The Shepherd of Hermas

First Book: Visions

FIRST VISION -- AGAINST FILTHY AND PROUD THOUGHTS, AND THE CARELESSNESS OF HERMAS IN CHASTISING HIS SONS.
SECOND VISION -- AGAIN, OF HIS NEGLECT IN CHASTISING HIS TALKATIVE WIFE AND HIS LUSTFUL SONS, AND OF HIS CHARACTER.
THIRD VISION -- CONCERNING THE BUILDING OF THE TRIUMPHANT CHURCH, AND THE VARIOUS CLASSES OF REPROBATE MEN.
FOURTH VISION -- CONCERNING THE TRIAL AND TRIBULATION THAT ARE TO COME UPON MEN.
FIFTH VISION -- CONCERNING THE COMMANDMENTS.

FIRST COMMANDMENT -- ON FAITH IN GOD.
SECOND COMMANDMENT -- ON AVOIDING EVIL-SPEAKING, AND ON GIVING ALMS IN SIMPLICITY.
THIRD COMMANDMENT -- ON AVOIDING FALSEHOOD, AND ON THE REPENTANCE OF HERMAS FOR HIS DISSIMULATION.
FOURTH COMMANDMENT -- ON PUTTING ONE'S WIFE AWAY FOR ADULTERY.
FIFTH COMMANDMENT -- OF SADNESS OF HEART, AND OF PATIENCE.
SIXTH COMMANDMENT -- HOW TO RECOGNISE THE TWO SPIRITS ATTENDANT ON EACH MAN, AND HOW TO DISTINGUISH THE SUGGESTIONS OF THE ONE FROM THOSE OF THE OTHER.
SEVENTH COMMANDMENT -- ON FEARING GOD, AND NOT FEARING THE DEVIL.
EIGHTH COMMANDMENT -- WE OUGHT TO SHUN THAT WHICH IS EVIL, AND DO THAT WHICH IS GOOD.
NINTH COMMANDMENT -- PRAYER MUST BE MADE TO GOD WITHOUT CEASING AND WITH UNWAVERING CONFIDENCE.
TENTH COMMANDMENT -- OF GRIEF, AND NOT GRIEVING THE SPIRIT OF GOD WHICH IS IN US.
ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT -- THE SPIRIT AND PROPHETS TO BE TRIED BY THEIR WORKS; ALSO OF THE TWO KINDS OF SPIRIT.
TWELFTH COMMANDMENT -- ON THE TWOFOLD DESIRE. THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD CAN BE KEPT, AND BELIEVERS OUGHT NOT TO FEAR THE DEVIL.

FIRST SIMILITUDE -- AS IN THIS WORLD WE HAVE NO ABIDING CITY, WE OUGHT TO SEEK ONE TO COME.
SECOND SIMILITUDE -- AS THE VINE IS SUPPORTED BY THE ELM, SO IS THE RICH MAN HELPER BY THE PRAYER OF THE POOR.
THIRD SIMILITUDE -- AS IN WINTER GREEN TREES CANNOT BE DISTINGUISHED FROM WITHERED, SO IN THIS WORLD NEITHER CAN THE JUST FROM THE UNJUST.
FOURTH SIMILITUDE -- AS IN SUMMER LIVING TREES ARE DISTINGUISHED FROM WITHERED BY FRUIT AND LIVING LEAVES, SO IN THE WORLD TO COME THE JUST DIFFER FROM THE UNJUST IN HAPPINESS.
FIFTH SIMILITUDE -- OF TRUE FASTING AND ITS REWARD: ALSO OF PURITY OF BODY.
SIXTH SIMILITUDE -- OF THE TWO CLASSES OF VOLUPTUOUS MEN, AND OF THEIR DEATH, FALLING AWAY, AND THE DURATION OF THEIR PUNISHMENT.
SEVENTH SIMILITUDE -- THEY WHO REPENT MUST BRING FORTH FRUITS WORTHY OF REPENTANCE.
EIGHTH SIMILITUDE -- THE SINS OF THE ELECT AND OF THE PENITENT ARE OF MANY KINDS, BUT ALL WILL BE REWARDED ACCORDING TO THE MEASURE OF THEIR REPENTANCE AND GOOD WORKS.
NINTH SIMILITUDE -- THE GREAT MYSTERIES IN THE BUILDING OF THE MILITANT AND TRIUMPHANT CHURCH,
TENTH SIMILITUDE -- CONCERNING REPENTANCE AND ALMS-GIVING.