Prophetic Extracts 28.2

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

Summary: The spiritual athlete trains in the teaching and defeats the opponents of true knowledge.

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Greek text · Stählin 3:145

ὁ δὲ ἀθλητής, γνωρίσας τὸ στάδιον τὸ Ὀλυμπιακόν, ἐπαποδύεται τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ καὶ ἀγωνίζεται καὶ νικηφόρος γίνεται, τοὺς ἀντιπάλους καὶ κατατρέχοντας τῆς γνωστικῆς ὁδοῦ παρακρουσάμενος καὶ καταγωνισάμενος.

English · Claude translation

But the athlete, having come to know the Olympic stadium, strips for the teaching, contends, and becomes victorious, having outmaneuvered and defeated the opponents who assail the way of knowledge.

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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.
Topics: Heresy

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Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 28.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/28/2/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 28.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/28/2/).

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