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The Pastor of Hermas
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Introductory Note to The Pastor of Hermas
[333] [He has in view the passages Matt. xx. 23, Luke xxii. 24, and hence is lenient in judgment.]
[334] [Why “naturally”? Latin, “de ipsis tamen qui boni fuerunt.” Greek, ἀγαθοὶ ὄντες. Gebhardt and Harnack, Lips. 1877.]
[336] [Jas. ii. 26.]
[337] [1 Tim. v. 6.]
[338] [A note of the time of composing The Shepherd. This chapter speaks of experiences of life among heathen and of wordly Christians, inconsistent with the times of Clement.]
[339] Omitted in Lips.; supplied from Vat.
[340] “Withered, all but their tops, which alone were green.”—Vat. and Pal.
[341] [Matt. x. 40-42 influences this judgment of Hermas.]
[342] Omitted in Lips., which has, instead, “are afraid.”
[343] [A cheering conclusion of his severe judgments, and aimed at the despair created by Montanist prophesyings.]
[344] Literally, “the calling that was made by His Son to be saved.” The Vatican renders this, “He wishes to preserve the invitation made by His Son.” The Pal. has, “wishes to save His Church, which belongs to His Son.” In the text, κλῆσις is taken as = κλητοί.
[345] The Spirit.—Vat. [He is called “the Spirit of Christ” by St. Peter (i. 11); and perhaps this is a key to the non-dogmatic language of Hermas, if indeed he is here speaking of the Holy Spirit personally, and not of the Son exclusively. See Simil. v. 6, Isa. v. 1.]
[346] To a fruitful hill.—Pal. Omitted in Vat. [Hermas delights in the picturesque, and introduces Arcadia in harmony with his pastoral fiction.]
[347] Omitted in Lips.
[348] [As of Eden. Gen. iii. 24;Rev. xxi. 11. The Tsohar.]
[349] [Vision iii. 1, 2.]
[350] All carried the gate.—Pal.
[351] Omitted in Lips.
[352] Omitted in Lips.
[353] And they replied that he would forthwith come.—Vat.
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