Excerpts from Theodotus 43.5

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

Summary: The one who descended to the depths is the one who ascended above the heavens.

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Greek text · Stählin 3:120

τὸ δὲ ἀνέβη τί ἐστιν, εἰ μὴ ὅτι καὶ κατέβη; ὁ καταβὰς αὐτός ἐστιν εἰς τὰ κατώτατα τῆς γῆς καὶ ἀναβὰς ὑπεράνω τῶν οὐρανῶν.«

English · Claude translation

What does ‘he ascended’ mean, except that he also descended? He who descended is the same who ascended far above the heavens.”

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Source

Stählin 3:120 · 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.

Scripture

Eph 4:9 · quotation, high confidence
Eph 4:10 · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Christology

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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 43.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/43/5/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 43.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/43/5/).

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