Hermas was a freedman and Christian born in Aquileia who lived in ancient Rome. He was a brother of Pius, Bishop of Rome about the middle of the second century, and his father was an Italian called Rufinus, who according to the Liber Pontificalis was also a native of Aquileia. Some later writers identify him as Hermas of Dalmatia, mentioned in Romans 16:14. Hermas the freedman was the central character and, by some assessments, the author of the work titled The Shepherd of Hermas, which in the early Church was sometimes classed among the canonical Scriptures.
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Hermas (Greek: Ερμάς) was a freedman and Christian born in Aquileia, who lived in Ancient Rome.
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Hermas (Greek: Ερμάς) was a freedman and Christian born in Aquileia, who lived in Ancient Rome.
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The Muratorian fragment identifies the author of The Shepherd as Hermas, the brother of Pope Pius I.
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The Muratorian fragment identifies the author of The Shepherd as Hermas, the brother of Pope Pius I.
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