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An anonymous hooded traveler walks with two pale-clothed companions beneath distant storm clouds.
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Historical Library · Apostolic Fathers
Shepherd of Hermas — Vision 2, section ii

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The text names Hermas as its narrator. The illustrations do not identify a historical author or supply authenticated portraits.

Existing reader manuscript-image reference: Codex Sinaiticus. Working source: Lightfoot & Harmer 1891 (normalized OCR) · Greek

English witness: People's Open Bible provisional English rendering (Cartha Inc. and contributors) · CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ — for POB project outputs; source editions retain their original licenses

Numbered reading units are modern paragraph divisions, not ancient verse numbers. The available units follow Visions, Mandates, and Similitudes; absent passages are not reconstructed.

  • The available edition begins mid-dialogue and ends mid-sentence in Similitude 8.iv; absent passages are not supplied.
  • Reading paragraph 4 [a]: Repentance and related expressions are read in this works own context; they are not restricted to feeling sorry, and no uniform Godward formula is imposed. Use repentance for moral change while preserving the works own teaching about baptism, forgiveness, conduct and the angel of repentance; do not impose a different tradition on it.
  • Reading paragraph 5 [a]: Repentance and related expressions are read in this works own context; they are not restricted to feeling sorry, and no uniform Godward formula is imposed. Use repentance for moral change while preserving the works own teaching about baptism, forgiveness, conduct and the angel of repentance; do not impose a different tradition on it.

Shepherd of Hermas 6:7

Persevere Through Tribulation

Understanding the Writing: Repentance and Perseverance · Shepherd of Hermas 6

Story guide: Visual essay: anonymous companions interpret promised angelic company; storm clouds signify coming tribulation. These figures and weather are not reported historical sights.

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7Persevere, then, you who work righteousness, and do not be double‑minded, so that your passing may be with the holy angels. Blessed are you who endure the great tribulation that is coming, and who will not deny their life.

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