Apocrypha · Chapter 85 of 114
Visions and Mandates
The Shepherd then said to me: 'Let us go and work on these stones. See these black stones, perhaps if we wash them they will become white.'
2But when we washed them, they remained black. The Shepherd said: 'These have no place in the tower. Cast them out.'
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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.