Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">I said to him, “Sir, explain to me what this tree means,\r\nfor I am perplexed about it, because, after so many branches\r\nhave been cut off, it continues sound, and nothing appears\r\nto have been cut away from it. By this, now, I am perplexed.”\r\n“Listen,” he said: “This great tree that casts\r\nits shadow over plains, and mountains, and all the earth,\r\nis the law of God that was given to the whole world; and\r\nthis law is the Son of God,<a id=\"r1737\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1737\"><sup>[1737]</sup></a> proclaimed to the ends of the\r\nearth; and the people who are under its shadow are they who\r\nhave heard the proclamation, and have believed upon Him.\r\nAnd the great and glorious angel Michael is he who has authority\r\nover this people, and governs them; for this is he who\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_398\">398</span>gave them the law into the hearts of believers: he accordingly\r\nsuperintends them to whom he gave it, to see if they\r\nhave kept the same. And you see the branches of each one,\r\nfor the branches are the law. You see, accordingly, many\r\nbranches that have been rendered useless, and you will know\r\nthem all—those who have not kept the law; and you will\r\nsee the dwelling of each one.” I said to him, “Sir, why did\r\nhe dismiss some into the tower, and leave others to you?”\r\n“All,” he answered, “who transgressed the law which they\r\nreceived from him, he left under my power for repentance;\r\nbut all who have satisfied the law, and kept it, he retains\r\nunder his own authority.” “Who, then,” I continued, “are\r\nthey who were crowned, and who go to the tower?” “These\r\nare they who have suffered on account of the law; but the\r\nothers, and they who returned their branches green, and with\r\noffshoots, but without fruit, are they who have been afflicted\r\non account of the law, but who have not suffered nor denied\r\ntheir law; and they who returned their branches green as they\r\nhad received them, are the venerable, and the just, and they\r\nwho have walked carefully in a pure heart, and have kept\r\nthe commandments of the Lord. And the rest you will know\r\nwhen I have examined those branches which have been\r\nplanted and watered.”</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK THIRD.—SIMILITUDES. SIMILITUDES WHICH HE SPAKE WITH ME.","SIMILITUDE EIGHTH. The sins of the elect and of the penitent are of many kinds, but all will be rewarded according to the measure of their repentance and good works."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-734"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"550885c7d58acf71e3674ef2bd5571d21630ab1a5a28c9d541ddfb7693357576","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f1737","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Historical 1870 English edition; electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f1737","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1737\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1737\">1737</a>.  </span>“And by this law the Son of God was preached to all the ends of the\r\nearth.”—<i>Vat.</i></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1737","text_sha256":"2657ad38359b16799de3e8ed7c69eb5e95fe211611de89fbb81d03da76be03fc","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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