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Magians Magians were priests of religious settlements from Mesopotamia and its surroundings, and existed up to the Christian epoch. They believed in the old nature religion of Iran, which preceeded Zoroastrianism. A.G.H. Source: 2.
By those who knew them well they were held in still greater reverence than the magians of Chaldea.
But these negromancers or magians, denying the sacrifice due to God, and in tempting him have done sacrifice to devils, and abused His Name in calling of them, contrary to the profession made at there baptism, for there it is said, ...
See also: Christ, Sacred, Jesus, Philo, Magic
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