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Clement Of Alexandria, Excerpts From Theodotus, 76-77


nanAs, therefore, the birth of the Saviour released us from 'becoming' and from Fate, so also his baptism rescued us from fire, and his Passion rescued us from passion in order that we might in all things follow him. For he who was baptised unto God advanced toward God and has received 'power to walk upon scorpions and snakes,' the evil powers. And he commands the disciples 'When ye go about, preach and them that believe baptise in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,' in whom we are born again, becoming higher than all the other powers.


nanTherefore baptism is called death and an end of the old life when we take leave of the evil principalities, but it is also called life according to Christ, of which he is sole Lord. But the power of the transformation of him who is baptised does not concern the body but the soul, for he who comes up [out of the water] is unchanged. From the moment when he comes up from baptism he is called a servant of God even by the unclean spirits and they now 'tremble' at him whom shortly before they obsessed.


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

8 results
1. New Testament, Colossians, 2.12 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

2.12. having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
2. New Testament, Romans, 6.3-6.11 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

6.3. Or don't you know that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 6.4. We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life. 6.5. For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection; 6.6. knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin. 6.7. For he who has died has been freed from sin. 6.8. But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him; 6.9. knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over him! 6.10. For the death that he died, he died to sin one time; but the life that he lives, he lives to God. 6.11. Thus also consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
3. New Testament, Matthew, 28.19 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

28.19. Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
4. Clement of Alexandria, Excerpts From Theodotus, 1.1, 22.1, 22.4, 22.7, 26.1, 32.2, 35.1, 41.1, 67.1, 76.3, 77.2-77.3, 78.2, 80.1-80.3, 81.2, 82.1-82.2 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

5. Hippolytus, Apostolic Tradition, 21 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

6. Irenaeus, Refutation of All Heresies, 1.21.3-1.21.4, 3.17.1 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

7. Justin, First Apology, 61.3 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

8. Nag Hammadi, The Gospel of Philip, 52.21-52.25, 72.22-72.24, 75.23-75.25, 76.27-76.29, 86.4-86.5 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
anointing Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 123; Hellholm et al. (2010), Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism: Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity, 909
asia (minor),asians McGowan (1999), Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals, 162
baptism Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 123, 124; McGowan (1999), Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals, 162
baptismal formulae,triadic Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer (2022), Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity, 94
baptismal ritual Bull, Lied and Turner (2011), Mystery and Secrecy in the Nag Hammadi Collection and Other Ancient Literature: Ideas and Practices: Studies for Einar Thomassen at Sixty, 57
body and soul Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 123, 124
bread McGowan (1999), Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals, 162
by john the baptist,of jesus Hellholm et al. (2010), Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism: Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity, 895
clement of alexandria Corrigan and Rasimus (2013), Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World, 210; McGowan (1999), Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals, 162
clothing dirty Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 123
coptic Corrigan and Rasimus (2013), Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World, 210
corruption (phthora) Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 123, 124
demons and baptism Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 123, 124
descent/ascent Bull, Lied and Turner (2011), Mystery and Secrecy in the Nag Hammadi Collection and Other Ancient Literature: Ideas and Practices: Studies for Einar Thomassen at Sixty, 57
desire (epithumia) Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 124
encratites McGowan (1999), Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals, 162
eucharist,of bread and water McGowan (1999), Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals, 162
eucharist Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 123
excerpta ex theodoto McGowan (1999), Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals, 162
exorcism Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 123, 124
external vs. internal Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 124
fasting Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 123, 124
fate Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 123
fire Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 123
gnosis Corrigan and Rasimus (2013), Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World, 210
gnostics McGowan (1999), Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals, 162
holy spirit,in baptismal formulae Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer (2022), Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity, 94
hydroparastatai McGowan (1999), Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals, 162
inscriptions Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer (2022), Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity, 94
invocation Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 123
irenaeus Corrigan and Rasimus (2013), Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World, 210
matter Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 124
mysticism Bull, Lied and Turner (2011), Mystery and Secrecy in the Nag Hammadi Collection and Other Ancient Literature: Ideas and Practices: Studies for Einar Thomassen at Sixty, 57
nag hammadi Corrigan and Rasimus (2013), Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World, 210
name Bull, Lied and Turner (2011), Mystery and Secrecy in the Nag Hammadi Collection and Other Ancient Literature: Ideas and Practices: Studies for Einar Thomassen at Sixty, 57
oil McGowan (1999), Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals, 162
penance,penitence Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 124
philo of alexandria Corrigan and Rasimus (2013), Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World, 210
prayer Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 123, 124
ps.-clementine literature on sexual purity Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 124
rebirth Hellholm et al. (2010), Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism: Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity, 909, 910
resurrection Hellholm et al. (2010), Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism: Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity, 909
ritual theories of Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 123, 124
sacred and profane Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 124
sacrifice Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 123
satan Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 123
silence Hellholm et al. (2010), Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism: Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity, 910
syria,syrians McGowan (1999), Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals, 162
theodotus Corrigan and Rasimus (2013), Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World, 210; McGowan (1999), Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals, 162
trinity Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer (2022), Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity, 94
valentinianism,valentinian Bull, Lied and Turner (2011), Mystery and Secrecy in the Nag Hammadi Collection and Other Ancient Literature: Ideas and Practices: Studies for Einar Thomassen at Sixty, 57
valentinians,valentinianism Corrigan and Rasimus (2013), Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World, 210
valentinians Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 123, 124; McGowan (1999), Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals, 162
water,of baptism Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer (2022), Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity, 94
water Hellholm et al. (2010), Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism: Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity, 910
wine,avoidance/prohibition' McGowan (1999), Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals, 162