Hermas

[Easton] Mercury, a Roman Christian to whom Paul sends greetings (Rom. 16: 14). Some suppose him to have been the author of the celebrated religious romance called The Shepherd, but it is very probable that that work is the production of a later generation. [Smith] (Mercury), the name of a Christian resident at Rome to whom St. Paul sends greetings in his Epistle to the Romans. (Romans 16:14) (A.D. 55.) Irenaeus, Tertullian and Origen agree in attributing to him the work called The shepherd . It was never received into the canon, but yet was generally cited with respect only second to that which was paid to the authoritative books of the New Testament. [Hitchcock] Hermes, Mercury; gain; refuge [Nave] –A Christian at Rome Ro 16:14 [STEPBible TIPNR] A man living at the time of the New Testament, only mentioned at Rom.16.14) referred to as Hermas (Ἑρμᾶς), or Hermes (Ἑρμῆς).