Prophetic Extracts 31.1

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

Summary: The mature Christian is blessed not for long life but for a good life worthy of eternal life; he has grieved no one

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Greek text · Stählin 3:146

Ἐν πολλῷ δὲ τῷ βίῳ μακαριστὸς οὐ διὰ τὸ μακρὸν [γενόμενος] ζῆν, ᾧ γε καὶ διὰ τὸ ζῆσαι εὖ ὑπῆρξεν ἀξίῳ τοῦ ζῆν ἀεὶ γενέσθαι. οὐδένα λελύπηκεν.

English · Claude translation

Over a long life he is to be called blessed, not because he lived long, but because by living well he became worthy of living forever. He has grieved no one,

About this passage

Source: Stählin 3:146 · 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: Ethics

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Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 31.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/31/1/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 31.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/31/1/).

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