Prophetic Extracts 44.1

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

Summary: All believers are called kings, called to the kingdom by knowledge and inheritance.

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Greek text · Stählin 3:149

»Μεγαλύνων τὰς σωτηρίας τοῦ βασιλέως αὐτοῦ.« βασιλεῖς πάντες λέγονται οἱ πιστοί, κεκλημένοι εἰς βασιλείαν κατά τε τὴν ἐπίγνωσιν κατά τε τὴν κληρονομίαν.

English · Claude translation

“Magnifying the salvations of his king.” All the faithful are called kings, being called to the kingdom both by knowledge and by inheritance.

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Source

Stählin 3:149 · 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.

Scripture

Ps 18:50 (17:51 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Rev 1:6 · echo, medium confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon

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Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 44.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/44/1/).

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Plain text

Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 44.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/44/1/).

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