Tobit 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.

117 passages cite it, in date order.

Passage	Cites	Kind	Date
Didache 1.2 · Anonymous	4.15	echo, low confidence	ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100)
Didache 4.6 · Anonymous	12.9	echo, low confidence	ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100)
2 Clement 16.4 · Anonymous	12.8-9	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 100–150
To the Philippians 10.2 · Polycarp of Smyrna	4.10	quotation, high confidence	ca. 110–135
Epistle of the Apostles 18 · Anonymous	4.15	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 140-170
To Autolycus 2.34 · Theophilus of Antioch	4.15	echo, medium confidence	ca. 180–185
Fragment 5 (Hypotyposes 5; on the seven angels) · Clement of Alexandria	12.15	allusion, high confidence	late 2nd-early 3rd century
Excerpts from Theodotus 10.4 · Clement of Alexandria	12.15	echo, medium confidence	ca. 200
Miscellanies 1.21.123 · Clement of Alexandria	3.8; 11.13	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–203
Miscellanies 2.23.139 · Clement of Alexandria	4.15	quotation, high confidence	ca. 198–203
Miscellanies 6.12.102 · Clement of Alexandria	12.8	quotation, high confidence	ca. 198–203
Miscellanies 6.16.143 · Clement of Alexandria	12.15	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 198–203
On Prayer 16 · Tertullian	12.12	echo, low confidence	ca. 198–206
Acts of Thomas 83 · Anonymous	4.15	echo, medium confidence	ca. 200–250
Didascalia 1.1 (Latin) · Anonymous	4.15	allusion, medium confidence	first half of the third century
On Dice-Players 11 · Anonymous	12.9	echo, low confidence	3rd cent. (disputed)
1.20 · Hippolytus of Rome	3.16-17	allusion, high confidence	ca. 202-204
On First Principles 3.2.4 · Origen	5	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
Fragment 64 on John 9:14 · Origen	2.10	allusion, high confidence	ca. 226-254
On Prayer 11.1 · Origen	3.16–17	quotation, high confidence	ca. 233–234
On Prayer 11.1 · Origen	12.12	quotation, high confidence	ca. 233–234
On Prayer 11.1 · Origen	12.15	quotation, high confidence	ca. 233–234
On Prayer 11.1 · Origen	12.8	quotation, high confidence	ca. 233–234
On Prayer 14.4 · Origen	3.1–2	quotation, high confidence	ca. 233–234
On Prayer 31.5 · Origen	12.12	allusion, high confidence	ca. 233–234
Homilies on Numbers 14.2 · Origen	3.17	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Homilies on Numbers 27.1 · Origen	—	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Letter to Africanus 15 · Origen	1.12–14	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245
Letter to Africanus 15 · Origen	1.16–18	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245
Letter to Africanus 15 · Origen	1.19–20	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245
Letter to Africanus 15 · Origen	1.21–22	allusion, high confidence	ca. 240–245
Against Celsus 1.25 · Origen	3.17	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 248
Against Celsus 5.19 · Origen	12.7	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248
Against Celsus 5.29 · Origen	12.7	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248
Commentary on Romans 2.5 · Origen	12.7	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
Commentary on Romans 8.12 · Origen	12.7	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
To Quirinus 1.20 · Cyprian of Carthage	12.15	allusion, high confidence	ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
To Quirinus 3.1 · Cyprian of Carthage	2.2	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
To Quirinus 3.1 · Cyprian of Carthage	4.5–11	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
To Quirinus 3.6 · Cyprian of Carthage	2.14	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
To Quirinus 3.62 · Cyprian of Carthage	4.12	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
Letter 55.22 · Cyprian of Carthage	12.9	quotation, high confidence	249/250–258
On the Lord's Prayer 32 · Cyprian of Carthage	12.8	quotation, high confidence	ca. 252
On the Lord's Prayer 33 · Cyprian of Carthage	12.11–15	quotation, high confidence	ca. 252
Prayer 1 1 · Anonymous	3.8	allusion, high confidence	uncertain
Prayer 2 2 · Anonymous	3.16	allusion, high confidence	uncertain
On the Lapsed 35 · Cyprian of Carthage	12.9	allusion, high confidence	251
On Mortality 10 · Cyprian of Carthage	2.14	quotation, high confidence	252–253
On Mortality 10 · Cyprian of Carthage	12.11–15	quotation, high confidence	252–253
On Works and Almsgiving 5 · Cyprian of Carthage	12.8–9	quotation, high confidence	ca. 253
On Works and Almsgiving 20 · Cyprian of Carthage	14.8–9	quotation, high confidence	ca. 253
On Works and Almsgiving 20 · Cyprian of Carthage	4.5–11	quotation, high confidence	ca. 253
To Fortunatus 11 · Cyprian of Carthage	13.6	quotation, high confidence	253 or 257
On the Good of Patience 18 · Cyprian of Carthage	2.10	allusion, high confidence	256
Life of Cyprian 10 · Anonymous	1.17	allusion, high confidence	ca. 258–265
Apostolic Church Order 5 · Anonymous	4.15	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 300
Church History 7.11.2 · Eusebius of Caesarea	12.7	quotation, high confidence	ca. 300–325
Homilies 2.6 · Anonymous	4.15	echo, low confidence	4th century (reworking earlier material)
Homilies 7.4 · Anonymous	4.15	echo, low confidence	4th century (reworking earlier material)
Recognitions 5.23 · Anonymous	4.15	echo, low confidence	Greek original 3rd–4th century; Rufinus's Latin translation before 407
