Shepherd of Hermas, Mandate 6.2.1 (36.1)

Summary: Two angels accompany each person, one good and one evil.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:96

Ἄκουε νῦν, φησί, περὶ τῆς πίστεως. δύο εἰσὶν ἄγγελοι μετὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, εἷς τῆς δικαιοσύνης καὶ εἷς τῆς πονηρίας.

“Hear now,” he said, “about faith. There are two angels with a person, one of righteousness and one of wickedness.”

Source: Lake, LCL 25:96 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 70–137 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913); made independently of existing English translations.

Herm. Mand. 6.2.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/6/2/1/).

Plain text

Herm. Mand. 6.2.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/6/2/1/).