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Excerpts from Theodotus 22.1

Clement of Alexandria · Excerpts from Theodotus · ca. 200 · Alexandria · Read in context

Summary: The Valentinians read “baptized for the dead” as the angels' baptism on our behalf.

Greek text · Stählin 3:113–114

Καὶ ὅταν εἴπῃ ὁ ἀπόστολος »ἐπεὶ τί ποιήσουσιν οἱ βαπτιζόμενοι ὑπὲρ τῶν νεκρῶν;« ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν γάρ, φησίν, οἱ ἄγγελοι ἐβαπτίσαντο, ὧν ἐσμεν μέρη.

English · Claude translation

And when the apostle says, “Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead?” for the angels, he says, of whom we are parts, were baptized for us.

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Source
Stählin 3:113–114 · 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.
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Topics
Heresy, Baptism

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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 22.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/22/1/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 22.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/22/1/).

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