τὸν πάνθ' ὁρῶντα καὐτὸν οὐχ ὁρώμενον -> the all-seeing though himself unseen

[spiros]

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Ο Ευριπίδης δηλαδή, που πρώτος όρισε τον Θεό ως «τον τα πάνθ' ορώντα και αυτόν μη ορώμενον»
https://www.kathimerini.gr/722950/opinion/epikairothta/arxeio-monimes-sthles/ypo8eseis

θεὸν δὲ ποῖον, εἰπέ μοι, νοητέον; / τὸν πάνθ’ ὁρῶντα καὐτὸν οὐχ ὁρώμενον: “Dime, ¿un dios cómo debe entenderse? Como el que todo lo ve, sin ser visto él mismo”.
https://www.academia.edu/35699768/2017._Valoraci%C3%B3n_positiva_de_los_magos_y_la_magia_en_testimonios_griegos_de_%C3%A9poca_cl%C3%A1sica_Gorgias_Papiro_de_Derveni_y_Plat%C3%B3n_in_E._Su%C3%A1rez-M._Blanco-E._Chronopoulou-I._Canzobre_eds._Magik%C3%A8_t%C3%A9chne._Formaci%C3%B3n_y_consideraci%C3%B3n_social_del_mago_en_el_Mundo_Antiguo_Madrid_Dykinson_33-46

Is this truly Euripides?
https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0555.tlg001.opp-grc1:6-10/
http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/1004/1002/0150-0215,_Clemens_Alexandrinus,_Protrepticus,_MGR.html

[billberg23]

Fr. 1129 Nauck.  Frequently quoted in antiquity and attributed to Euripides by Clement of Alexandria (Protrepticus 6.68.3.6).  Also in Philemon (4th cent. BCE), fr. 247 Kock (Comicorum Atticorum fragmenta), and could be originally by him.

[spiros]

Thanks, Master. Looks like Christian theology found great inspiration in the Ancient Greeks.

[billberg23]

Right, at least they were always ready to "convert" the words of the ancient authors.  The quotation could have referred originally to a scout or a spy, someone who could see it all from behind a tree or a door.  Extracted from its context, it fits beautifully into theology.