Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 42.8

Clement of Alexandria · Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? · ca. 190–210 · Alexandria · Read in context

Summary: John asked the bishop to return the “deposit” entrusted to him; the bishop thought he meant money.

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Greek text · Stählin 3:189

ὃ δέ, ἐπεὶ τὰ ἄλλα ὧν χάριν ἧκεν κατεστήσατο, »ἄγε δή«, ἔφη. »ὦ ἐπίσκοπε, τὴν παραθήκην ἀπόδος ἡμῖν, ἣν ἐγώ τε καὶ ὁ Χριστός σοι παρακατεθέμεθα ἐπὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, ἧς προκαθέζῃ. μάρτυρος.« ὃ δὲ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐξεπλάγη, χρήματα οἰόμενος.

English · Claude translation

When he had settled the other matters for which he had come, he said, “Come now, bishop, return to us the deposit that Christ and I entrusted to you, with the church over which you preside as witness.” At first the bishop was astonished, thinking he was being falsely accused about money

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Source: Stählin 3:189 · 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: Church office

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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 42.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/42/8/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 42.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/42/8/).

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