Recognitions 8.56 · Anonymous	4.15	echo, medium confidence	Greek original 3rd–4th century; Rufinus's Latin translation before 407
Recognitions 10.43 · Anonymous	12.9	echo, low confidence	Greek original 3rd–4th century; Rufinus's Latin translation before 407
Divine Institutes 6.12.25 · Lactantius	1.17-18	echo, medium confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 6.23.32 · Lactantius	4.15	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 303–311
Epitome of the Divine Institutes 55.3 · Lactantius	4.15	echo, medium confidence	ca. 314–320
Epitome of the Divine Institutes 60.7 · Lactantius	1.17	echo, low confidence	ca. 314–320
Defence against the Arians 11 · Athanasius of Alexandria	12.7	quotation, high confidence	ca. 349–357
Defence before Constantius 17 · Athanasius of Alexandria	4.18	quotation, high confidence	ca. 353–357
Tractates on the Psalms 0.15 · Hilary of Poitiers	—	echo, low confidence	ca. 360–367
Tractates on the Psalms 118.2.6 · Hilary of Poitiers	12.7	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Tractates on the Psalms 118.14.9 · Hilary of Poitiers	12.9	echo, low confidence	ca. 360–367
Tractates on the Psalms 118.21.5 · Hilary of Poitiers	12.15	allusion, low confidence	ca. 360–367
Tractates on the Psalms 129.7 · Hilary of Poitiers	12.15	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Tractates on the Psalms 129.7 · Hilary of Poitiers	12.12	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Hexaemeron 9.3 · Basil of Caesarea	4.15	echo, medium confidence	ca. 370
Letter 121.8 · Jerome	4.15	echo, low confidence	ca. 370–419
Apostolic Constitutions 1.1.7 · Anonymous	4.15	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 380
Apostolic Constitutions 3.15.3 · Anonymous	4.15	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 380
Apostolic Constitutions 7.2.1 · Anonymous	4.15	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380
Apostolic Constitutions 8.44.3 · Anonymous	4.15	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380
On the Christian Faith 3.3 · Ambrose	12.15	echo, low confidence	ca. 378–380
On the Christian Faith 5.7 · Ambrose	5	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 378–380
On the Duties of the Clergy 3.16 · Ambrose	2.1–7	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–390
On the Duties of the Clergy 3.16 · Ambrose	7.9–12	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–390
Letter 36.18 · Augustine of Hippo	12.8	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Letter 130.18 · Augustine of Hippo	12.12	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Letter 140.69 · Augustine of Hippo	12.12	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Letter 158.6 · Augustine of Hippo	5.4	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Letter 237.4 · Augustine of Hippo	12.7	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Letter 237.8 · Augustine of Hippo	12.7	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
On the Greatness of the Soul 33 · Augustine of Hippo	4.15	echo, medium confidence	387–388
Sermon 8.12 · Augustine of Hippo	2.1	allusion, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Sermon 9.14 · Augustine of Hippo	4.15	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Sermon 9.15 · Augustine of Hippo	4.15	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Sermon 9.16 · Augustine of Hippo	4.15	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Sermon 88.15 · Augustine of Hippo	2.13–14	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Sermon 88.16 · Augustine of Hippo	4.10	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Sermon 172.3 · Augustine of Hippo	1.17	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 391-430
On Christian Doctrine 2.8 · Augustine of Hippo	—	allusion, high confidence	Books 1–3 ca. 396–397; completed 426–427
On Christian Doctrine 3.14 · Augustine of Hippo	4.15	quotation, high confidence	Books 1–3 ca. 396–397; completed 426–427
On Christian Doctrine 3.18 · Augustine of Hippo	8.5-7	quotation, high confidence	Books 1–3 ca. 396–397; completed 426–427
Confessions 1.29 · Augustine of Hippo	4.15	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 397–401
Confessions 4.14 · Augustine of Hippo	13.14	echo, low confidence	ca. 397–401
Confessions 10.52 · Augustine of Hippo	4.1-21	allusion, high confidence	ca. 397–401
Against Faustus the Manichaean 22.35 · Augustine of Hippo	8.7	quotation, high confidence	ca. 398–400
Against Faustus the Manichaean 22.87 · Augustine of Hippo	2.1	allusion, high confidence	ca. 398–400
Canon 47 · Anonymous	—	allusion, high confidence	397
Commentary on the Apostles' Creed 38 · Rufinus of Aquileia	—	allusion, high confidence	ca. 404
Tractates on the Gospel of John 13.3 · Augustine of Hippo	4	allusion, high confidence	ca. 406–420
Tractates on the Gospel of John 35.3 · Augustine of Hippo	2.10	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 406–420
Tractates on the Gospel of John 49.12 · Augustine of Hippo	4.15	allusion, low confidence	ca. 406–420
City of God 1.13 · Augustine of Hippo	12.12	allusion, high confidence	413–426
City of God 13.22 · Augustine of Hippo	12.19	quotation, high confidence	413–426
On Man's Perfection in Righteousness 31 · Augustine of Hippo	4.21	quotation, high confidence	ca. 415
On the Soul and Its Origin 2.3 · Augustine of Hippo	2.10	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 419–420
Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 3.13 · Augustine of Hippo	4.15	echo, low confidence	ca. 420–421
On Care for the Dead 5 · Augustine of Hippo	12.12	allusion, high confidence	ca. 421–422