Shepherd of Hermas, Similitude 5.3.8 (56.8)

Hermas · Shepherd of Hermas: Similitudes · ca. 100–150 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: Such a fast is an acceptable sacrifice.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:160

ἐὰν οὖν οὕτω τελέσῃς τὴν νηστείαν, ὥς σοι ἐνετειλάμην, ἔσται ἡ θυσία σου δεκτὴ παρὰ τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ἔγγραφος ἔσται ἡ νηστεία αὕτη, καὶ ἡ λειτουργία οὕτως ἐργαζομένη καλὴ καὶ ἱλαρά ἐστι καὶ εὐπρόσδεκτος τῷ κυρίῳ.

English · Claude translation

If, then, you complete the fast as I have commanded you, your sacrifice will be acceptable to God, and this fast will be recorded, and the service performed in this way is good and cheerful and acceptable to the Lord.

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Source: Lake, LCL 25:160 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 138–305 · 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), and from the ancient Latin version where Lake prints it because the Greek is lost (from Sim. 9.30.3); made independently of existing English translations.
Topics: Fasting

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Herm. Sim. 5.3.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-sim/5/3/8/).

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Herm. Sim. 5.3.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-sim/5/3/8/).

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