Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">In reply I said to her, “This is magnificent and marvellous.\r\nBut who are the six young men who are engaged in building?”\r\nAnd she said, “These are the holy angels of God, who were\r\nfirst created, and to whom the Lord handed over His whole\r\ncreation, that they might increase and build up and rule\r\nover the whole creation. By these will the building of the\r\ntower be finished.” “But who are the other persons who\r\nare engaged in carrying the stones?” “These also are holy\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_336\">336</span>angels of the Lord, but the former six are more excellent\r\nthan these. The building of the tower will be finished,<a id=\"r1594\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1594\"><sup>[1594]</sup></a> and\r\nall will rejoice together around the tower, and they will\r\nglorify God, because the tower is finished.” I asked her,\r\nsaying, “Lady, I should like to know what became of the\r\nstones, and what was meant by the various kinds of stones?”\r\nIn reply she said to me, “Not because you are<a id=\"r1595\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1595\"><sup>[1595]</sup></a> more deserving\r\nthan all others that this revelation should be made to you—for\r\nthere are others before you, and better than you, to whom these\r\nvisions should have been revealed—but that the name of God\r\nmay be glorified, has the revelation been made to you, and it\r\nwill be made on account of the doubtful who ponder in their\r\nhearts whether these things will be or not. Tell them that\r\nall these things are true, and that none of them is beyond\r\nthe truth. All of them are firm and sure, and established on\r\na strong foundation.”</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-674"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"778003d0ac1820afae2b21c8cbbd2fa7164fa4bab7532e92efe8d99e0e43f889","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-f1595","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":"f1595","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1595\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1595\">1595</a>.  </span><i>Not because you are better.</i> Are you better?—<i>Vat.</i></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1595","text_sha256":"70ebbe5a1e67bb38ca1686d2008bf982f9ec6a778fa3882616f484605e66cf83","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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