# Excerpta ex Theodoto 76

Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Chapter 76. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/excerpta-ex-theodoto/76

Ὡς οὖν ἡ γέννησις τοῦ σωτῆρος γενέσεως ἡμᾶς καὶ Εἱμαρμένης ἐξέβαλεν, οὕτως καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα αὐτοῦ πυρὸς ἡμᾶς ἐξείλετο καὶ τὸ πάθος πάθους, ἵνα κατὰ πάντα ἀκολουθήσωμεν αὐτῷ. ὁ γὰρ εἰς θεὸν βαπτισθεὶς εἰς θεὸν ἐχώρησεν καὶ εἴληφεν »ἐξουσίαν ἐπάνω σκορπίων καὶ ὄφεων περιπατεῖν«, τῶν δυνάμεων τῶν πονηρῶν. καὶ τοῖς ἀποστόλοις ἐντέλλεται· »περιιόντες κηρύσσετε καὶ τοὺς πιστεύοντας βαπτίζετε εἰς ὄνομα πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος.« εἰς οὓς ἀναγεννώμεθα τῶν λοιπῶν δυνάμεων ἁπασῶν ὑπεράνω γινόμενοι.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0555.tlg007.local001/.