Twelve Commandments
1. Believe in God;
2. Live in simplicity and innocence; do not speak evil: give alms to all who beg;
3. Love truth and avoid falsehood;
4. Preserve chastity in your thoughts;
5. Learn patience and generosity;
6. Know that a good and an evil spirit attend every man;
7. Fear God and fear not the devil;
8. Perform every good act, and refrain from every evil deed;
9. Pray to God from the depth of your soul with faith that your prayer will be fulfilled;
10. Guard against melancholy, the sister of doubt and anger;
11. Test true and false prophecies;
12. Guard against every evil desire.
given by an angel to the Holy Apostle Hermas