lived "blamelessly" as Christians "from youth to old age" (63:3). Thus the epistle cannot have been written before the last decades of the 1st century. There are references to the letter by the middle of the next century in the works of Hegesippus and Dionysius of Corinth (apud Euseb. Hist. Eccl. 3.16; 4.22; 4.23). Thus one may place the composition of 1 Clement between A.D. 80 and 140.
Loisy maintains that the author of 1 Clement was a distinguished Roman elder who flourished 130-140 and that this Clement was named in the Shepherd of Hermas (Vision, 8:3), which is also to be dated to the mid second century. Notably, a writing is mentioned in 1 Clement 23:3 in which the challenge is quoted, "These things we did hear in the days of our fathers also, and behold we have grown old, and none of these things hath befallen us." Because this source document for 1 Clement must have been written when the hope of the imminent parousia was waning, and because 1 Clement itself must have dealt with the same issue, the document can scarcely be dated to the time of the first Christian generation. Other indications of lateness include the tradition in chapter 5 that Paul traveled to the extremities of the west (i.e., Spain) and the emphasis on the appointment of "bishops and deacons" (42:1-5). Most notably, there is stated to be "a rule of succession" for bishops and deacons who have "fallen asleep" (44:2). This suggests a second century date for 1 Clement.
Although traditionally attributed to Clement of Rome,[1] this view has been questioned by modern scholarship[citation needed]. The letter is anonymous; however, the stylistic coherence suggests a single author.[2] The First Epistle does not contain Clement's name, instead being addressed by "the Church of God which sojourneth in Rome to the Church of God which sojourneth in Corinth." -wikipedia
I have read the Polycarp letter as well and find it of the same nature, merely scriptural referencing. When he chooses to add strength to his letter he calls upon Ignatius and mentions no personal teachings from John or any other of the apostles. Therefore, to say that these letters endorse Paul through apostolic succession does not hold water.
You have to get the information from the clementine of homelies is different and the gospel of the twelve. Paul states in romans 2:16 that God would only judge the man according to his gospel by Jesús Christ it wasn't his gospel it was Jesús Gospel. Then in Colossians. He also calls the disciples heathen and that they gave the wrong gospel just to follow his gospel that was something it took my attention and always wonder why he said my gospel and why he called the real disciples heathens and they walked with Jesús
DeleteTo my knowledge simon magus claimed to be agammenmon. Menaleus brother he said his helen was helen of troy. Menaleus was of benjamin to my knowledge as well
ReplyDeleteDid you even bother to read anything? Or are you judging a book by its cover :)
DeleteMy own research has led me to conclude that Simon Magus and Paul were indeed one and the same person, but also the same person as Jesus Christ. In other words, the Jews knew Christ as Simon Magus, the Standing One (Yeshua= from yesh, to stand), while his disciple referred to him as Jesus the Christ. After his crucifixion he adopted the name Paul of Tarsus.
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DeleteYour sick in the head
DeletePaul is called Aher (other) in the Talmud and is given credit for corruption of Isa's(as) teachings in Yerushalmi Hag. 15a and similar statements in Bavli Hag 15a (Origins of Christianity, Isaac Wise 1896),also upon apostasy Aher ben Abuja goes to get a whore, which is also said of Simon Magus, that he traveled with a whore, coincidence???
ReplyDeleteThis Aher is one of four people who are said to have ascended to Pardes, Paul makes the same claim of himself, Aher then tear up the shoots, netzerim, probably a play on words for Netzerim, sometimes translated scions.
Paul is benjamites(ravenous wolf) he devourer stephen in the begining and spoiling yesus teaching later
ReplyDeleteI've actually read the bible front to back and ive never ceases reading it since i was 18. I remember when I first started reading it, instinctually focusing on Christ's words while being skeptical and sometimes dismissive of the rest, because of how much he corrected everyone.
ReplyDeleteMyself and most people, who are not loyal to pastors, evangelists, churches and apply Christ's words about Pharisees to modern Christian religion and their leaders... all say that they do not FEEL right about Paul's writings . I always felt, since the first day of reading it, that Paul was off, his teachings, although proof that he's well informed, just does not check out and ultimately contradicts The Christ's teachings, has a bizarre explanation for prophecy and displays a pompous attitude towards the 12 original disciples who actually knew Yeshua in Person.. furthermore, after reading from his own letters about what Paul himself boasted about against Peter being a hypocrite in front of James, and complaining that Barnabas even turned his back on him, I couldn't help but see 2 Peter as anything but a parabolic warning by Cephas/ Peter about Paul's peculiar manner of what he himself teaches.
No one in the apologetic circles will ever tolerate such "irreverence" toward paul..
The book of Acts clearly shows his testimonies as being inconsistent.. all three of his conversion stories are different (read for yourself), he hinted at being put to death I jerusalem, then gets a message from an angel that he's not going to die in Jerusalem but is to spread the God-spell to rome.. therefore, he says he's a Pharisee, then a Christian, then a Roman. I don't think he ever identified himself as a "follower of the way".. maybe, he does, but erroneously if i recall correctly.. then upon being sent to face Nero, of whom he personally requested to see, the book ends with him (although in Roman custody) being free to preach our blessed gospel without constraint. No mentioning of any beheading or persecution upon visiting Nero, while the apologetic churches insist on him being martyred like the rest, like Peter.
