# Excerpta ex Theodoto 51

Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Chapter 51. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/excerpta-ex-theodoto/51

Ἄνθρωπος γοῦν ἐστιν ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ, ψυχικὸς ἐν χοϊκῷ, οὐ μέρει μέρος, ἀλλὰ ὅλῳ ὅλος συνών, ἀρρήτῳ δυνάμει θεοῦ· ὅθεν ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ, τῷ τετάρτῳ οὐρανῷ, δημιουργεῖται· ἐκεῖ γὰρ χοϊκὴ σὰρξ οὐκ ἀναβαίνει, ἀλλ᾿ ἦν τῇ ψυχῇ τῇ θείᾳ οἷον σὰρξ ἡ ὑλική. ταῦτα σημαίνει »τοῦτο νῦν ὀστοῦν ἐκ τῶν ὀστῶν μου«, τὴν θείαν ψυχὴν αἰνίσσεται τὴν ἐγκεκρυμμένην τῇ σαρκὶ καὶ στερεὰν καὶ δυσπαθῆ καὶ δυνατωτέραν, »καὶ σὰρξ ἐκ τῆς σαρκός μου«, τὴν ὑλικὴν ψυχὴν σῶμα οὖσαν τῆς θείας ψυχῆς. περὶ τούτων τῶν δυεῖν καὶ ὁ σωτὴρ λέγει φοβεῖσθαι δεῖν τὸν δυνάμενον ταύτην τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ τοῦτο τὸ σῶμα τὸ ψυχικὸν ἐν γεέννῃ ἀπολέσαι«.

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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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