# Excerpta ex Theodoto 50

Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Chapter 50. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/excerpta-ex-theodoto/50

»Λαβὼν χοῦν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς«, οὐ τῆς ξηρᾶς, ἀλλὰ τῆς πολυμεροῦς καὶ ποικίλης ὕλης μέρος, ψυχὴν γεώδη καὶ [ὑλικὴν ἐτεκτήνατο ἄλογον καὶ τῇ τῶν θηρίων ὁμοούσιον· οὗτος ὁ »κατ᾿ εἰκόνα« ἄνθρωπος. ὁ δὲ »καθ᾿ ὁμοίωσιν« τὴν αὐτοῦ τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν, ὃν εἰς τοῦτον »ἐνεφύσησέν« τε καὶ ἐνέσπειρεν, ὁμοούσιόν τι αὐτῷ δι᾿ ἀγγέλων ἐνθείς· καθὸ μὲν ἀόρατός ἐστι καὶ ἀσώματος, τὴν οὐσίαν αὐτοῦ »πνοὴν ζωῆς« προσεῖπεν, μορφωθὲν δὲ »ψυχὴ ζῶσα« ἐγένετο, ὅπερ εἶναι καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν ταῖς προφητικαῖς γραφαῖς ὁμολογεῖ.

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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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