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Hermes

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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Hermes Trismegistus, or Mercurius
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( ῾Ερμῆς, i.e. the Greek Mercury [q.v. ]) the name of a man mentioned in the Epistle to the Romans as a disciple at Rome (Romans 16:14). A.D. 55. "According to the Greeks," says Calmet (Dict. s.v.), "he was one of the seventy disciples, and afterwards bishop of Dalmatia." His festival occurs in their calendar upon April 8 (Neale, Eastern Church, 2, 774).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Hermes'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​h/hermes.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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