The Wesleyan Church excludes the Shepherd of Hermas from its biblical canon. While this 2nd-century Christian document has historical interest and offers ethical and spiritual insights valuable for understanding early Christianity, it is not Scripture.

The Shepherd of Hermas lacks apostolic authority (it was written generations after the apostles), was not universally received in the early Church, and was never included in the biblical canon. The Wesleyan Quadrilateral places Scripture first and requires that Scripture be apostolically authoritative.

The Methodist/Wesleyan tradition has consistently affirmed the 66-book Protestant Bible as the authoritative Scripture. Post-apostolic Christian writings, while historically significant, do not carry scriptural authority.