# Excerpta ex Theodoto 31

Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Chapter 31. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/excerpta-ex-theodoto/31

Ἀλλὰ καὶ εἰ ὁ κατελθὼν εὐδοκία τοῦ ὅλου ἦν (»ἐν αὐτῷ γὰρ πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα ἦν σωματικῶς«), ἔπαθεν δὲ οὗτος, δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ σπέρματα συνέπαθεν, δι᾿ ὧν τὸ ὅλον καὶ τὸ πᾶν εὑρίσκεται πάσχον. ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ τῆς τοῦ δωδεκάτου αἰῶνος πείσεως τὰ ὅλα παιδευθέντα, ὥς φασι, συνεπάθησεν. τότε γὰρ ἐπέγνωσαν ὅτι ὅ εἰσιν, χάριτι τοῦ πατρός εἰσιν, ὄνομα ἀνωνόμαστον, μορφὴ καὶ γνῶσις. ὁ δὲ βουληθεὶς αἰὼν τὸ ὑπὲρ τὴν γνῶσιν λαβεῖν ἐν ἀγνωσίᾳ καὶ ἀμορφίᾳ ἐγένετο. ὅθεν καὶ κένωμα γνώσεως εἰργάσατο, ὅπερ ἐστὶ σκιὰ τοῦ ὀνόματος· ὅπερ ἐστὶν υἱός, μορφὴ τῶν αἰώνων. οὕτως τὸ κατὰ μέρος ὄνομα τῶν αἰώνων ἀπώλεια ἐστὶ τοῦ ὀνόματος.

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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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