Apocrypha · Chapter 4 of 114
Visions and Mandates
After she spoke these words, the heavens closed and I was completely shaken and sad.
2I said to myself: If this sin is recorded against me, how can I be saved?
3While I was considering these things, I saw before me a great white chair made of white wool like snow. And an elderly woman came in bright clothes, holding a book.
4She sat alone and greeted me: Hermas, hail! And I said, sad and weeping: Lady, hail!
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About The Shepherd of Hermas
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.