{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">Now a revelation was given to me, my brethren, while I\r\nslept, by a young man of comely appearance, who said to me,\r\n“Who do you think that old woman is from whom you\r\nreceived the book?” And I said, “The Sibyl.” “You are\r\nin a mistake,” says he; “it is not the Sibyl.” “Who is it\r\nthen?” say I. And he said, “It is the church.”<a id=\"r1585\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1585\"><sup>[1585]</sup></a> And\r\nI said to him, “Why then is she an old woman?” “Because,”\r\nsaid he, “she was created first of all. On this account\r\nis she old. And for her sake was the world made.” After\r\nthat I saw a vision in my house, and that old woman came\r\nand asked me, if I had yet given the book to the presbyters.\r\nAnd I said that I had not. And then she said, You have\r\ndone well, for I have some words to add. But when I finish\r\nall the words, all the elect will then become acquainted with\r\nthem through you. You will write therefore two books, and\r\nyou will send the one to Clemens and the other to Grapte.<a id=\"r1586\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1586\"><sup>[1586]</sup></a>\r\nAnd Clemens will send his to foreign countries, for permission\r\nhas been granted to him to do so. And Grapte will\r\nadmonish the widows and the orphans. But you will read\r\nthe words in this city, along with the presbyters who preside\r\nover the church.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK FIRST.—VISIONS.","VISION SECOND. AGAIN, OF HIS NEGLECT IN CHASTISING HIS TALKATIVE WIFE AND HIS LUSTFUL SONS, AND OF HIS CHARACTER."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-670"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"e8b6bf1845215127c577402798812ffd5ba3caea10f962ee8d52159d95504c9f","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-f1585","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":"f1585","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1585\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1585\">1585</a>. </span><i>The church.</i> The church of God.—<i>Vat.</i></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1585","text_sha256":"93caec44f447c0e1d57b6291b913e29b7567090205e3f968159c45ae7ca1c7c2","verified":false,"work_id":null}