Pastor hermae, sometimes just called the shepherd, is a christian literary work of the late first half of the second century, considered a valuable book by many christians, and considered canonical scripture by some of the early church fathers such as irenaeus. The shepherd of hermas was a bestseller among early christians. Greek, latin, ethiopic first line criticial book text. The shepherd of hermas audiobook by hermas of rome. The shepherd or pastor of hermas, an important secondcentury christian text, is categorized as an apocryphal apocalypse. Many years after this, i saw her and2 i wished that i would make myself known to her again and i began to be loving her as a sister. The muratorian canon, a list of canonical books from about the 3d century, says hermas was written by the brother of pius, bishop of rome, about 140154. What is the shepherd of hermas and should it be in the bible. Shepherd of hermas english translation early christian writings. The shepherd of hermas the shepherd of hermas apostolic fathers trans. The shepherd of hermas was written around ad 150 and was almost included in the new testament. The shepherd of hermas was a bestseller among early christians late second century, and was nearly designated a book of scripture.
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