Excerpts from Theodotus 48.3

Summary: From fear came the beasts, from perplexity the elements of the world.

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Greek text · Stählin 3:122

τὸ δὲ ἐκ τοῦ φόβου τὰ θηρία, τὸ δὲ ἐκ τῆς ἐκπλήξεως καὶ ἀπορίας τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου.

Another part, from fear, the wild beasts; another, from consternation and perplexity, the elements of the world.

Source: Stählin 3:122 · 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: Heresy

Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 48.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/48/3/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 48.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/48/3/).