The letter of Clement of Alexandria to Theodore
Transcription of the Greek text

by Morton Smith
(Internet version by Jack Kilmon and Wieland Willker)

This page contains greek letters. The pages are designed for Windows-95. To see the greek letters you need the font "EGreek", which can be downloaded here: EGREEK.zip (Installation: Unzip, then open the "Control"-panel, then "Fonts", then "add new Font"). Otherwise you see the greek text in latin letters in the standard transliteration with "q"=THETA and "v"=end-SIGMA.
Test: abgdezhqiklmnxoprstufcyw (EGreek)

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  1. ek twn epistolwn tou agiwtatou klhmentov tou strwmatews? qeodwrw?

  2. kalwv epoihsav epistomisav tav arrhtouv didaskaliav twn karpokratianwn?

  3. outoi gar oi profhteuqentev asterev planhtai? oi apo thv stenhv twn entolwn o

  4. dou eiv aperaton abusson planwmenoi twn sarkikwn kai enswmatwn amartiwn?

  5. pefusiwmenoi gar eiv gnwsin? wv legousi? twn baqewn tou satana? lanqanousin eiv

  6. ton zofon tou skotouv tou yeudouv eautouv aporriptontes? kai kaucwmenoi

  7. eleuqerouv einai? douloi gegonasin andrapodwdwn epiqumiwn? toutoiv oun an

  8. tistateon panth te kai pantws? ei gar kai ti alhqev legoien? oud outw sum

  9. fwnoih an autoiv o thv alhqeiav erasths? oude gar panta talhqh alhqeia? oude

  10. thn kata tav anqrwpinav doxav fainomenhn alhqeian prokriteon thv alh

  11. qouv alhqeiav thv kata thn pistin? twn toinun qruloumenwn peri tou qeopneustou ka

  12. ta markon euaggeliou? ta men yeudetai pantelws? ta de? ei kai alhqh tina-

  13. periecei oud outwv alhqwv paradidotai? sugkekramena gar talhqh

  14. toiv plasmasi paracarassetai wste? touto dh to legomenon? kai to a

  15. lav mwranqhnai? o goun markos? kata thn tou petrou en rwmh diatribhn?

  16. anegraye tav praxeiv tou kuriou? ou mentoi pasav exaggellwn? oude mhn tav

  17. mustikav uposhmainwn? all eklegomenov av crhsimwtatav enomise prov au

  18. xhsin thv twn kathcoumenwn pistews? tou de petrou marturhsantos? parhlqen

  19. eiv alexandreian o markos? komizwn kai tatautou kai ta tou petrou upo

  20. mnhmata? ex wn metaferwn eiv to prwton autou biblion ta toiv prokop

  21. tousi peri thn gnwsin katallhla? sunetaxe pneumatikwteron eu-

  22. aggelion eiv thn twn teleioumenwn crhsin? oudepw omwv auta ta aporrh-

  23. ta exwrchsato? oude kategraye thn ierofantikhn didaskalian tou

  24. kuriou? alla taiv progegrammenaiv praxesin epiqeiv kai allas? eti prose

  25. phgage logia tina wn hpistato thn exhghsin mustagwghsein touv akroa

  26. tav eiv to aduton thv eptakiv kekalummenhv alhqeias? outwv oun-

  27. propareskeuasen? ou fqonerwv oud aprofulaktws? wv egw oimai? kai

  28. apoqnhskwn katelipe to autou suggramma th ekklhsia th en-

  29. alexandreia? opou eiseti nun asfalwv eu mala threitai? anaginwv

  30. komenon prov autouv monouv touv muoumenouv ta megala musthria? twn de mi

  31. arwn daimonwn oleqron tw twn anqrwpwn genei pantote mhcanwntwn? o kar

  32. pokraths? up autwn didacqeis? kai apathloiv tecnaiv crhsamenos?

  33. outw presbuteron tina thv en alexandreia ekklhsiav katedoulwsen

  34. wste par autou ekomisen apografon tou mustikou euaggeliou? o kai

  35. exhghsato kata thn blasfhmon kai sarkikhn autou doxan? eti-

  36. de kai emiane? taiv acrantoiv kai agiaiv lexesin anamignuv anaide

  37. stata yeusmata? tou de kramatov toutou exantlhtai to twn karpokrati

  38. anwn dogma? toutoiv oun? kaqwv kai proeirhka? oudepote eikteon? ou

  39. de proteinousin autoiv ta kateyeusmena sugcwrhteon tou markou ei

  40. nai to mustikon euaggelion? alla kai meq orkou arnhteon? ou gar apasi pan

  41. ta alhqh lekteon? dia touto h sofia tou qeou dia solomwntov parag

  42. gellei? apokrinou tw mwrw ek thv mwriav autou? prov touv tuflouv ton

  43. noun to fwv thv alhqeiav dein epikruptesqai didaskousa? autika fh

  44. si? tou de mh econtov arqhsetai? kai? o mwrov en skotei poreuesqw? hmeiv

  45. de uioi fwtov esmen? pefwtismenoi th ex uyouv anatolh tou pneumatov

  46. tou kuriou? ou de to pneuma tou kuriou? fhsin? ekei eleuqeria? panta gar ka

  47. qara toiv kaqarois? soi toinun ouk oknhsw ta hrwthmena apokri-

  48. nasqai? di autwn tou euaggeliou lexewn ta kateyeusmena elegcwn? a

  49. melei meta to? hsan de en th odw anabainontev eiv ierosoluma? kai ta

  50. exhv ews? meta treiv hmerav anasthsetai? wde epiferei kata lexin?

  51. kai ercontai eiv bhqanian kai hn ekei mia gunh hv o adelfov authv ape-

  52. qanen? kai elqousa prosekunhse ton ihsoun kai legei autw? uie da

  53. bid elehson me? oi de maqhtai epetimhsan auth? kai orgisqeiv o

  54. ihsouv aphlqen met authv eiv ton khpon opou hn to mnhmeion? kai

  55. euquv hkousqh ek tou mnhmeiou fwnh megalh? kai proselqwn o ihsouv ap

  56. ekulise ton liqon apo thv qurav tou mnhmeiou? kai eiselqwn euquv opou

  57. hn o neaniskov exeteinen thn ceira kai hgeirenauton? krathsas-

  58. thv ceiros? o de neaniskov embleyav autw hgaphsen auton kai-

  59. hrxato parakalein auton ina met autou h? kai exelqontev ek

  60. tou mnhmeiou hlqon eiv thn oikian tou neaniskou? hn gar plousios? kai meq

  61. hmerav ex epetaxen autw o ihsous? kai oyiav genomenhv ercetai o

  62. neaniskov prov auton? peribeblhmenov sindona epi gumnou kai

  63. emeine sun autw thn nukta ekeinhn? edidaske gar auton o

  64. ihsouv to musthrion thv basileiav tou qeou? ekeiqen de anastas-

  65. epestreyen eiv to peran tou iordanou? epi men toutoiv epetai to? kai

  66. prosporeuontai autwiakwbov kai iwannhs? kai pasa h peri

  67. koph? to de gumnov gumnw kai talla peri wn egrayav ouk eu-

  68. risketai? meta de to? kai ercetai eiv iericw epagei monon? kai h

  69. san ekei h adelfh tou neaniskou on hgapa auton o ihsous? kai

  70. h mhthr autou kai salwmh? kai ouk apedexato autav o ihsous?

  71. ta de alla ta polla a egrayav yeusmata kai fainetai kai estin? h

  72. men oun alhqhv kai kata thn alhqh filosofian exhghsiv ...

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