Shepherd of Hermas, Mandate 5.1.4 (33.4)

Summary: The two spirits cannot share one person.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:88

ἀμφότερα οὖν τὰ πνεύματα ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κατοικοῦντα, ἀσύμφορόν ἐστιν καὶ πονηρὸν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐκείνῳ, ἐν ᾧ κατοικοῦσιν.

When both spirits dwell together, then, it is unprofitable and evil for the person in whom they dwell.

Source: Lake, LCL 25:88 · 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.

Herm. Mand. 5.1.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/5/1/4/).

Plain text

Herm. Mand. 5.1.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/5/1/4/).