Prayer of Manasseh in the early church

[in 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.

In an appendix of the Latin Vulgate. Ethiopian status to be checked.

7 passages cite it, in date order.

PassageCitesKindDate
Didascalia 2.23 (Latin) · Anonymous14–15quotation, high confidencefirst half of the third century
Fragment 40 · Julius Africanus—echo, low confidenceafter 221
Letter 143 · Gregory of Nazianzus—echo, low confidenceca. 360–390
Oration 19.8 · Gregory of Nazianzus—allusion, low confidenceca. 362–383
Apostolic Constitutions 2.22.1 · Anonymous1-15quotation, high confidenceca. 380
Apostolic Constitutions 7.37.3 · Anonymous1-15allusion, low confidenceca. 380
Apostolic Constitutions 8.7.5 · Anonymous4quotation, high confidenceca. 380