Prophetic Extracts 51.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: “The heavens” in Ps 19 has several senses, including the first-created angels through whom the covenants with Adam, Noah, Abraham, and Moses were given.

Greek text · Stählin 3:151

»Οἱ οὐρανοὶ διηγοῦνται δόξαν θεοῦ.« οἱ οὐρανοὶ λέγονται πολλαχῶς, καὶ οἱ κατὰ διάστημα καὶ περίοδον καὶ ἡ κατὰ διαθήκην τῶν πρωτοκτίστων ἀγγέλων ἐνέργεια προσεχής· κυριωτέρᾳ γὰρ παρουσίᾳ ἀγγέλων αἱ διαθῆκαι ἐνηργήθησαν ἡ ἐπὶ Ἀδάμ, ἡ ἐπὶ Νῶε, ἡ ἐπὶ Ἀβραάμ, ἡ ἐπὶ Μωυσέως.

English · Claude translation

“The heavens declare the glory of God.” Heavens are spoken of in many senses: both those in space and revolution, and the immediate activity of the first-created angels in the covenants; for the covenants were brought into effect by the more sovereign presence of angels: that with Adam, that with Noah, that with Abraham, that with Moses.

About this passage

Source

Stählin 3:151 · 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 19:1 (18:2 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Gal 3:19 · echo, medium confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon

Cite this passage

Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 51.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/51/1/).

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Plain text

Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 51.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/51/1/).