The Shepherd of Hermas | CatholicG33k

First Book: Visions

FIRST VISION — AGAINST FILTHY AND PROUD THOUGHTS, AND THE CARELESSNESS OF HERMAS IN CHASTISING HIS SONS.
SECOND VISION — AGAIN, OF HIS NEGLECT IN CHASTISING HIS TALKATIVE WIFE AND HIS LUSTFUL SONS, AND OF HIS CHARACTER.
THIRD VISION — CONCERNING THE BUILDING OF THE TRIUMPHANT CHURCH, AND THE VARIOUS CLASSES OF REPROBATE MEN.
FOURTH VISION — CONCERNING THE TRIAL AND TRIBULATION THAT ARE TO COME UPON MEN.
FIFTH VISION — CONCERNING THE COMMANDMENTS.

FIRST COMMANDMENT — ON FAITH IN GOD.
SECOND COMMANDMENT — ON AVOIDING EVIL-SPEAKING, AND ON GIVING ALMS IN SIMPLICITY.
THIRD COMMANDMENT — ON AVOIDING FALSEHOOD, AND ON THE REPENTANCE OF HERMAS FOR HIS DISSIMULATION.
FOURTH COMMANDMENT — ON PUTTING ONE’S WIFE AWAY FOR ADULTERY.
FIFTH COMMANDMENT — OF SADNESS OF HEART, AND OF PATIENCE.
SIXTH COMMANDMENT — HOW TO RECOGNISE THE TWO SPIRITS ATTENDANT ON EACH MAN, AND HOW TO DISTINGUISH THE SUGGESTIONS OF THE ONE FROM THOSE OF THE OTHER.
SEVENTH COMMANDMENT — ON FEARING GOD, AND NOT FEARING THE DEVIL.
EIGHTH COMMANDMENT — WE OUGHT TO SHUN THAT WHICH IS EVIL, AND DO THAT WHICH IS GOOD.
NINTH COMMANDMENT — PRAYER MUST BE MADE TO GOD WITHOUT CEASING AND WITH UNWAVERING CONFIDENCE.
TENTH COMMANDMENT — OF GRIEF, AND NOT GRIEVING THE SPIRIT OF GOD WHICH IS IN US.
ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT — THE SPIRIT AND PROPHETS TO BE TRIED BY THEIR WORKS; ALSO OF THE TWO KINDS OF SPIRIT.
TWELFTH COMMANDMENT — ON THE TWOFOLD DESIRE. THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD CAN BE KEPT, AND BELIEVERS OUGHT NOT TO FEAR THE DEVIL.

FIRST SIMILITUDE — AS IN THIS WORLD WE HAVE NO ABIDING CITY, WE OUGHT TO SEEK ONE TO COME.
SECOND SIMILITUDE — AS THE VINE IS SUPPORTED BY THE ELM, SO IS THE RICH MAN HELPER BY THE PRAYER OF THE POOR.
THIRD SIMILITUDE — AS IN WINTER GREEN TREES CANNOT BE DISTINGUISHED FROM WITHERED, SO IN THIS WORLD NEITHER CAN THE JUST FROM THE UNJUST.
FOURTH SIMILITUDE — AS IN SUMMER LIVING TREES ARE DISTINGUISHED FROM WITHERED BY FRUIT AND LIVING LEAVES, SO IN THE WORLD TO COME THE JUST DIFFER FROM THE UNJUST IN HAPPINESS.
FIFTH SIMILITUDE — OF TRUE FASTING AND ITS REWARD: ALSO OF PURITY OF BODY.
SIXTH SIMILITUDE — OF THE TWO CLASSES OF VOLUPTUOUS MEN, AND OF THEIR DEATH, FALLING AWAY, AND THE DURATION OF THEIR PUNISHMENT.
SEVENTH SIMILITUDE — THEY WHO REPENT MUST BRING FORTH FRUITS WORTHY OF REPENTANCE.
EIGHTH SIMILITUDE — THE SINS OF THE ELECT AND OF THE PENITENT ARE OF MANY KINDS, BUT ALL WILL BE REWARDED ACCORDING TO THE MEASURE OF THEIR REPENTANCE AND GOOD WORKS.
NINTH SIMILITUDE — THE GREAT MYSTERIES IN THE BUILDING OF THE MILITANT AND TRIUMPHANT CHURCH,
TENTH SIMILITUDE — CONCERNING REPENTANCE AND ALMS-GIVING.