Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">After I had written down the commandments and similitudes\r\nof the Shepherd, the angel of repentance, he came to\r\nme and said, “I wish to explain to you what the Holy Spirit<a id=\"r1745\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1745\"><sup>[1745]</sup></a>\r\nthat spake with you in the form of the church showed you, for\r\nthat Spirit is the Son of God. For, as you were somewhat\r\nweak in the flesh, it was not explained to you by the angel.\r\nWhen, however, you were strengthened by the Spirit, and\r\nyour strength was increased, so that you were able to see the\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_405\">405</span>angel also, then accordingly was the building of the tower\r\nshown you by the church. In a noble and solemn manner\r\ndid you see everything as if shown you by a virgin; but now\r\nyou see [them] through the same Spirit as if shown by an\r\nangel. You must, however, learn everything from me with\r\ngreater accuracy. For I was sent for this purpose by the\r\nglorious angel to dwell in your house, that you might see all\r\nthings with power, entertaining no fear, even as it was\r\nbefore.” And he led me away into Arcadia, to a round hill;<a id=\"r1746\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1746\"><sup>[1746]</sup></a>\r\nand he placed me on the top of the hill, and showed me a\r\nlarge plain, and round about the plain twelve mountains, all\r\nhaving different forms. The first was black as soot; and the\r\nsecond bare, without grass; and the third full of thorns and\r\nthistles; and the fourth with grass half-withered, the upper\r\nparts of the plants green, and the parts about the roots\r\nwithered; and some of the grasses, when the sun scorched\r\nthem, became withered. And the fifth mountain had green\r\ngrass, and was rugged. And the sixth mountain was quite\r\nfull of clefts, some small and others large; and the clefts\r\nwere grassy, but the plants were not very vigorous, but rather,\r\nas it were, decayed. The seventh mountain, again, had cheerful\r\npastures, and the whole mountain was blooming, and every\r\nkind of cattle and birds were feeding upon that mountain;\r\nand the more the cattle and the birds ate, the more the grass\r\nof that mountain flourished. And the eighth mountain was\r\nfull of fountains, and every kind of the Lord’s creatures\r\ndrank of the fountains of that mountain. But the ninth\r\nmountain [had no water at all, and was wholly a desert, and\r\nhad within it deadly serpents, which destroy men. And the\r\ntenth mountain<a id=\"r1747\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1747\"><sup>[1747]</sup></a>] had very large trees, and was completely\r\nshaded, and under the shadow of the trees sheep lay resting\r\nand ruminating. And the eleventh mountain was very\r\nthickly wooded, and those trees were productive, being\r\nadorned with various sorts of fruits, so that any one seeing\r\nthem would desire to eat of their fruits. The twelfth mountain,\r\nagain, was wholly white, and its aspect was cheerful, and\r\nthe mountain in itself was very beautiful.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK THIRD.—SIMILITUDES. SIMILITUDES WHICH HE SPAKE WITH ME.","SIMILITUDE NINTH. The great mysteries in the building of the militant and triumphant church."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-743"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"819c21b7226a6d53fda4705bbc0b688f1f7dc62680debfe0258861fbc64b81c8","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-f1746","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":"f1746","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1746\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1746\">1746</a>.  </span>To a fruitful hill.—<i>Pal.</i> Omitted in Vat.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1746","text_sha256":"fdbd9562399a2758aab405844491c183dea375f119389fd8ac7e53149f7d0c0a","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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