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
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Theme music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of http://www.ccwatershed.org.
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35—Epiphanius of Salamis: A Passion for Pure Doctrine
34—Cyril of Jerusalem: Mystery and Mayhem
33—Ambrose of Milan: How the Church Regards the State
32—Julian, the Apostate Who Aped the Church
31—Gregory of Nyssa: Zero to Hero
30—Gregory Nazianzen: Greatness in the Passive Voice
29—Basil and the Beginning of Christian Social Thought
28—Ephrem, Symbolist
27 - Aphrahat: Parsee Sage Primary in Time
26 - Hilary of Poitiers: Exile and Understanding
Ep. 25—Eusebius: History from the Wrong Side of History
Ep. 24—Athanasius against the World
Ep. 23—Alexander’s Lagtime Stand
Ep. 22 - Anthony of the Desert: The Solitary Celebrity
Ep. 21 - Lactantius: The Fall & Rise of the Christian Cicero
Ep. 20 - Origen, Part 2: Hero, Heretic - or Hybrid?
Ep. 19 - Origen: The Most Controversial Christian Ever?
Ep. 18 - The Short, Happy Life of Cyprian of Carthage
Ep. 17 - The Long, Strange Trip of Hippolytus of Rome
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