Shepherd of Hermas, Vision 3.11.2 (19.2)

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

Summary: She was old because their spirit was weak and doubting.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:54

τῇ μὲν πρώτῃ ὁράσει διατί πρεσβυτέρα ὤφθη σοι καὶ ἐπὶ καθέδραν καθημένη; ὅτι τὸ πνεῦμα ὑμῶν πρεσβύτερον καὶ ἤδη μεμαραμμένον καὶ μὴ ἔχον δύναμιν ἀπὸ τῶν μαλακιῶν ὑμῶν καὶ διψυχιῶν·

English · Claude translation

In the first vision, why did she appear to you old and seated on a chair? Because your spirit was old and already withered and without power because of your weaknesses and double-mindedness.

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Source: Lake, LCL 25:54 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 6–71 · 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. Vis. 3.11.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-vis/3/11/2/).

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Herm. Vis. 3.11.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-vis/3/11/2/).

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