The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the original New Testament of Jesus the Christ, Volume 9, Hermas
Publisher Description
The book story of 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the catholics and protestant editions of the new testament, by its compilers translated from the original tongues, with historical references to their authenticity, by archbishop wake and other learned divines the first part of the book of hermas called his vision. Against filthy and proud thoughts; 20 also the neglect of Hermas in chastising his children. He who had bred me up sold a certain young maid at Rome; whom when I saw many years after. I remembered her, and began to love her as a sister. It happened some time afterwards, that I saw her washing in the river. Tyber; and I reached out my hand unto her, and brought her out of the river.