# Excerpta ex Theodoto 85

Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Chapter 85. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/excerpta-ex-theodoto/85

Αὐτίκα ὁ κύριος μετὰ τὸ βάπτισμα σαλεύεται εἰς ἡμέτερον τύπον καὶ γίνεται πρῶτον »μετὰ θηρίων« ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, εἶτα κρατήσας τούτων καὶ τοῦ ἄρχοντος αὐτῶν, ὡς ἂν ἤδη βασιλεὺς ἀληθής, ὑπ᾿ ἀγγέλων ἤδη διακονεῖται. ὁ γὰρ ἀγγέλων ἐν σαρκὶ κρατήσας εὐλόγως ὑπ᾿ ἀγγέλων ἤδη δουλεύεται. δεῖ οὖν ὡπλίσθαι τοῖς κυριακοῖς ὅπλοις ἔχοντας τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἄτρωτον, »ὅπλοις σβέσαι τὰ βέλη τοῦ διαβόλου δυναμένοις«, ὥς φησιν ὁ ἀπόστολος.

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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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