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== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66445" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66445" /> == | ||
<p> A Christian to whom Paul sent salutations in his epistle to the Romans. Romans 16:14 . Some have judged him to be one of the [[Apostolic]] Fathers, and the writer of a treatise called " | <p> A Christian to whom Paul sent salutations in his epistle to the Romans. Romans 16:14 . Some have judged him to be one of the [[Apostolic]] Fathers, and the writer of a treatise called [["The Shepherd Of]] HERMAS,"which was highly esteemed in the early church. It is a sort of allegory, and has been compared to Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. Parts of it are very trivial, and some scarcely decent. It is found attached to the Greek manuscript of the N.T., known as the Codex Sinaiticus, and exists in several ancient Latin copies. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16318" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16318" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_43421" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_43421" /> == | ||
<p> ( ῾Ερμᾶς, from ῾Ερμῆς, the Greek god of gain, or ''Mercury),'' the name of a person to whom Paul sends greeting in his Epistle to the Romans (16:14), and consequently then resident in Rome and a Christian (A.D. 55); and yet the origin of the name, like that of the other four mentioned in the same verse, is Greek. However, in those days. even a Jew, like Paul himself, might acquire Roman citizenship. Ireneeus, Tertullian, and Origen agree in making him identical with the author of ''"The Shepherd"'' of the following article, but this is greatly disputed. He is celebrated as a saint in the Roman calendar on May 9. — Smith, s.v. </p> | <p> ( '''''῾Ερμᾶς''''' , from '''''῾Ερμῆς''''' , the Greek god of gain, or ''Mercury),'' the name of a person to whom Paul sends greeting in his Epistle to the Romans (16:14), and consequently then resident in Rome and a Christian (A.D. 55); and yet the origin of the name, like that of the other four mentioned in the same verse, is Greek. However, in those days. even a Jew, like Paul himself, might acquire Roman citizenship. Ireneeus, Tertullian, and Origen agree in making him identical with the author of ''"The Shepherd"'' of the following article, but this is greatly disputed. He is celebrated as a saint in the Roman calendar on May 9. '''''—''''' Smith, s.v. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4420" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4420" /> == | ||
