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Excerpts of Theodotus

Theodotus

Section 7

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Author: Theodotus

VII. Now, regeneration is by water and spirit, as

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was

all

creation

:

“

For

the

Spirit

of

God

moved

on

the

abyss

.

”

And

for

this

reason

the

Saviour

was

baptized

,

though

not

Himself

needing

to

be

so

,

in

order

that

He

might

consecrate

the

whole

water

for

those

who

were

being

regenerated

.

Thus

it

is

not

the

body

only

,

but

the

soul

,

that

we

cleanse

.

It

is

accordingly

a

sign

of

the

sanctifying

of

our

invisible

part

,

and

of

the

straining

off

from

the

new

and

spiritual

creation

of

the

unclean

spirits

that

have

got

mixed

up

with

the

soul

.

Notes

17
Gen. i. 2.
18
[In a quotation which Jones makes from the Excerpts (not found here) the reverse is shamelessly asserted. Canon, vol. i. p. 375.]