Prophetic Extracts 5.3

Summary: The Lord leads us out of disorder into shadowless light.

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Greek text · Stählin 3:138

ἐξάγων οὖν τῆς ἀταξίας ἡμᾶς ὁ κύριος φωτίζει, εἰς τὸ φῶς ἄγων τὸ ἄσκιον καὶ οὐκέτι ὑλικόν.

So the Lord, leading us out of disorder, enlightens us, leading us into the light that has no shadow and is no longer material.

Source: Stählin 3:138 · 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: Baptism

Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 5.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/5/3/).

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Plain text

Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 5.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/5/3/).