Excerpta ex Theodoto
Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Alexandria. Clemens Alexandrinus, Volume 3: Stromata, Buch VII-VIII, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Eclogae prophetica. Stählin, Otto, editor. Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1909.
Πῶς οὖν τὴν μὲν ὄψιν τὴν φωτεινὴν ἰδόντες οὐκ ἐξεπλάγησαν, τὴν δὲ φωνὴν ἀκούσαντες ἔπεσον ἐπὶ γῆν; ὅτι ὦτα τυγχάνει ἀπιστότερα
Τὸ »ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος« οἱ ἀπὸ Οὐαλεντίνου οὕτως ἐκδέχονται. ἀρχὴν μὲν γὰρ τὸν Μονογενῆ λέγουσιν, ὃν καὶ θεὸν προσαγορεύεσθαι, ὡς καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἑξῆς ἄντικρυς θεὸν αὐτὸν δηλοῖ λέγων· »ὁ μονογενὴς θεὸς ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρός, ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο.« τῷ δὲ λόγῳ τῷ ἐν τῇ ἀρχῇ, τοῦτ᾿ ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ Μονογενεῖ, ἐν τῷ Νῷ καὶ τῇ Ἀληθείᾳ, μηνύει τὸν Χριστόν, τὸν Λόγον καὶ τὴν Ζωήν· ὅθεν εἰκότως καὶ αὐτὸν θεὸν λέγει τὸν ἐν τῷ θεῷ τῷ Νῷ ὄντα. »ὃ γέγονεν ἐν αὐτῷ« τῷ λόγῳ, »ζωὴ ἦν«, ἡ σύζυγος· διὸ καὶ φησιν ὁ κύριος· »ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ζωή.«