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Clement of Alexandria
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Introductory Note to Clement of Alexandria
[3380] Or, “elected”—χειροτονούμενος. Acts xiv. 23, “And when they had ordained (χειροτονήσαντες) them elders in every church.” A different verb (καθίστημι) is used in Tit. i. 5.
[3381] Presbytery or eldership.
[3382] πσωτοκαθεδρία,Mark xii. 39, Luke xx. 46.
[3383] Rev. iv. 4, xi. 16.
[3384] Eph ii. 14, 15, 16, iv. 13.
[3385] προκοπαί. [Book vii. cap. i, infra.]
Chapter XIV.—Degrees of Glory in Heaven.
[3391] έποπτεία, the third and highest grade of initiation of the Eleusinian mysteries (Liddell and Scott’s Lexicon).
[3394] Mark v. 34, etc.
[3395] The text here has ὄτι, for which has been substituted (Potter and Sylb.) οί, as above; τήν after αὐλῆς (fold) requires to be omitted also in rendering the sentence as we have done.
[3396] Wisd. iv. 17.
[3397] Wisd. v. 3-5.
[3400] The author reckons three kinds of actions, the first of which is κατόρθωμα, right or perfect action, which is characteristic of the perfect man and Gnostic alone, and raises him (εἰς τὴν ἀνωτάτω δόξαν) to the height of glory. The second is the class of τῶν μέσων, medium, or intermediate actions, which are done by less perfect believers, and procure a lower grade of glory. In the third place he reckons sinful actions (ἀμαρτητικάς), which are done by those who fall away from salvation (Potter).
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