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Hermas

The Pastor (Shepherd) of Hermas

c. AD 100-160 · 113 sections

A Roman work in three parts (Visions, Commandments and Similitudes) calling Christians to repentance after baptism. It was very popular and read aloud in some churches, though it was never part of the New Testament.

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Visions

  1. 1.1
  2. 1.2
  3. 1.3
  4. 1.4
  5. 2.1
  6. 2.2
  7. 2.3
  8. 2.4
  9. 3.1
  10. 3.2
  11. 3.3
  12. 3.4
  13. 3.5
  14. 3.6
  15. 3.7
  16. 3.8
  17. 3.9
  18. 3.10
  19. 3.11
  20. 3.12
  21. 3.13
  22. 4.1
  23. 4.2
  24. 4.3
  25. 5

Commandments

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4.1
  5. 4.2
  6. 4.3
  7. 4.4
  8. 5.1
  9. 5.2
  10. 6.1
  11. 6.2
  12. 7
  13. 8
  14. 9
  15. 10.1
  16. 10.2
  17. 11
  18. 12.1
  19. 12.2
  20. 12.3
  21. 12.4
  22. 12.5
  23. 12.6

Similitudes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5.1
  6. 5.2
  7. 5.3
  8. 5.4
  9. 5.5
  10. 5.6
  11. 5.7
  12. 6.1
  13. 6.2
  14. 6.3
  15. 6.4
  16. 6.5
  17. 7
  18. 8.1
  19. 8.2
  20. 8.3
  21. 8.4
  22. 8.5
  23. 8.6
  24. 8.7
  25. 8.8
  26. 8.9
  27. 8.10
  28. 8.11
  29. 9.1
  30. 9.2
  31. 9.3
  32. 9.4
  33. 9.5
  34. 9.6
  35. 9.7
  36. 9.8
  37. 9.9
  38. 9.10
  39. 9.11
  40. 9.12
  41. 9.13
  42. 9.14
  43. 9.15
  44. 9.16
  45. 9.17
  46. 9.18
  47. 9.19
  48. 9.20
  49. 9.21
  50. 9.22
  51. 9.23
  52. 9.24
  53. 9.25
  54. 9.26
  55. 9.27
  56. 9.28
  57. 9.29
  58. 9.30
  59. 9.31
  60. 9.32
  61. 9.33
  62. 10.1
  63. 10.2
  64. 10.3
  65. 10.4

Translation by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson and Frederick Crombie: The Ante-Nicene Christian Library, vol. 1: The Apostolic Fathers (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1870).
Text from Project Gutenberg eBook #77576, proofread by Distributed Proofreaders from Internet Archive scans.