Excerpts from Theodotus 12.3

Summary: The Son is purer still, the unapproachable light, who redeemed us by his precious blood and whose face shone like the sun.

Greek text · Stählin 3:110–111

ὁ Πέτρος φησίν· ὁ δὲ υἱὸς ἔτι τούτου καθαρώτερος, »ἀπρόσιτον φῶς« καὶ »δύναμις θεοῦ«, καὶ κατὰ τὸν ἀπόστολον »τιμίῳ καὶ ἀμώμῳ καὶ ἀσπίλῳ αἵματι ἐλυτρώθημεν«. οὗ »τὰ μὲν ἱμάτια ὡς φῶς ἔλαμψεν, τὸ πρόσωπον δὲ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος«, ᾧ μηδὲ ἀντωπῆσαι ἔστι ῥᾳδίως.

English · Claude translation

as Peter says. And the Son is purer still than this, “unapproachable light” and “the power of God”; and according to the apostle, “we were redeemed with precious, blameless, and spotless blood.” His “garments shone like light, and his face like the sun,” on which one cannot easily even look.

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Source

Stählin 3:110–111 · 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

1 Tim 6:16 · quotation, high confidence
1 Cor 1:24 · quotation, high confidence
1 Pet 1:19 · quotation, high confidence
Matt 17:2 · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Christology

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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 12.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/12/3/).

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Plain text

Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 12.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/12/3/).

Greek text · Stählin 3:110–111

English · Claude translation

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