No Private Thoughts? Desire in The Shepherd of Hermas
His thoughts are not private. God sees into his mind. His mind has become a stage for the performance of his virtue. God is the audience for the performance on the stage of his mind.
By Ellie Elliott|2019-10-02T23:03:22-04:00October 3rd, 2019|Tags: Elli Elliott, Extracanonical Texts, Shepherd of Hermas|
His thoughts are not private. God sees into his mind. His mind has become a stage for the performance of his virtue. God is the audience for the performance on the stage of his mind.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2019-08-06T17:19:49-04:00August 10th, 2019|Tags: Elli Elliott, Extracanonical Texts, Poverty, Shepherd of Hermas|
In Shepherd of Hermas, Elliott finds distinguishing Christian feature: the poor are to be honored. All of us – slaves and masters – should be servants to God.