Excerpts from Theodotus 25.2

Summary: Theodotus says the twelve apostles replace the twelve signs of the zodiac, overseeing rebirth as the signs govern birth.

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Greek text · Stählin 3:115

οἱ ἀπόστολοι, φησί, μετετέθησαν τοῖς δεκαδύο ζῳδίοις. ὡς γὰρ ὑπʼ ἐκείνων ἡ γένεσις διοικεῖται, οὕτως ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων ἡ ἀναγέννησις ἐφορᾶται.

The apostles, he says, were put in place of the twelve signs of the zodiac. For as birth is governed by them, so rebirth is overseen by the apostles.

Source: Stählin 3:115 · Otto Stählin, ed., Clemens Alexandrinus, vol. 3, Stromata Buch VII und VIII, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Eclogae propheticae, Quis dives salvetur, Fragmente, GCS 17 (Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1909) · Greek text: Otto Stählin, Clemens Alexandrinus 3 (GCS 17, 1909), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text: As printed in Stählin, GCS 17. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Stählin (1909); made independently of existing English translations.
Topics: Heresy

Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 25.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/25/2/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 25.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/25/2/).