Shepherd of Hermas 12

1Answering, I say to her, "Lady, this matter is great and marvelous. And the six young men who are building—who are they, Lady?"

2"These are the holy angels of God, the first-created, to whom the Lord entrusted all his creation, to increase and to build and to rule over all creation. By these, therefore, the building of the tower will be brought to completion."

32. "And the others who are carrying the stones—who are they?"

4"They too are holy angels of God; but these six are superior to them. The building of the tower, then, will be brought to completion, and all together will rejoice around the tower and will glorify God, because the building of the tower has been completed."

53. I asked her, saying, "Lady, I wished to know the outcome of the stones and their power—what sort it is."

6Answering me, she says, "It is not because you are more worthy than all that it is revealed to you; for there are others before you and better than you, to whom it was fitting that these visions should be revealed. But in order that the name of God might be glorified, it has been revealed to you and will be revealed, for the sake of the double-minded—those who reason within their hearts whether these things are so or not. Tell them that all these things are true, and nothing is outside the truth; rather, all are strong and sure and well-founded."