Excerpts from Theodotus 84.1

Summary: Hence the fasts, prayers, raised hands, and kneeling before baptism: a soul is rescued from the lions' mouth, and temptations follow from the angry powers.

Greek text · Stählin 3:132

Διὰ τοῦτο νηστεῖαι, δεήσεις, εὐχαί, ἐπάρσεις χειρῶν, γονυκλισίαι, ὅτι ψυχὴ ἐκ κόσμου καὶ »ἐκ στόματος λεόντων« ἀνασῴζεται, διὸ καὶ πειρασμοὶ εὐθέως ἀγανακτούντων τῶν ἀφʼ ὧν ἀφῃρέθη, κἄν τις φέρῃ προειδώς, τά γε ἔξω σαλεύουσιν.

English · Claude translation

That is why there are fasts, supplications, prayers, raising of hands, and kneeling: because a soul is being rescued from the world and “from the mouth of lions.” That is why temptations come at once too, as those from whom it was taken away are angry; and even if one bears them knowing in advance, they at least shake the outward things.

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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.

Scripture

Ps 22:21 (21:22 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
2 Tim 4:17 · echo, medium confidence

Topics

Baptism, Fasting, Prayer

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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 84.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/84/1/).

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Plain text

Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 84.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/84/1/).

Greek text · Stählin 3:132

English · Claude translation

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