Sophia Scriptura

Anaxagoras in the early church

Texts outside the 66 books of the Protestant Bible. A bracket shows which other churches include a book in their Old Testament canon: RC = Roman Catholic, EO = Eastern Orthodox, ETH = Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo.

Presocratic philosopher; fragments (Diels–Kranz).

25 passages cite it, in date order.

PassageCitesKindDate
Against Heresies 2.14.2 · Irenaeus of Lyons—allusion, medium confidenceca. 180–190
Against Heresies 2.14.4 · Irenaeus of Lyons—allusion, medium confidenceca. 180–190
Irrision of the Gentile Philosophers 2 · Hermias—allusion, high confidence3rd–6th century (disputed)
On the Soul 12 · Tertullianfrag. B12allusion, high confidenceca. 210
On the Soul 18 · Tertullianfrag. B21aallusion, low confidenceca. 210
On the Soul 43 · Tertullian—allusion, low confidenceca. 210
Against Celsus 5.11 · OrigenA1quotation, medium confidenceca. 248
Divine Institutes 1.5.18 · Lactantius—allusion, medium confidenceca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 5.3.23 · Lactantius—allusion, high confidenceca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 6.1.2 · Lactantius—allusion, high confidenceca. 303–311
Preparation for the Gospel 7.11.13 · Eusebius of Caesarea—allusion, medium confidenceca. 313–324
Preparation for the Gospel 10.14.12 · Eusebius of Caesareadoxographyquotation, medium confidenceca. 313–324
Preparation for the Gospel 14.11.6 · Eusebius of Caesarea—allusion, high confidenceca. 313–324
Preparation for the Gospel 14.14.8 · Eusebius of Caesarea—allusion, high confidenceca. 313–324
Preparation for the Gospel 14.14.9 · Eusebius of Caesarea—quotation, medium confidenceca. 313–324
Preparation for the Gospel 14.16.2 · Eusebius of Caesarea—allusion, high confidenceca. 313–324
Preparation for the Gospel 15.23.5 · Eusebius of Caesarea—allusion, high confidenceca. 313–324
Preparation for the Gospel 15.39.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea—allusion, high confidenceca. 313–324
Preparation for the Gospel 15.62.11 · Eusebius of Caesarea—allusion, high confidenceca. 313–324
Epitome of the Divine Institutes 34.2 · Lactantius—allusion, medium confidenceca. 314–320
Epitome of the Divine Institutes 35.3 · Lactantius—allusion, medium confidenceca. 314–320
Oration 4.60 · Gregory of Nazianzus—allusion, low confidenceca. 362–383
Theological Oration 5 (Or. 31), On the Holy Spirit 5 · Gregory of NazianzusB12allusion, low confidence380
City of God 8.2 · Augustine of Hippo—allusion, medium confidence413–426
City of God 18.41 · Augustine of Hippo—allusion, medium confidence413–426