Shepherd of Hermas, Mandate 2.3 (27.3)

Hermas · Shepherd of Hermas: Mandates · ca. 100–150 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: Slander is a restless demon that breeds division.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:72

πονηρὰ ἡ καταλαλιά· ἀκατάστατον δαιμόνιόν ἐστιν, μηδέποτε εἰρηνεῦον, ἀλλὰ πάντοτε ἐν διχοστασίαις κατοικοῦν. ἀπέχου οὖν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ εὐθηνίαν πάντοτε ἕξεις μετὰ πάντων.

English · Claude translation

Slander is evil; it is a restless demon, never at peace, but always living in divisions. Keep away from it, then, and you will always have well-being with everyone.

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Source: Lake, LCL 25:72 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 70–137 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913); made independently of existing English translations.

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Herm. Mand. 2.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/2/3/).

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Herm. Mand. 2.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/2/3/).

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