Sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:ДЎ0 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.ДЎ1 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.ДЎ2 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God,ДЄnd the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.ДЎ3 Then Simon himself believed also: And when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs, which were done.ДЎ4 В¶ Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:ДЎ5 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive theДЎ6 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: Only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)ДЎ7 Then laid they hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.ДЎ8 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost wasДЎ9 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive theДў0 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.Дў1 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: For thy heart is not right in the sight ofДў2 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thineДў3 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and the bond of iniquity.Дў4 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these thingsДў5 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans. Verse 9: But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used We first hear of Simon Magus in Acts Chapter 8, verse 9-25 This quarrel happened between a pagan high priest named Simon Magus and the apostles Peter and Philip.

The first conflict between early Christianity and false religion of paganism was recorded in the book of Acts, Chapter 8. Some crept in over time but many were there from the very beginning. This is why there are so many pagan ideas and doctrines in the Roman Catholic Church. Unfortunately, this conflict did not go its separate way but mixed in to one religious system.

The great false church system of Rome had its beginning in the day of the apostles of Christ.

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