# Eclogae propheticae 24

Clement of Alexandria, Eclogae propheticae, Chapter 24. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/eclogae-propheticae/24

Ὅτε χοϊκοὶ ἦμεν, Καίσαρος ἦμεν. Καῖσαρ δέ ἐστιν ὁ πρόσκαιρος ἄρχων, οὗ καὶ εἰκὼν ἡ χοϊκὴ ὁ παλαιὸς ἄνθρωπος, εἰς ὃν ἐπαλινδρόμησεν. τούτῳ οὖν τὰ χοϊκὰ ἀποδοτέον, ἃ »πεφορέκαμεν ἐν τῇ εἰκόνι τοῦ χοϊκοῦ«, καὶ »τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ τῷ θεῷ«· ἕκαστον γὰρ τῶν παθῶν ὥσπερ γράμμα καὶ χάραγμα ἡμῖν καὶ σημεῖον. ἄλλο χάραγμα νῦν ὁ κύριος ἡμῖν καὶ ἄλλα ὀνόματα καὶ γράμματα ἐνσημαίνεται, πίστιν ἀντὶ ἀπιστίας, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. οὕτως ἀπὸ τῶν ὑλικῶν ἐπὶ τὰ πνευματικὰ μεταγόμεθα »φορέσαντες τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ ἐπουρανίου«.

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Clement of Alexandria, Eclogae propheticae, ed. Otto Stählin. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0555.tlg005.local001/.