# Excerpta ex Theodoto 77

Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Chapter 77. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/excerpta-ex-theodoto/77

Ταύτῃ θάνατος καὶ τέλος λέγεται τοῦ παλαιοῦ βίου τὸ βάπτισμα ἀποτασσομένων ἡμῶν ταῖς πονηραῖς ἀρχαῖς, ζωὴ δὲ κατὰ Χριστόν, ἧς μόνος αὐτὸς κυριεύει. ἡ δύναμις δὲ τῆς μεταβολῆς τοῦ βαπτισθέντος οὐ περὶ τὸ σῶμα (ὁ αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀναβαίνει), ἀλλὰ περὶ ψυχήν. αὐτίκα δοῦλος θεοῦ ἅμα τῷ ἀνελθεῖν τοῦ βαπτίσματος καὶ κύριος τῶν ἀκαθάρτων λέγεται πνευμάτων, καὶ εἰς ὃν πρὸ ὀλίγου ἐνήργουν, τοῦτον ἤδη »φρίσσουσιν«.

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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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