Sophia Scriptura

Ecclesiastes in the early church

Every passage that quotes, alludes to, or echoes Ecclesiastes, in verse order; passages on the same verse are in date order. References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

VersePassageKindDate
Eccl 1:2Miscellanies 5.14.90 · Clement of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 198–203
Eccl 1:2Against Celsus 7.50 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 248
Eccl 1:6Against Celsus 6.35 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 248
Eccl 1:9Against Celsus 4.12 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 248
Eccl 1:16Miscellanies 1.13.58 · Clement of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 198–203
Eccl 1:17Miscellanies 1.13.58 · Clement of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 198–203
Eccl 1:18Miscellanies 1.13.58 · Clement of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 198–203
Eccl 3:1Against Marcion 5.4 · Tertullianquotation, high confidence207/208 (third edition, completed later)
Eccl 3:2Against Marcion 1.29 · Tertullianecho, medium confidence207/208 (third edition, completed later)
Eccl 4:2Exhortation to Martyrdom 22 · Origenquotation, high confidence235
Eccl 5:2Miscellanies 1.10.48 · Clement of Alexandriaecho, medium confidenceca. 198–203
Eccl 5:2On Prayer 23.4 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 233–234
Eccl 5:5On Prayer 3.4 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 233–234
Eccl 7:12Miscellanies 1.13.58 · Clement of Alexandriaquotation, high confidenceca. 198–203
Eccl 7:20Against Celsus 3.63 · Origenecho, low confidenceca. 248
Eccl 12:7Dialogue with Trypho 6.2 · Justin Martyrecho, medium confidenceca. 155–160
Eccl 12:13Shepherd of Hermas, Mandate 7.1 (37.1) · Hermasallusion, medium confidenceca. 100–150