Excerpts from Theodotus 74.1

Summary: The Lord came down to bring heavenly peace to those on earth,

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Greek text · Stählin 3:130

Διὰ τοῦτο ὁ κύριος κατῆλθεν εἰρήνην ποιήσων τὴν ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ τοῖς ἐπὶ γῆς, ὥς φησιν ὁ ἀπόστολος·

That is why the Lord came down, to make peace from heaven for those on earth, as the apostle says:

Source: Stählin 3:130 · 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

The words quoted in the next section are from Luke 2:14, attributed to “the apostle” (Luke).

Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 74.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/74/1/).

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Plain text

Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 74.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/74/1/).