Shepherd of Hermas, Similitude 9.7.2 (84.2)

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

Summary: The Shepherd must cleanse the stones and use those that fit.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:234

Ἐπιμελῶς καθάρισον τοὺς λίθους τούτους καὶ θὲς αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου, τοὺς δυναμένους ἁρμόσαι τοῖς λοιποῖς· τοὺς δὲ μὴ ἁρμόζοντας ῥῖψον μακρὰν ἀπὸ τοῦ πύργου.

English · Claude translation

“Cleanse these stones carefully and put into the building of the tower those that can fit with the rest; but those that do not fit, throw far from the tower.”

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Source: Lake, LCL 25:234 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 138–305 · 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), and from the ancient Latin version where Lake prints it because the Greek is lost (from Sim. 9.30.3); made independently of existing English translations.

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Herm. Sim. 9.7.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-sim/9/7/2/).

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Herm. Sim. 9.7.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-sim/9/7/2/).

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