Sophia Scriptura

Excerpts from Theodotus 3.1

Clement of Alexandria · Excerpts from Theodotus · ca. 200 · Alexandria · Read in context

Summary: Christ awakened the soul and kindled its spark, since his words are power.

Greek text · Stählin 3:106

καὶ ἡ ψυχή σου.« ἐλθὼν οὖν ὁ Σωτὴρ τὴν ψυχὴν ἐξύπνισεν, ἐξῆψεν δὲ τὸν σπινθῆρα· δύναμις γὰρ οἱ λόγοι τοῦ κυρίου. διὰ τοῦτο εἴρηκεν· »λαμψάτω τὸ φῶς ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων.«

English · Claude translation

When the Savior came, then, he awakened the soul and kindled the spark; for the words of the Lord are power. That is why he said, “Let your light shine before men.”

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Source
Stählin 3:106 · 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.
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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 3.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/3/1/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 3.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/3/1/).

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