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The Good Shepherd, a third-century fresco in the Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome. No portrait of Hermas survives; the shepherd is the figure his book is named for

A Christian prophet at Rome · fl. c. 100 – 150

Hermas

The author of The Shepherd, a book of visions, commands and parables on repentance that was widely read in the early church. He lived at Rome in the early or middle second century.

Writings

  1. Visions · 3 parts

    The Shepherd of Hermas

    Visions, commands and parables on repentance and the life of the church, among the most widely read books of the early church.

    162 min read · translated by F. Crombie

Image: drawn in the site’s engraved style from “Good shepherd 01 small”, public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

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