Shepherd of Hermas

I come to you, my new friend, and ask you "Why is sorrow a sin?" When Jesus says "Blessed are those who mourn?" In many things we're in agreement. I, a prophet on the couch, read you--though a little luxury is good, but not too much--I'm refreshed by your homilies. Christ let the apostles pluck the finest grains.

I do not designate you as scripture, but like Pilgrim's Progress, edifying information for the soul, which much of what you write is like a glass of cold water to my thirsty soul---for I desire righteousness, and I'm wearied by a Christianity that doesn't.