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Excerpts from Theodotus 46.2

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

Summary: The Savior is the first creator; Wisdom, second, builds her house on seven pillars.

Greek text · Stählin 3:121

Πρῶτος μὲν οὖν δημιουργὸς ὁ Σωτὴρ γίνεται καθολικός. »ἡ δὲ Σοφία« δευτέρα »οἰκοδομεῖ οἶκον ἑαυτῇ καὶ ὑπήρεισεν στύλους ἑπτά«.

English · Claude translation

The Savior, then, becomes the first, universal Demiurge; and “Wisdom,” second, “builds herself a house and set up seven pillars.”

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Source
Stählin 3:121 · 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
Topics
Heresy

Notes

Translation notes

  • The quotation is Prov 9:1. The seven pillars are the seven heavens (compare 47.2).

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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 46.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/46/2/).

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Plain text
Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 46.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/46/2/).

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