1 Maccabees in the early church
[in RC, EO 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.
The Ethiopian canon has three books of Meqabyan, which are different works.
55 passages cite it, in date order.
| Passage | Cites | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miscellanies 1.21.123 · Clement of Alexandria | — | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Against the Jews 4 · Tertullian | 2.39-41 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 197–207 |
| On Christ and Antichrist 49 · Hippolytus of Rome | 1.55 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 200–215 |
| 4.3 · Hippolytus of Rome | 1.6-9 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 202-204 |
| Commentary on Daniel 4.26 · Hippolytus of Rome | 1.20-24 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 202-204 |
| Commentary on Daniel 4.26 · Hippolytus of Rome | 1.47 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 202-204 |
| Commentary on Daniel 4.26 · Hippolytus of Rome | 4.36-59 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 202-204 |
| Commentary on Daniel 4.27-28 · Hippolytus of Rome | — | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 202-204 |
| Commentary on Daniel 4.41-44 · Hippolytus of Rome | 1.10-24 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 202-204 |
| Commentary on Daniel 4.41-44 · Hippolytus of Rome | 1.29 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 202-204 |
| Commentary on Daniel 4.41-44 · Hippolytus of Rome | 2.15-28 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 202-204 |
| Commentary on Daniel 4.41-44 · Hippolytus of Rome | 2.29-38 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 202-204 |
| Commentary on Daniel 4.41-44 · Hippolytus of Rome | 2.39-48 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 202-204 |
| Commentary on Daniel 4.41-44 · Hippolytus of Rome | 3.1 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 202-204 |
| Commentary on Daniel 4.45 · Hippolytus of Rome | 3.27-37 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 202-204 |
| Commentary on Daniel 4.45 · Hippolytus of Rome | 6.1-17 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 202-204 |
| Commentary on Daniel 4.45 · Hippolytus of Rome | 6.55-63 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 202-204 |
| 4.45 (continued) · Hippolytus of Rome | 10.1-2 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 202-204 |
| 4.45 (continued) · Hippolytus of Rome | 10.51-58 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 202-204 |
| 4.45 (continued) · Hippolytus of Rome | 11.1-19 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 202-204 |
| Commentary on John 10.260 · Origen | 4.36-51 | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 230–248 |
| Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 121 · Origen | 3.1 | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century) |
| Commentary on Romans 8.1 · Origen | 2.24 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| To Quirinus 3.4 · Cyprian of Carthage | 2.62–63 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later) |
| To Quirinus 3.15 · Cyprian of Carthage | 2.52 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later) |
| To Quirinus 3.53 · Cyprian of Carthage | 2.60 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later) |
| Letter 59.3 · Cyprian of Carthage | 2.62–63 | quotation, high confidence | 249/250–258 |
| Letter 67.8 · Cyprian of Carthage | 2.15–28 | allusion, high confidence | 249/250–258 |
| To Fortunatus 5 · Cyprian of Carthage | 2.23–25 | allusion, high confidence | 253 or 257 |
| On the Making of the World 6 · Victorinus of Pettau | 2.25 | allusion, high confidence | late 3rd century |
| On the Making of the World 6 · Victorinus of Pettau | 2.41 | allusion, medium confidence | late 3rd century |
| Church History 6.25.2 · Eusebius of Caesarea | — | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 300–325 |
| Demonstration of the Gospel 8.2.70 · Eusebius of Caesarea | 1.10 | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Demonstration of the Gospel 8.2.72 · Eusebius of Caesarea | 16.14 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Demonstration of the Gospel 10.1.10 · Eusebius of Caesarea | 1.20-64 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Demonstration of the Gospel 10.1.11 · Eusebius of Caesarea | 7.12 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Demonstration of the Gospel 10.1.12 · Eusebius of Caesarea | 7.15-17 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Letter 21.35 · Jerome | 9.18 | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 30.25.9 · Epiphanius of Salamis | 1.1 | quotation, high confidence | 374-377 |
| Apostolic Canon 85 · Anonymous | — | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.37.4 · Anonymous | 2.15-28 | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.38.2 · Anonymous | 3.1-9 | allusion, low confidence | ca. 380 |
| On the Duties of the Clergy 1.40 · Ambrose | 2.29–41 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
| On the Duties of the Clergy 1.40 · Ambrose | 6.43–46 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
| On the Duties of the Clergy 1.40 · Ambrose | 6.30 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
| On the Duties of the Clergy 1.40 · Ambrose | 3.38 | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 386–390 |
| On the Duties of the Clergy 1.41 · Ambrose | 9.1–18 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
| On the Duties of the Clergy 1.41 · Ambrose | 11.67–74 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
| Homilies on Matthew 43.3 · John Chrysostom | 1.20 | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 390 |
| Homilies on Matthew 76.1 · John Chrysostom | 4.36 | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 390 |
| On Christian Doctrine 2.8 · Augustine of Hippo | — | allusion, high confidence | Books 1–3 ca. 396–397; completed 426–427 |
| Canon 47 · Anonymous | — | allusion, high confidence | 397 |
| Commentary on the Apostles' Creed 38 · Rufinus of Aquileia | — | allusion, high confidence | ca. 404 |
| City of God 18.36 · Augustine of Hippo | — | allusion, medium confidence | 413–426 |
| City of God 18.45 · Augustine of Hippo | 1-7 | allusion, high confidence | 413–426 |