Baruch in the early church
[in RC, EO, ETH canons]
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.
70 passages cite it, in date order.
| Passage | Cites | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Plea for the Christians 9 · Athenagoras | 3.35 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 176–180 |
| The Instructor 1.10.91 · Clement of Alexandria | 4.4 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| The Instructor 1.10.91 · Clement of Alexandria | 3.9 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| The Instructor 1.10.92 · Clement of Alexandria | 3.13 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| The Instructor 2.3.36 · Clement of Alexandria | 3.16–18 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| The Instructor 2.3.37 · Clement of Alexandria | 3.18–19 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Against Heresies 4.20.4 · Irenaeus of Lyons | 3.38 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Against Heresies 5.35.1 · Irenaeus of Lyons | 4.36–5.9 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Miscellanies 3.12.89 · Clement of Alexandria | 3.10–11 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Against Noetus 2 · Hippolytus of Rome | 3.35-37 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 200–230 |
| Against Noetus 5 · Hippolytus of Rome | 3.35-37 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 200–230 |
| PG 12:1635 (Ps 125–126 LXX) · Origen | 3.38 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Homilies on Exodus 7.2 · Origen | 3.9 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Homilies on Jeremiah 7.3 · Origen | 3.9–13 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240 |
| Lines 357–380 · Commodian | 3.36–38 | quotation, high confidence | 3rd century (disputed) |
| Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 120 · Origen | 1.11 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century) |
| Commentary on Romans 2.7 · Origen | 4.4 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Commentary on Romans 4.10 · Origen | 3.38 | allusion, low confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| To Quirinus 2.6 · Cyprian of Carthage | 3.35–37 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later) |
| Fragment E II (on Job) · Dionysius of Alexandria | 3.14-15 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248–265 |
| Fragment E II (on Job) · Dionysius of Alexandria | 3.12-13 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248–265 |
| 12 · Anonymous | 4.26 | quotation, high confidence | 250 (the text may be later) |
| Symposium 8.3 · Methodius of Olympus | 3.14-15 | quotation, high confidence | late 3rd century |
| Cib. 4 · Methodius of Olympus | 3.26-28 | quotation, high confidence | late 3rd cent. (disputed) |
| Cib. 5 · Methodius of Olympus | 4.4 | quotation, high confidence | late 3rd cent. (disputed) |
| Divine Institutes 4.13.8 · Lactantius | 3.35–37 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 303–311 |
| Epitome of the Divine Institutes 39.5 · Lactantius | 3.35–37 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–320 |
| Demonstration of the Gospel 6.19.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea | 3.29–35 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Demonstration of the Gospel 6.19.2 · Eusebius of Caesarea | 3.35–38 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Oration I Against the Arians 12 · Athanasius of Alexandria | 4.20 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 339–346 |
| Oration I Against the Arians 12 · Athanasius of Alexandria | 4.22 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 339–346 |
| Oration I Against the Arians 19 · Athanasius of Alexandria | 3.12 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 339–346 |
| Oration II Against the Arians 42 · Athanasius of Alexandria | 3.12 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 339–346 |
| Oration II Against the Arians 49 · Athanasius of Alexandria | 3.36 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 339–346 |
| Canon 60 · Anonymous | — | allusion, high confidence | ca. 343–381 |
| Catechetical Lecture 4.34 · Cyril of Jerusalem | — | allusion, high confidence | ca. 350 |
| Catechetical Lecture 11.13 · Cyril of Jerusalem | 3.36–38 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 350 |
| On the Decrees of Nicaea 11 · Athanasius of Alexandria | 3.12 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 350–356 |
| On the Decrees of Nicaea 15 · Athanasius of Alexandria | 3.12 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 350–356 |
| On the Trinity 4.42 · Hilary of Poitiers | 3.35-37 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 356–360 |
| On the Trinity 5.39 · Hilary of Poitiers | 3.35-37 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 356–360 |
| Letters to Serapion 1.7 · Athanasius of Alexandria | 3.1 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 357–360 |
| Letters to Serapion 1.19 · Athanasius of Alexandria | 3.10 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 357–360 |
| Letter 197 · Gregory of Nazianzus | 3.38 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–390 |
| Treatise on the Mysteries 2.9.1 · Hilary of Poitiers | 3.38 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–366 |
| Tractates on the Psalms 68.19 · Hilary of Poitiers | 3.36-38 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| On the Holy Spirit 6.15 · Basil of Caesarea | 3.3 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 374–375 |
| Ancoratus 78.8 · Epiphanius of Salamis | 3.38 | quotation, high confidence | 374 |
| Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 8.6.2 · Epiphanius of Salamis | — | allusion, medium confidence | 374-377 |
| Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 57.2.3 · Epiphanius of Salamis | 3.36-38 | quotation, high confidence | 374-377 |
| Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 57.9.1 · Epiphanius of Salamis | 3.36 | quotation, high confidence | 374-377 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 5.20.3 · Anonymous | 3.36-38 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 6.23.7 · Anonymous | 4.4 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| On the Christian Faith 1.3 · Ambrose | 3.35–37 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378–380 |
| On the Christian Faith 2.9 · Ambrose | 3.36–38 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378–380 |
| Theological Oration 4 (Or. 30), On the Son 13 · Gregory of Nazianzus | 3.36 | quotation, high confidence | 380 |
| Theological Oration 4 (Or. 30), On the Son 13 · Gregory of Nazianzus | 3.38 | quotation, high confidence | 380 |
| Letter 147.16 · Augustine of Hippo | 3.38 | echo, medium confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Homilies on Matthew 2.2 · John Chrysostom | 3.38 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 390 |
| Homilies on Matthew 19.11 · John Chrysostom | 3.36 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 390 |
| Against Faustus the Manichaean 12.43 · Augustine of Hippo | 3.36-38 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| Canon 47 · Anonymous | — | allusion, low confidence | 397 |
| Commentary on the Apostles' Creed 5 · Rufinus of Aquileia | 3.35-37 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 404 |
| City of God 15.23 · Augustine of Hippo | 3.26–28 | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
| City of God 18.33 · Augustine of Hippo | 3.35-37 | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
| The Conferences 5.12 · John Cassian | 3.10 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
| The Conferences 7.5 · John Cassian | 3.10 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
| On the Predestination of the Saints 20 · Augustine of Hippo | 2.31 | allusion, low confidence | ca. 428/429 |
| On the Gift of Perseverance 14 · Augustine of Hippo | 2.31 | allusion, low confidence | ca. 428/429 |
| On the Gift of Perseverance 20 · Augustine of Hippo | 2.31 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 428/429 |