Similitude 5 · Chapter 4

A visionary Christian work arranged as visions, commandments, and parables, calling baptized believers to repentance, moral seriousness, communal discipline, and hope in God’s mercy within the church.

Author

Hermas

Traditional attribution

Hermas of Rome, traditionally identified as the brother of Pope Pius I

Date

c. AD 100–160

Origin

Rome

Genre

Apocalypse

The author identifies himself as Hermas; the work’s composition may have developed in stages.