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Prophetic Extracts 27.4

Clement of Alexandria · Prophetic Extracts · ca. 200 · Alexandria · Read in context

Summary: The elders' deposit speaks through the writer for the readers' salvation.

Greek text · Stählin 3:145

ἡ γὰρ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων παρακαταθήκη διὰ τῆς γραφῆς λαλοῦσα ὑπουργῷ χρῆται τῷ γράφοντι πρὸς τὴν παράδοσιν εἰς σωτηρίαν τῶν ἐντευξομένων.

English · Claude translation

For the deposit of the elders, speaking through writing, uses the writer as a servant for handing on the tradition for the salvation of those who will read it.

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Source
Stählin 3:145 · 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.
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Scripture and canon

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Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 27.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/27/4/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 27.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/27/4/).

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