Excerpts from Theodotus 82.2

Summary: Likewise the exorcised baptismal water both drives away evil and receives holiness.

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Greek text · Stählin 3:132

οὕτως καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ, καὶ τὸ ἐξορκιζόμενον καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα γινόμενον, οὐ μόνον χωρίζει τὸ χεῖρον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἁγιασμὸν προσλαμβάνει.

So too the water, both that which is exorcised and that which becomes baptism, not only separates what is worse but also takes on sanctification.

Source: Stählin 3:132 · 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: Baptism

Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 82.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/82/2/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 82.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/82/2/).