And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
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Shepherd of Hermas
AD 150
Without doing evil, will be more honoured than all who have been previously mentioned; for all infants are honourable before God, and are the first persons with Him.
They are as veritable infants, whose hearts do not invent evil, who hardly know what corruption is, and who have remained childlike forever. People such as these, therefore, undoubtedly dwell in the kingdom of God, because they in no way defile God’s commandments, but have continued in innocence all the days of their lives in the same state of mind.
