Prophetic Extracts 52.3

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

Summary: The firmament reveals the angels God made; “day to day pours forth speech” is read like “heavens,” in many senses.

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Greek text · Stählin 3:151

τὴν ποίησιν οὖν τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ αὐτὸ τὸ στερέωμα ἀναγγέλλει, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν δείκνυσι καὶ φαίνει τὴν ποίησιν τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ· ἀναγγέλλει γὰρ καὶ δείκνυσιν οὓς ἐποίησεν. »Ἡμέρα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐρεύγεται ῥῆμα.« ὡς οἱ οὐρανοὶ πολλαχῶς.

English · Claude translation

The firmament itself, then, proclaims the work of his hands, that is, shows and reveals the making of his angels; for it proclaims and shows those whom he made. “Day to day pours forth speech.” As the heavens are meant in many senses,

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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 19:2 (18:3 LXX) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon

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Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 52.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/52/3/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 52.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/52/3/).

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