The Shepherd of Hermas 1 Visions 1/6

REFERENCES TO THE BOOK OF HERMAS, THE SHEPHERD. [This book, divided into three parts, called his VISIONS, COMMANDS, and SIMILITUDES, is thus entitled, because it was composed by Hermas, brother to Pius, bishop of Rome; and because the Angel, who bears the principal part in it, is represented in the form and habit of a shepherd. Irenaeus quotes it under the very name of Scripture. Origen thought it a most useful writing, and that it was divinely inspired; Eusebius says that, though it was not esteemed canonical, it was read publicly in the churches, which is corroborated by Jerome; and Athanasius cites it, calls it a most useful work, and observes, that though it was not strictly canonical, the Fathers appointed it to be read for direction and confirmation in faith and piety. Jerome, notwithstanding this, and that he applauded it in his catalogue of writers, in his comments upon it afterwards, terms it apocryphal and foolish. Turtullian praised it when a Catholic, and abused it when a Montanist. Although Gelasius ranks it among the apocryphal books, it is found attached to some of the most ancient MSS. of the New Testament; and Archbishop Wake, believing it the genuine work of an apostolical Father, preserves it to the English reader by the foregoing translation, in which he has rendered the three parts of it not only more exact, but in greater purity than they had before appeared. The archbishop procured Dr. Grabe to entirely collate the old Latin version with an ancient MS. in the Lambeth library; and the learned prelate himself still further improved the whole from a multitude of fragments of the original Greek never before used for that purpose.] THE SUPPRESSED GOSPELS AND EPISTLES OF THE ORIGINAL NEW TESTAMENT OF JESUS THE CHRIST AND OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ANCIENT HOLY SCRIPTURES. NOW EXTANT, ATTRIBUTED TO HIS APOSTLES, AND THEIR DISCIPLES, AND VENERATED BY THE PRIMITIVE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES DURING THE FIRST FOUR CENTURIES, BUT SINCE, AFTER VIOLENT DISPUTATIONS FORBIDDEN BY THE BISHOPS OF THE NICENE COUNCIL, IN THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE AND OMITTED FROM THE CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANT EDITIONS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, BY ITS COMPILERS TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL TONGUES, WITH HISTORICAL REFERENCES TO THEIR AUTHENTICITY, BY ARCHBISHOP WAKE AND OTHER LEARNED DIVINES




PLEASE NOTE: These are recordings which I did for MYSELF way back in the mid-90s. These are first-time run-throughs which I did on the equipment that I had in those days. I never thought the day would come when I could share them with so many people. It is my goal to put as much out there as I can and only after that will I go back and try to make improvements. It is my belief that the time for us to get to know these documents is short, judging from the fact that the opportunities for them to be shared worldwide and in so many tongues simultaneously is only now upon us. To me, the timing is critical, and I hope to do my best to disseminate what I have conveniently at hand to those who wish to learn from them with this in mind.

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[allrza]

why dont people make bibles with a new testament apocrypha section?

[Apocryphile1970]

@allrza Why, because WE have determined they are not "Scripture," silly! WE cannot "taint" the truth with "lies," can we? Of course not. In fact, they must all be suppressed, because WE know better, and WE are better qualified to judge these matters than the Christian "Rabble." WE cannot be wrong, because WE are legion!

[Apocryphile1970]

@allrza Of course, if WE had been living in the days of the prophets, WE would never have had a hand in the "Shedding of the Blood of the Prophets." We just build them their tombs, so to speak. Keep them in God's graveyard, subject to what WE are taught in the "Theological Cemetery."

[Apocryphile1970]

@allrza Okay, maybe a little thick on the sarcasm, but do me a favor, go into ANY Christian bookstore and ask for the Apocrypha, or even the "Lost Books of the Bible" and see their utter indignation. (Sometimes I do this just for fun.) These guys will tell you things like, "There ARE no "LOST BOOKS,"" or "You should go to the Catholic Bookstore," or "the secular bookstore." Truth is, they are convinced that they are right, and they are often quite smug and dismissive about it. Have fun!

[Shee1988]

We had to do a paper on this. And use freud and Jung to analyze and interpret the dream.

[Apocryphile1970]

@Eahoueh4YahWeh It is all parabolic. In parables, the only "error" is reading anything on the purely literal level. Best to let the Bible interpret itself....

[Apocryphile1970]

@Eahoueh4YahWeh It is parabolic. Please, see it from a point of view higher than yourself.... The woman is the Church, is she not? This is revelation, not something to judge after the flesh! Listen to it all in its parabolic meaning. I uploaded it hoping that people could simply listen on the level of the parable. Hermas represents the Church, (i.e.--4:40)

[mishakol129]

Thank you for putting these up for us. These writings and the writings of the Church are very dynamic, especially when they talk about Spiritual warfare.

That's what makes the Ancient Orthodox Church so Awesome is that it focuses more on the Spirit than on the Letter. For the letters are "Are weighty and powerful" (2 Cor 10:10).

And the Letters will kill you because of their power and weight:

"not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life."

(2 Cor 3:6)

[allrza]

@Apocryphile1970 lol