Excerpts from Theodotus 9.3
Summary: All are called equally, but those who believe more are chosen, to whom Christ speaks as his own.
Greek text · Stählin 3:109
πάντες μὲν οὖν κέκληνται ἐπʼ ἴσης (»βρέχει γὰρ ἐπὶ δικαίους καὶ ἀδίκους καὶ τὸν ἥλιον ἐπιλάμπει πᾶσιν«), ἐκλέγονται δὲ οἱ μᾶλλον πιστεύσαντες, πρὸς οὓς λέγει· »τὸν πατέρα μου οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν εἰ μὴ ὁ υἱός·« καί· »ὑμεῖς ἐστε τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου·« καί· »πάτερ ἅγιε, ἁγίασον αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου.«
English · Claude translation
All, then, have been called equally (“for he rains on the just and the unjust and makes the sun shine on all”), but those who have believed more are chosen, to whom he says, “No one has seen my Father except the Son”; and, “You are the light of the world”; and, “Holy Father, sanctify them in your name.”
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Notes
Translation notes
- The quotations are Matt 5:45, John 6:46 (Matt 11:27), Matt 5:14, and John 17:11, 17.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (wrong accent on the relative οὓς): πρὸς οὕς λέγει → πρὸς οὓς λέγει.
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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 9.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/9/3/).
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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 9.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/9/3/).
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