Not sure that clarus isn't a misunderstanding or garbled reference to Epiphanes. Are you sure of the alternative?
Irenaeus is generally thought to have written in Greek. The Greek text is generally preferred to the Latin which is deemed to be secondary. Is there enough time between the original publication and 195ish (the Stromateis) for Clement to have read the Latin copy (or it's predecessor?) and further mistook Epiphanes for a Carpocratian? Could the reference go back to Justin's Syntagma?
There's a lot here. Not sure Clement reading a supposed Greek proto-text for the Latin variant is necessarily the best answer given clearer examples of Irenaeus reading the Stromateis and the Protrepticus.
Irenaeus is generally thought to have written in Greek. The Greek text is generally preferred to the Latin which is deemed to be secondary. Is there enough time between the original publication and 195ish (the Stromateis) for Clement to have read the Latin copy (or it's predecessor?) and further mistook Epiphanes for a Carpocratian? Could the reference go back to Justin's Syntagma?
There's a lot here. Not sure Clement reading a supposed Greek proto-text for the Latin variant is necessarily the best answer given clearer examples of Irenaeus reading the Stromateis and the Protrepticus.
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