{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">“But the other round stones, which had not yet been\r\nadapted to the building of the tower, and had not yet\r\nreceived the seal, were for this reason put back into their\r\nplace, because they are exceedingly round. Now this age\r\nmust be cut down in these things, and in the vanities of\r\ntheir riches, and then they will meet in the kingdom of God;\r\nfor they must of necessity enter into the kingdom of God,\r\nbecause the Lord has blessed this innocent race. Of this\r\nrace, therefore, no one will perish; for although any of them\r\nbe tempted by the most wicked devil, and commit sin, he will\r\nquickly return to his Lord. I deem you happy, I, who am\r\nthe messenger of repentance, whoever of you are innocent as\r\nchildren,<a id=\"r1775\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1775\"><sup>[1775]</sup></a> because your part is good, and honourable before\r\nGod. Moreover, I say to you all, who have received the\r\nseal of the Son of God, be clothed with simplicity, and be\r\nnot mindful of offences, nor remain in wickedness. Lay\r\naside, therefore, the recollection of your offences and bitternesses,\r\nand you will be formed in one spirit. And heal and\r\ntake away from you those wicked schisms, that if the Lord of\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_431\">431</span>the flocks come, He may rejoice concerning you. And He\r\nwill rejoice, if He find all things sound, and none of you shall\r\nperish. But if He find any one of these sheep strayed, woe\r\nto the shepherds! And if the shepherds themselves have\r\nstrayed, what answer will they give Him for their flocks?\r\nWill they perchance say that they were harassed by their\r\nflocks? They will not be believed, for the thing is incredible\r\nthat a shepherd could suffer from his flock; rather will he\r\nbe punished on account of his falsehood. And I myself am\r\na shepherd, and I am under a most stringent necessity of\r\nrendering an account of you.”</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-775"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"b46fd2787c8a57b5548a1fcb4c3aaa9d6852809f66a36ff47a13e7b8473b8b24","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"MAT","chapter":18,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Matt. xviii. 3","verse":3,"verse_end":3}],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f1775","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":"f1775","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1775\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1775\">1775</a>. </span><abbr title=\"Matthew\">Matt.</abbr> <abbr title=\"eighteen\">xviii.</abbr> 3, <abbr title=\"nineteen\">xix.</abbr> 14.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1775","text_sha256":"ccdb6c8e34267e86667e92d04d4427925724ea87005f233440291c2d62febacb","verified":false,"work_id":null}