# Excerpta ex Theodoto 12

Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/excerpta-ex-theodoto/12

Οἱ πρωτόκτιστοι οὖν τόν τε υἱὸν ὁρῶσι καὶ ἑαυτοὺς καὶ τὰ ὑποβεβηκότα, ὥσπερ καὶ οἱ ἀρχάγγελοι τοὺς πρωτοκτίστους. ὁ δὲ υἱὸς ἀρχὴ τῆς πατρικῆς ὑπάρχει θέας, πρόσωπον τοῦ πατρὸς λεγόμενος. καὶ οἱ μὲν ἄγγελοι νοερὸν πῦρ καὶ πνεύματα νοερά, τὴν οὐσίαν ἀποκεκαθαρμένοι, φῶς δὲ νοερὸν ἡ μεγίστη προκοπὴ ἀπὸ τοῦ νοεροῦ πυρὸς ἀποκεκαθαρμένου τέλεον, »εἰς ἃ ἐπιθυμοῦσιν ἄγγελοι παρακύψαι«. ὁ Πέτρος φησίν· ὁ δὲ υἱὸς ἔτι τούτου καθαρώτερος, »ἀπρόσιτον φῶς« καὶ »δύναμις θεοῦ«, καὶ κατὰ τὸν ἀπόστολον »τιμίῳ καὶ ἀμώμῳ καὶ ἀσπίλῳ αἵματι ἐλυτρώθημεν«. οὗ »τὰ μὲν ἱμάτια ὡς φῶς ἔλαμψεν, τὸ πρόσωπον δὲ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος«, ᾧ μηδὲ ἀντωπῆσαι ἔστι ῥᾳδίως.

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Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto, 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.
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