Welcome to this week’s episode of A History of Christian Theology. Getting back into the standard format, Chad Tom and Trevor take a look at the Shepherd of Hermas. Given the tedium of most of the book, the three of us, in a few rabbit trails, primarily take on what is the task of theology, is there Christian perfection and what does it mean for the church to change and grow. I’ll tease this a bit, by saying that we do give all of our opinion of whether or not this text fits within historic orthodoxy at the end of the podcast, but let’s just say you’ll want to listen to the summary, so you don’t have to read it for yourself. Please check out our blog at ahistoryofchristiantheology.com