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George the Monk, Chronicle 1.373.13-1.374.3

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Context

We know little about George the Monk (Monachus, or ὁ μοναχός)—who called himself “the sinner” (ὁ ἁμαρτωλός)—or the circumstances of his writing, only that he served the Church in Constantinople during the reign of Michael III (842-867). He wrote a chronicle of the world from Adam to the emperor Theophilus (842), drawing from many earlier sources. In this passage from the third part, on Roman history, George discusses Simon Magus (“the magician”) and his encounter with Peter in Caesarea.

Text

περὶ οὗ ἐν ταῖς ἀποστολικαῖς διατάξεσιν ὁ μέγας ἀπόστολος Πέτρος οὕτως φάσκει· “Ἡ δὲ καταρχὴ τῶν αἱρέσεων τῶν νέων γέγονεν ἀπὸ Σίμωνος τοῦ μάγου, ὃς καὶ ἐν Συρίᾳ πολλὰ διαπραξάμενος ἄτοπα καὶ ἐν Ῥώμῃ γενόμενος, πολὺ τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν ἐσάλευσε διὰ μαγείας καὶ διαβολικῆς ἐνεργείας καὶ ἐμπειρίας. Ἐν μὲν γὰρ Καισαρείᾳ τῇ Στράτωνος ἐμοὶ Πέτρῳ συντυχὼν ἐπειρᾶτο διστρέφειν τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, συμπαρόντων μοι τῶν ἱερῶν τέκνων, Ζακχαίου τοῦ ποτε τελώνου, καὶ Βαρνάβα (καὶ Νικήτου), καὶ Ἀκύλα, ἀδελφοῦ Κλήμεντος τοῦ Ῥωμαίων ἐπισκόπου τε καὶ πολίτου, μαθετευθέντος [δὲ] καὶ Παύλῳ τῷ συναποστόλῳ ἡμῶν καὶ συνεργῷ ἐν τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ …” 1

Textual Note

Ed. de Boor 1904 [cited by volume-page-line]

Translation

Concerning (Simon), the great apostle Peter claims this in the Apostolic Constitutions: “The beginning of the new heresies came about from Simon the Magician, who not only perpetrated many bizarre acts in Syria, but then, when he was in Rome, blasphemed the Church through his sorcery, satanic energy, and experimentation. For in Straton’s Caesarea he met with me, Peter, and tried to toss aside the Word of God even as the holy children had gathered to me, Zacchaeus the former tax collector, Barnabas (and Niketos), Aquila, and our brother Clement, bishop of the Romans and citizen, once a student to Paul, our fellow apostle and collaborator in the Gospel …”

Translation Note

Trans. J. L. Rife

Works Cited

  • 1 George the Monk, Georgii monachi chronicon, ed. Karl de Boor and Peter Wirth, corr. ed., 2 vols. (Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner, 1978), vol: 1, p: 373.13-374.3.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
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Joseph L. Rife, “George the Monk, Chronicle 1.373.13-1.374.3,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/347.

Bibliography:

Joseph L. Rife, “George the Monk, Chronicle 1.373.13-1.374.3.” In Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, edited by Joseph L. Rife., edited by Joseph L. Rife. Caesarea City and Port Exploration Project, 2023. Entry published June 30, 2023. https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/347.

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Entry Title: George the Monk, Chronicle 1.373.13-1.374.3

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