Pastor Erma

The published work of the "Shepherd Erma", "age" of which is almost 2000 years old, belongs to the era of "husbands of the apostolic" (I-II century), and in the first centuries, according to their authority, the church was ranked at the books of the Holy Scripture of the New Testament. It contains the mysterious revelations about the close end of peace, the coming of Christ, the fate of the church and a separate person. Angels are performed a special role in this work, as the Voles of the Divine Will. The revelation data is set out in the bright visual form of symbolic visions and deep-affairs, which, together with the subsequent explanations in the text makes them widely accessible and understandable. At the same time, "Shepherd Erma" has almost an artistic storyline of narration. The publication is preceded by the introductory article by Professor MDA A. I. Sidorova and is intended for the widest range of readers.
Text prepared by: Monuments of Christian Writing. T. II. M., 1866 (in Russian translation of holy. P. Preobrazhensky)