I had concluded by the time I was 30 (I'm 44 now) that his letters were probably tampered with.. but there's the Ebionite Christians, The Muslims, the Clementine Hominies, all declaring that Paul was an antichrist infiltrator..
If he wasn't, explain how Christianity became the Revised Roman Empire and World Order for over a thousand years, committing genocide and tyranny.. still running?
Aren't you supposed to know them by their fruits?
I mean, believe what you want... just examine your conscience while doing so.
I especially do not understand why a female would want to have anything to do with Paul... with his "women need to shut up and sit down " doctrine..
The Bible was compiled as an answer in response to Muhammad and his teachings. The Catholic Church used Paul and his teachings to compile the Bible. He was never chosen by Jesus. He was banned from Antioch. After Antioch he traveled to Athens where he preached (his)gospel. While he preached, he related the similarities between his God and the unknown God in Athens. The Bible isn't a reliable source for any Christian. Because it's not Christian. Peter was Christian. Paul was banned from Antioch and Peter was there and was allowed to stay. On a side note. Paul would call on the Romans to aid him whenever the culture wasn't welcoming.
Deletepaul = sprouter of lies, the lying adversary, the liar, the enemy, the lying tongue, the comedian, the scoffer and simon magus. Pharisee, roman citizen, freemason (master builder), satanist, magician, herodian, seed of nephilim, founder of satanic chrestianity and source of all evil and by far the greatest of all evils vatican, promoter of slavery against Black people - who are true Isreal and should keept Torah, doctrines of Yaakob Zaddik and Ebionties, as well as lunar calendar (12 months, 28 days each, starting with full moon in the moon we today wrongly call march due to pagan/solar/luciferian infuluence and sabbaths and feasts are determined by the moon, not by pagan solar calendar set up by beast himself. saul of tarsus is at the very least the false prophet in Apocalypse, while he is second best candidate behind nimrod himself for the beast of Apocalypse, and the more we found out, saul is better candidate.
ReplyDeleteShalom/Peace be with you.
true Israel = Black people who keep Torah, teachings of Ebionites and Yaakob Zaddik (James the Righteous) and the lunar calendar (12 months, each lasting 28 days, staring with full moon in the moon we wrongly call march due to solar pagan satanic calendar).
ReplyDeletesaul of tarsus = false ambassador, liar, hypocrite, murderer, robber, sorcerer, idolater, sexually immortal, pharisee, roman citizen, herodian, freemason, satanist, out of nephilim seedline, man of lawlessness, tormentor, also called paul ,apollyonius of tyana, simon magus, the liar, the tongue, the lying tongue, the enemy, the adversary, the sprouter of lies, the man who rejected the Torah admist the entire congregation, the scoffer, the comedian, the lying adversary, false prophet of Apocalypse at very least and one of best candidates for beast himself (second behind nimrod) and founder of vatican, by far the greatest evil and center of all world's evil.
Peace by with you/Shalom.
Shalom/Peace be with you.
Paul was said to have a "Thorn in the Flesh", so to speak. It is my guess that this Thorn in the Flesh Issue was either that Paul was Bipolar since he was either on a high or low (sometimes saying he was the greatest of the Apostles and at other times saying he was not worthy of being an Apostle) or a homosexual (because he was not married and was so very negative about women). It is my belief that Paul was the first Pompous Roman Catholic Popie and Paul was the very reason why the Popes were not allowed to marry (a tradition started by Paul).
ReplyDeleteJesus, if he existed, supposedly says in Matthew 5:17-19 that he did not come to do away with one jot or tittle of God's/Yahweh's Laws/Torah. Jesus went on to say that those Law's/Torah would be in full effect until Heaven and Earth pass away. Jesus and the 12 Apostles followed/observed Yahweh's Blessed and Holy Laws/Torah until the very end of their lives. We can look outside and see that the Heavens and the Earth are fully intact so that means that we are to be following the Torah today. The heathen and pagan Paul taught that the Torah was nailed to the Cross and also taught that the Torah was a curse to man. I call the so-called Christians of today Paulinians since they are following the teachings of Paul and totally ignoring the teachings of Moses, the Prophets, Jesus and the 12 Apostles.
Also, in Ezekiel 34, 37; Jeremiah 30 and Hosea 3 it plainly says that in the New Covenant/Paradise/Heaven/Yahweh's Rest that those Resurrected Righteous People will observe Yahweh's Laws/Torah. Also note that in those more than important Chapters it plainly and clearly says that it is "David" that will be the Shepherd/Servant/King/Messiah of the coming New Covenant/Paradise/Heaven/Yahweh's Rest.
It is my belief that after the pagan Gentile Romans murdered the Israelites living in Jerusalem in 67 AD, looted and destroyed Yahweh's Holy Temple in 70 AD and laid siege and overtook Masada in 73 AD that those heathen Romans decided to write their own false Bible and make up a new false god and the rest of this sad conjured up false tall tale/story is history.