# Excerpta ex Theodoto 74

Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Chapter 74. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/excerpta-ex-theodoto/74

Διὰ τοῦτο ὁ κύριος κατῆλθεν εἰρήνην ποιήσων τὴν ἀπ᾿ οὐρανοῦ τοῖς ἐπὶ γῆς, ὥς φησιν ὁ ἀπόστολος· »εἰρήνη ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ δόξα ἐν ὑψίστοις.« διὰ τοῦτο ἀνέτειλεν ξένος ἀστὴρ καὶ καινὸς καταλύων τὴν παλαιὰν ἀστροθεσίαν, καινῷ φωτί, οὐ κοσμικῷ λαμπόμενος, ὁ καινὰς ὁδοὺς καὶ σωτηρίους τρεπόμενος, ὡς αὐτὸς ὁ κύριος ἀνθρώπων ὁδηγὸς ὁ κατελθὼν εἰς γῆν, ἵνα μεταθῇ τοὺς εἰς τὸν Χριστὸν πιστεύσαντας ἀπὸ τῆς Εἱμαρμένης εἰς τὴν ἐκείνου πρόνοιαν.

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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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