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Excerpts from Theodotus 65.1

Clement of Alexandria · Excerpts from Theodotus · ca. 200 · Alexandria · Read in context

Summary: The Demiurge is like the friend of the bridegroom who stands outside and rejoices at his voice.

Greek text · Stählin 3:128

Ὁ δὲ τοῦ δείπνου μὲν »ἀρχιτρίκλινος«, τῶν γάμων δὲ παράνυμφος, »τοῦ νυμφίου δὲ φίλος, ἑστὼς ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ νυμφῶνος, ἀκούων τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ νυμφίου, χαρᾷ χαίρει«.

English · Claude translation

And the “master of the feast” of the supper and groomsman of the wedding, “the friend of the Bridegroom, standing before the bridal chamber, hearing the Bridegroom's voice, rejoices greatly.”

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Source
Stählin 3:128 · 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
Text
As printed in Stählin, GCS 17. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
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
Topics
Heresy

Notes

Translation notes

  • The allusions are John 2:8 and John 3:29.

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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 65.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/65/1/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 65.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/65/1/).

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