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.

PassageCitesKindDate
A Plea for the Christians 9 · Athenagoras3.35quotation, high confidenceca. 176–180
The Instructor 1.10.91 · Clement of Alexandria4.4quotation, high confidenceca. 190–200
The Instructor 1.10.91 · Clement of Alexandria3.9quotation, high confidenceca. 190–200
The Instructor 1.10.92 · Clement of Alexandria3.13quotation, high confidenceca. 190–200
The Instructor 2.3.36 · Clement of Alexandria3.16–18quotation, high confidenceca. 190–200
The Instructor 2.3.37 · Clement of Alexandria3.18–19quotation, high confidenceca. 190–200
Against Heresies 4.20.4 · Irenaeus of Lyons3.38allusion, high confidenceca. 180–190
Against Heresies 5.35.1 · Irenaeus of Lyons4.36–5.9quotation, high confidenceca. 180–190
Miscellanies 3.12.89 · Clement of Alexandria3.10–11quotation, high confidenceca. 198–203
Against Noetus 2 · Hippolytus of Rome3.35-37quotation, high confidenceca. 200–230
Against Noetus 5 · Hippolytus of Rome3.35-37quotation, high confidenceca. 200–230
PG 12:1635 (Ps 125–126 LXX) · Origen3.38quotation, high confidenceca. 220-254
Homilies on Exodus 7.2 · Origen3.9quotation, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Homilies on Jeremiah 7.3 · Origen3.9–13quotation, high confidenceca. 240
Lines 357–380 · Commodian3.36–38quotation, high confidence3rd century (disputed)
Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 120 · Origen1.11allusion, high confidenceca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
Commentary on Romans 2.7 · Origen4.4quotation, high confidenceca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
Commentary on Romans 4.10 · Origen3.38allusion, low confidenceca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
To Quirinus 2.6 · Cyprian of Carthage3.35–37quotation, high confidenceca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
Fragment E II (on Job) · Dionysius of Alexandria3.14-15quotation, high confidenceca. 248–265
Fragment E II (on Job) · Dionysius of Alexandria3.12-13quotation, high confidenceca. 248–265
12 · Anonymous4.26quotation, high confidence250 (the text may be later)
Symposium 8.3 · Methodius of Olympus3.14-15quotation, high confidencelate 3rd century
Cib. 4 · Methodius of Olympus3.26-28quotation, high confidencelate 3rd cent. (disputed)
Cib. 5 · Methodius of Olympus4.4quotation, high confidencelate 3rd cent. (disputed)
Divine Institutes 4.13.8 · Lactantius3.35–37quotation, high confidenceca. 303–311
Epitome of the Divine Institutes 39.5 · Lactantius3.35–37quotation, high confidenceca. 314–320
Demonstration of the Gospel 6.19.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea3.29–35quotation, high confidenceca. 314–324
Demonstration of the Gospel 6.19.2 · Eusebius of Caesarea3.35–38quotation, high confidenceca. 314–324
Oration I Against the Arians 12 · Athanasius of Alexandria4.20quotation, high confidenceca. 339–346
Oration I Against the Arians 12 · Athanasius of Alexandria4.22quotation, high confidenceca. 339–346
Oration I Against the Arians 19 · Athanasius of Alexandria3.12quotation, high confidenceca. 339–346
Oration II Against the Arians 42 · Athanasius of Alexandria3.12quotation, high confidenceca. 339–346
Oration II Against the Arians 49 · Athanasius of Alexandria3.36quotation, high confidenceca. 339–346
Canon 60 · Anonymous—allusion, high confidenceca. 343–381
Catechetical Lecture 4.34 · Cyril of Jerusalem—allusion, high confidenceca. 350
Catechetical Lecture 11.13 · Cyril of Jerusalem3.36–38quotation, high confidenceca. 350
On the Decrees of Nicaea 11 · Athanasius of Alexandria3.12quotation, high confidenceca. 350–356
On the Decrees of Nicaea 15 · Athanasius of Alexandria3.12allusion, high confidenceca. 350–356
On the Trinity 4.42 · Hilary of Poitiers3.35-37quotation, high confidenceca. 356–360
On the Trinity 5.39 · Hilary of Poitiers3.35-37quotation, high confidenceca. 356–360
Letters to Serapion 1.7 · Athanasius of Alexandria3.1quotation, high confidenceca. 357–360
Letters to Serapion 1.19 · Athanasius of Alexandria3.10quotation, high confidenceca. 357–360
Letter 197 · Gregory of Nazianzus3.38quotation, high confidenceca. 360–390
Treatise on the Mysteries 2.9.1 · Hilary of Poitiers3.38quotation, high confidenceca. 360–366
Tractates on the Psalms 68.19 · Hilary of Poitiers3.36-38quotation, high confidenceca. 360–367
On the Holy Spirit 6.15 · Basil of Caesarea3.3quotation, high confidenceca. 374–375
Ancoratus 78.8 · Epiphanius of Salamis3.38quotation, high confidence374
Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 8.6.2 · Epiphanius of Salamis—allusion, medium confidence374-377
Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 57.2.3 · Epiphanius of Salamis3.36-38quotation, high confidence374-377
Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 57.9.1 · Epiphanius of Salamis3.36quotation, high confidence374-377
Apostolic Constitutions 5.20.3 · Anonymous3.36-38quotation, high confidenceca. 380
Apostolic Constitutions 6.23.7 · Anonymous4.4quotation, high confidenceca. 380
On the Christian Faith 1.3 · Ambrose3.35–37quotation, high confidenceca. 378–380
On the Christian Faith 2.9 · Ambrose3.36–38quotation, high confidenceca. 378–380
Theological Oration 4 (Or. 30), On the Son 13 · Gregory of Nazianzus3.36quotation, high confidence380
Theological Oration 4 (Or. 30), On the Son 13 · Gregory of Nazianzus3.38quotation, high confidence380
Letter 147.16 · Augustine of Hippo3.38echo, medium confidenceca. 386–430
Homilies on Matthew 2.2 · John Chrysostom3.38quotation, high confidenceca. 390
Homilies on Matthew 19.11 · John Chrysostom3.36quotation, high confidenceca. 390
Against Faustus the Manichaean 12.43 · Augustine of Hippo3.36-38quotation, high confidenceca. 398–400
Canon 47 · Anonymous—allusion, low confidence397
Commentary on the Apostles' Creed 5 · Rufinus of Aquileia3.35-37quotation, high confidenceca. 404
City of God 15.23 · Augustine of Hippo3.26–28quotation, high confidence413–426
City of God 18.33 · Augustine of Hippo3.35-37quotation, high confidence413–426
The Conferences 5.12 · John Cassian3.10quotation, high confidenceca. 426–429
The Conferences 7.5 · John Cassian3.10quotation, high confidenceca. 426–429
On the Predestination of the Saints 20 · Augustine of Hippo2.31allusion, low confidenceca. 428/429
On the Gift of Perseverance 14 · Augustine of Hippo2.31allusion, low confidenceca. 428/429
On the Gift of Perseverance 20 · Augustine of Hippo2.31quotation, high confidenceca. 428/429