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Hermas looks thoughtfully at his relaxed open palm.
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Historical Library · Apostolic Fathers
Shepherd of Hermas — Vision 2, section iii

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The text names Hermas as its narrator. The illustrations do not identify a historical author or supply authenticated portraits.

Existing reader manuscript-image reference: Codex Sinaiticus. Working source: Lightfoot & Harmer 1891 (normalized OCR) · Greek

English witness: People's Open Bible provisional English rendering (Cartha Inc. and contributors). CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ — for POB project outputs; source editions retain their original licenses.

Numbered reading units are modern paragraph divisions, not ancient verse numbers. The available units follow Visions, Mandates, and Similitudes; absent passages are not reconstructed.

  • The available edition begins mid-dialogue and ends mid-sentence in Similitude 8.iv; absent passages are not supplied.

Shepherd of Hermas 7:1

Release the Grudge

Release the Grudge and Continue in Simplicity · Shepherd of Hermas 7

Story guide: Visual essay: Hermas’s opening hand interprets releasing a grudge; tangled plain commercial objects interpret entangled dealings. Neither image reconstructs a household offense or punishment.

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1But you, Hermas, no longer bear a grudge against your children, nor allow your sister to continue, so that they may be cleansed from their former sins. For they will be disciplined with righteous discipline, if you do not bear a grudge against them. Bearing a grudge produces death. But you, Hermas, have had great personal tribulations because of the transgressions of your household, because you did not care for them, but neglected them and became entangled in your wicked business dealings.

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