Prophetic Extracts 59.2

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

Summary: Christ's own testimony, his suffering and resurrection, confirmed the church's faith.

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Greek text · Stählin 3:154

ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡ αὐτοῦ τοῦ κυρίου μαρτυρία, καθʼ ἣν παθὼν ἀνέστη, ἀληθὴς γενομένη κατὰ τὸ ἔργον αὐτό, εἰς βεβαίωσιν πίστεως ἤγαγεν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν.

English · Claude translation

But also the testimony of the Lord himself, according to which he suffered and rose, having become true in the very deed, led the church to firmness of faith.

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Source: Stählin 3:154 · 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: Christology

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Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 59.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/59/2/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 59.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/59/2/).

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