Shepherd of Hermas, Vision 3.9.8 (17.8)

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

Summary: Leaders must cleanse their hearts and be of one mind.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:50

ἐνεσκιρωμένοι ἐστὲ καὶ οὐ θέλετε καθαρίσαι τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν καὶ συνκεράσαι ὑμῶν τὴν φρόνησιν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἐν καθαρᾷ καρδίᾳ, ἵνα σχῆτε ἔλεος παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως τοῦ μεγάλου.

English · Claude translation

You are hardened and do not wish to cleanse your hearts and to blend your thinking together in a pure heart, so that you may obtain mercy from the great King.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 25:50 · 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.
Topics: Church office

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Herm. Vis. 3.9.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-vis/3/9/8/).

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Herm. Vis. 3.9.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-vis/3/9/8/).

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