Shepherd of hermas

pastore di ermas, atti di apostoli, erma, pastore di erme, apostoli

This is followed by twelve mandates or commandments, and ten similitudes, or parables. It commences abruptly in the first person: "He who brought me up sold me to a certain Rhoda, who was at Rome. After many years I met her again, and began to love her as a sister." As Hermas was on the road to Cumae, he had a vision of Rhoda.

She told him that she was his accuser in heaven, on account of an unchaste thought the (married) narrator had once had concerning her, though only in passing. He was to pray for forgiveness for himself and all his house. He is consoled by a vision of the Church in the form of an aged woman, weak and helpless from the sins of the faithful, who tells him to do penance and to correct the sins of his children.

The acts of apostles is a compilation of almost all the moments, deeds and miracles that the apostles passed after the ascension of the Lord Jesus to heaven.

This inspired book casts a flood of light on the apostolic church and the portentous significance it has for us at this time. The militant church demands a triumphant church. In all his war, his trials, his defeats, he has had the vision of his victory.

Shepherd of hermas

Shepherd of hermas