Prophetic Extracts 14.2

Summary: Fasting empties the soul of matter and makes body and soul ready for God's word.

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Greek text · Stählin 3:140

ἄλλως τε κενοῖ τῆς ὕλης τὴν ψυχὴν ἡ νηστεία καὶ καθαρὰν καὶ κούφην σὺν καὶ τῷ σώματι παρίστησι τοῖς θείοις λόγοις.

Besides, fasting empties the soul of matter and presents it, together with the body, pure and light to the divine words.

Source: Stählin 3:140 · 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
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: Fasting

Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 14.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/14/2/).

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Plain text

Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 14.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/14/2/).