Apocrypha · Chapter 16 of 114
Visions and Mandates
But before I spoke and mentioned the place, she said: I will come wherever you wish.
2So I went to the field, counted the hours and arrived at the place I had marked for her to come, and I saw an ivory bench placed there.
3And on the bench was spread a linen cushion and on it a veil of fine linen.
4When I saw these things placed there and no one in the place, I was amazed and a trembling seized me.
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Visions, commandments and parables received by a former slave in Rome, debating whether there is a second chance after grave sin. It was read as Scripture in several ancient churches.