{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">“I understand, sir,” I replied. “Now, sir,” I continued,\r\n“explain to me, with respect to the mountains, why their\r\nforms are various and diverse.” “Listen,” he said: “these\r\nmountains are the twelve tribes, which inhabit the whole\r\nworld. The Son of God, accordingly, was preached unto\r\nthem by the apostles.” “But why are the mountains of\r\nvarious kinds, some having one form, and others another?\r\nExplain that to me, sir.” “Listen,” he answered: “these\r\ntwelve tribes that inhabit the whole world are twelve nations.\r\nAnd they vary in prudence and understanding. As numerous,\r\nthen, as are the varieties of the mountains which you\r\nsaw, are also the diversities of mind and understanding among\r\nthese nations. And I will explain to you the actions of each\r\none.” “First, sir,” I said, “explain this: why, when the\r\nmountains are so diverse, their stones, when placed in the\r\nbuilding, became one colour, shining like those also that\r\nhad ascended out of the pit.” “Because,” he said, “all the\r\nnations that dwell under heaven were called by hearing and\r\nbelieving upon the name of the Son of God.<a id=\"r1762\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1762\"><sup>[1762]</sup></a> Having, therefore,\r\nreceived the seal, they had one understanding and one\r\nmind; and their faith became one, and their love one, and\r\nwith the name they bore also the spirits of the virgins. On\r\nthis account the building of the tower became of one colour,\r\nbright as the sun. But after they had entered into the same\r\nplace, and became one body, certain of these defiled themselves,\r\nand were expelled from the race of the righteous, and\r\nbecame again what they were before, or rather worse.”</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-759"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"12493bfc9639db7723866d72abe5839d720f2581c7686be10878789c8ebad0ca","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-f1762","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":"f1762","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1762\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1762\">1762</a>. </span><i>Name of the Son of God.</i> Name of God.—<i>Lips.</i></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1762","text_sha256":"e2b48799dbc70488af77bfa06d79e3c9f1ac6e1afef124981ed0c017f6124ede","verified":false,"work_id":null}