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The Shepherd of Hermas
The Shepherd of Hermas
(,
Poimen tou Herma
; sometimes just called
The Shepherd
) is a
Christian
literary work
of the 2nd century, considered a valuable book by many Christians, and considered
canonical scripture
by some of the early
Church fathers
such as
Irenaeus
. The Shepherd was very popular amongst Christians in the 2nd and 3rd centuries. It was bound as part of the
New Testament
in the
Codex Sinaiticus
, and it was listed between the
Acts of the Apostles
and the
Acts of Paul
in the
stichometrical
list of the
Codex Claromontanus
.
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