Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">“Hear now with regard to the stones which are in the\r\nbuilding. Those square white stones which fitted exactly\r\ninto each other, are apostles, bishops, teachers, and deacons,\r\nwho have lived in godly purity, and have acted as bishops\r\nand teachers and deacons chastely and reverently to the elect\r\nof God. Some of them have fallen asleep, and some still\r\nremain alive. And they have always agreed with each other,\r\nand been at peace among themselves, and listened to each\r\nother. On account of this, they join exactly into the building\r\nof the tower.” “But who are the stones that were dragged\r\nfrom the depths, and which were laid into the building and\r\nfitted in with the rest of the stones previously placed in the\r\ntower?” “They are those<a id=\"r1596\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1596\"><sup>[1596]</sup></a> who suffered for the Lord’s sake.”\r\n“But I wish to know, O Lady, who are the other stones which\r\nwere carried from the land.” “Those,” she said, “which go\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_337\">337</span>into the building without being polished, are those whom\r\nGod has approved of, for they walked in the straight ways of\r\nthe Lord and practised His commandments.” “But who are\r\nthose who are in the act of being brought and placed in the\r\nbuilding?” “They are those who are young in faith and are\r\nfaithful. But they are admonished by the angels to do good,\r\nfor no iniquity has been found in them.” “Who then are\r\nthose whom they rejected and cast away?”<a id=\"r1597\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1597\"><sup>[1597]</sup></a> “These are\r\nthey who have sinned, and wish to repent. On this account\r\nthey have not been thrown far from the tower, because they\r\nwill yet be useful in the building, if they repent. Those\r\nthen who are to repent, if they do repent, will be strong in\r\nfaith, if they now repent while the tower is building. For if\r\nthe building be finished, there will not be more room for any\r\none, but he will be rejected. This privilege, however, will\r\nbelong only to him who has now been placed near the tower.”</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK FIRST.—VISIONS.","VISION THIRD. CONCERNING THE BUILDING OF THE TRIUMPHANT CHURCH, AND THE VARIOUS CLASSES OF REPROBATE MEN."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-675"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"6c1390a56472db21ae8248dde86beaa1ad7ea4eb6a806d00aba8438349e0de09","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-f1596","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":"f1596","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1596\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1596\">1596</a>.  </span><i>Are those.</i> They are those who have already fallen asleep, and who\r\nsuffered.—<i>Vat.</i></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1596","text_sha256":"1f4ff96aad7a6e79ce5a5867d68f9c0fd1a39fae508ce3e79f6afc621e37d375","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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