Lucretius, On the Nature of Things in the early church

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.

Latin Epicurean poem.

50 passages cite it, in date order.

Passage	Cites	Kind	Date
Against Marcion 4.8 · Tertullian	1.304	quotation, high confidence	207/208 (third edition, completed later)
On the Soul 5 · Tertullian	1.304	quotation, high confidence	ca. 210
Against the Nations 3.10 · Arnobius of Sicca	4.1168	quotation, high confidence	ca. 297–303
Divine Institutes 1.16.3 · Lactantius	1.931–932	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 1.21.14 · Lactantius	1.101, 83	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 1.21.48 · Lactantius	2.14–16	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 2.3.10 · Lactantius	6.51–52	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 2.3.11 · Lactantius	5.1198–1202	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 2.11.1 · Lactantius	5.808	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 2.11.2 · Lactantius	5.811–820	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 3.14.2 · Lactantius	5.6–8	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 3.14.4 · Lactantius	5.50–51	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 3.16.14 · Lactantius	5.335–337	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 3.17.10 · Lactantius	2.1101–1104	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 3.17.19 · Lactantius	4.823–842	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 3.17.28 · Lactantius	3.1043–1044	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 3.18.6 · Lactantius	3.1041	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 4.28.13 · Lactantius	1.932	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 5.1.14 · Lactantius	1.936-942	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 6.10.7 · Lactantius	2.991-992	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 6.10.13 · Lactantius	5.925-1027	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 7.3.13 · Lactantius	5.156-167	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 7.12.1 · Lactantius	3.445-458	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 7.12.5 · Lactantius	2.999-1001	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 7.12.9 · Lactantius	3.445-458	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 7.12.14 · Lactantius	3.459-479	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 7.12.17 · Lactantius	3.463-525	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 7.12.20 · Lactantius	3.548-557	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 7.12.22 · Lactantius	3.526-547	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 7.12.26 · Lactantius	3.612-614	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Divine Institutes 7.27.6 · Lactantius	6.24-28	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
On the Workmanship of God 3.1 · Lactantius	5.222–227	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–305
On the Workmanship of God 3.2 · Lactantius	5.226–227	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–305
On the Workmanship of God 6.1 · Lactantius	5.837–854	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–305
On the Workmanship of God 6.8 · Lactantius	4.823–842	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–305
On the Workmanship of God 8.12 · Lactantius	3.359–369	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–305
On the Workmanship of God 18.2 · Lactantius	3.421–424	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 303–305
On the Workmanship of God 19.3 · Lactantius	2.991–992	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–305
On the Anger of God 8.1 · Lactantius	1.44–49	quotation, high confidence	ca. 313–314
On the Anger of God 10.9 · Lactantius	2.114–124	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 313–314
On the Anger of God 10.16 · Lactantius	1.159–160	quotation, high confidence	ca. 313–314
On the Anger of God 10.16 · Lactantius	1.205–207	quotation, high confidence	ca. 313–314
Epitome of the Divine Institutes 20.4 · Lactantius	6.52–53	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–320
Epitome of the Divine Institutes 31.4 · Lactantius	—	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 314–320
Letter 125.18 · Jerome	5.905	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Letter 133.3 · Jerome	1.936–938	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Sermon 150.6 · Augustine of Hippo	3	allusion, low confidence	ca. 391-430
On the Profit of Believing 10 · Augustine of Hippo	3	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 391–392
Apology against Rufinus 3.29 · Jerome	—	allusion, low confidence	ca. 401–402
Apology against Jerome 1.25 · Rufinus of Aquileia	1.832	echo, low confidence	ca. 401