The Shepherd of Hermas is the strangest text from the Church’s earliest period. It’s at once a conversion story and a first-person account of heavenly visions. It’s a poem in prose and a guidebook for morals. It exercised a powerful influence in the early centuries of Christianity, especially on the practice of the sacrament of penance.
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Free online text of The Shepherd of Hermas https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/view.cfm?recnum=1647
More Works by the Fathers https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/
Mike Aquilina’s Website https://fathersofthechurch.com
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Theme music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of http://www.ccwatershed.org.
55—Isidore of Seville: Last of the Red-Hot Latin Fathers
54—Maximus the Confessor: Where East and West Meet
53—Gregory and His Greatness
52—Benedict of Nursia: The Elusive Man Behind the Rule
51—St. Patrick: Paternal and Patristic
50—Peter Chrysologus: The Doctor of (Short) Sermons
49—Romanus the Melodist: Through Hymns, with Hymns, in Hymns
48—Leo the Great: Who Roared with the Voice of Peter
47—Vincent of Lerins: Believed Everywhere, Always, by All
46—Cyril of Alexandria: The Fifth-Century Man from Uncle
45—John Cassian, Monk on the Move, Solitary in the City
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44—Prudentius, Poet Laureate of the Western Fathers
43—The Pastoral Poems of Paulinus of Nola
42—Chrysostom (Part 2): Triumph, Tragedy & Glory
41—Chrysostom (Part 1): Golden Mouth & Golden Mysteries
40—Augustine (Part 3): Last Days and the End of an Age
39—Augustine (Part 2): A Mob-Made Bishop Makes His Mark
38—Augustine (Part 1): Youth and Conversion
37—Jerome, the Choleric Commentator
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