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Acts' Simon Magus clash is stored as a received warning against buying gift, not as a unique later simony statute Peter notarised

Acts later shows Peter refusing Simon's offer to buy gift. It is stored as received anti-purchase speech, not as a unique later simony code he notarised. In the causal graph this event weakens Institutional Corruption, a driver that strengthens Political corruption index — an improving welfare path.

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Acts later shows Peter refusing Simon's offer to buy gift. It is stored as received anti-purchase speech, not as a unique later simony code he notarised. Saint Peter's documented role is: Peter is shown refusing payment for gift. Later 'simony' law is reception. Low confidence as event-tape; stored as received anti-purchase speech.

Context

The Samaria travel row is the geography. The setting of Acts' Simon Magus clash is stored as a received warning against buying gift, not as a unique later simony statute Peter notarised is the public file around 0032-06-01. Driver institutional-corruption is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Improving path: weakening purchase-of-gift. Mixed effects of Acts' Simon Magus clash is stored as a received warning against buying gift, not as a unique later simony statute Peter notarised are separate paths.

Why it matters

Improving path from Acts' Simon Magus clash is stored as a received warning against buying gift, not as a unique later simony statute Peter notarised on 0032-06-01. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Peter The Apostle

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.28 · verified

    Peter is shown refusing payment for gift. Later 'simony' law is reception. Low confidence as event-tape; stored as received anti-purchase speech.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactActs' Simon Magus clash is stored as a received warning against buying gift, not as a unique later simony statute Peter notarised
    2. weakensDriverInstitutional Corruption
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Political corruption index
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.25 · Effect from 1 June 32 · verified

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.New Advent — Saint Peter, later Roman tradition as church fileNew Advent · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.New Advent — Acts of the ApostlesNew Advent · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: New Advent — Acts 8 Simon as later English at https://www.newadvent.org/bible/act001.htm (opens in a new tab) (New Advent). Independent locator: New Advent — Saint Peter, Simon Magus neighbourhood as later church file at https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11744a.htm (opens in a new tab) (New Advent). Official carrier: New Advent — Acts 8 Simon as later English (https://www.newadvent.org/bible/act001.htm (opens in a new tab); New Advent). Independent carrier: New Advent — Saint Peter, Simon Magus neighbourhood as later church file (https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11744a.htm (opens in a new tab); New Advent).

Established: a sourced public record of Acts' Simon Magus clash is stored as a received warning against buying gift, not as a unique later simony statute Peter notarised under 0032-06-01 for Saint Peter. Established: a sourced public record of Acts' Simon Magus clash is stored as a received warning against buying gift, not as a unique later simony statute Peter notarised under 0032-06-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Acts' Simon Magus clash is stored as a received warning against buying gift, not as a unique later simony statute Peter notarised. Naming Saint Peter does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0032-06-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorPeter The Apostle
  2. contributed toFactActs' Simon Magus clash is stored as a received warning against buying gift, not as a unique later simony statute Peter notarised
  3. weakensDriverInstitutional Corruption
  4. strengthensIndicatorPolitical corruption index

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Factrail. (2026). Acts' Simon Magus clash is stored as a received warning against buying gift, not as a unique later simony statute Peter notarised. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/pet-simon-magus-limit

https://factrail.ai/facts/pet-simon-magus-limit

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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