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The Pastor of Hermas
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Introductory Note to The Pastor of Hermas
[155] For slander is ruinous.—Vat. For it is wicked to slander any one.—Pal.
[156] For … condemned, omitted in Vat.
[157] This service … God. And he has accomplished this service to God simply and gloriously.—Vat. [Rom. xii. 8.]
[158] The Vat. adds: and a blessing may fall on your house.
Commandment Third. On Avoiding Falsehood, and on the Repentance of Hermas for His Dissimulation.
[159] [Eph. iv. 25, 29.]
[160] Dwelleth in you. Who put the spirit within you.—Vat.
[161] [The seven gifts of the Spirit are here referred to, especially the gift of “true godliness,” with a reference to the parable of the talents (Matt. xxv. 15), and also to 1 John ii. 20-27.]
[162] Cunningly to all. Have ever lived in dissimulation.—Vat. Lived cunningly with all.—Pal. [Custom-house oaths and business lies among moderns.]
[163] The Vat. adds: of God. [1 John iii. 19-21, iv. 6, and Eph. iv. 30.]
[164] For … truth. For even they can become worthy of credit, if you will speak the truth in future; and if you keep the truth.—Vat. [See, under the Tenth Mandate, p. 26, in this book.]
[165] This thought. [Matt. v. 28. See, further, Simil. ix. cap. II.] The thought of another man’s wife or of fornication.
[166] Questions. “I charge you,” said he, “to guard your chastity, and let no thought enter your heart of another man’s marriage (i.e., wife), or of fornication, for this produces a great transgression. But be always mindful of the Lord at all hours, and you will never sin. For if this very wicked thought enter your heart, you commit a great sin, and they who practice such deeds follow the way of death. Take heed, therefore, and refrain from this thought. For where chastity remains in the heart of a righteous man, never ought there to arise any evil thought.” I said to him,” Sir, permit me to say a few words to you.” “Say on,” said he.—Vat.
[167] Matt. v. 32, xix. 9.
[168] [Not frequently … one repentance. True penitence is a habit of life. An apparent safe-guard against the reproaches of Montanism, and a caution not to turn forgiveness into a momentary sponge without avoiding renewed transgression.]
[169] Who … actions. But he who makes an image also commits adultery.—Vat.
[170] Any one. She.—Vat. [2 Thess. iii. 14; 2 John 11.]
[171] There … cure. God, who has power to heal, will provide a remedy.—Vat. [This whole passage seems to refer to the separation of penitents under canonical discipline. Tertullian, Pudicit., capp. 5, 13, and De Penitent., cap. 9. 2 Thess. iii. 14.]
[172] Bear … words. Give me a few words of explanation.—Vat.
[173] Repentance … wisdom. For he who repents obtains great intelligence. For he feels that he has sinned and acted wickedly.—Vat. [“Wisdom and understanding;” spiritual gifts here instanced as requisite to true penitence and spiritual life.]
[174] [Matt. xix. 17. Saint-Pierre, Harm. de la Nature, iii. p. 150.]
[175] [Immersion continues to be the usage, then, even in the West, at this epoch.]
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