Clement's Stromateis Culminates and Has the Same "Literary Structure" as the Letter to Theodore

 

Stromateis (Greek)	English	To Theodore (Greek)	English
Μάρκος γὰρ κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν αὐτοῖς ἡλικίαν γενόμενος · μεθ’ ὃν Σίμων … τοῦ Πέτρου	Mark, arising at the same time as them; after whom Simon… while Peter was preaching	Ὁ γοῦν Μάρκος … κατὰ τὴν τοῦ Πέτρου ἐν Ῥώμῃ διατριβήν	Mark then, during Peter’s stay in Rome
ἐκ τῆς προγενεστάτης καὶ ἀληθεστάτης ἐκκλησίας	from the most ancient and truest church	τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τῇ ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ … ἀσφαλῶς τηρεῖται	in the church in Alexandria where it is securely kept
παραχαραχθεῖσαι αἱρέσεις	heresies that have been falsified	συγκεκραμένα τἀληθῆ … παραχαράσσεται	the truths, having been mixed, are falsified
μίαν εἶναι τὴν ἀληθῆ ἐκκλησίαν	there is one true church	ἀληθοῦς ἀληθείας τῆς κατὰ τὴν πίστιν	the true truth according to faith
ἐκκλησία ἡ μία … αἱρέσεις κατατέμνειν	the one church which heresies attempt to divide	Καρποκράτης … ἀπόγραφον τοῦ μυστικοῦ εὐαγγελίου	Carpocrates obtained a copy of the secret gospel
αἱ δὲ ἀπὸ ὀνόματος προσαγορεύονται	heresies are named after individuals	τὸ τῶν Καρποκρατιανῶν δόγμα	the doctrine of the Carpocratians
μία … ἡ παράδοσις	one (apostolic) tradition	κατέλιπε τὸ σύγγραμμα τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ	he left the writing to the church
ἀναμεμιγμένης τῆς φυτείας	the planting deliberately mixed	ἀναμιγνὺς ψεύσματα	mixing in falsehoods
λανθάνειν	to remain hidden / escape notice	ἐπικρύπτεσθαι	to conceal
οὐ κατὰ τὴν ἀλήθειαν	not according to truth	οὐδ’ οὕτως ἀληθῶς παραδίδοται	not even so is it transmitted truly