Deuterocanonical Books by Church Father
There’s a post written by Joe Heschmeyer which neatly lays out which Church Fathers used the which Deuterocanonical books. The problem is, I keep forgetting where it is on his blog, so I’m linking to it here, and copying over the key collection of data:
| Es. | Tob. | Jud. | Lam. | Bar. | Wis. | Sir. | 1 Mac | 2 Mac | Esdras (Gk) | Ps 151 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amphilochius | N | N | N | ? | ? | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Athanasius | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Augustine * | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| Carthage | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| Cyril | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Jerome * | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| John Dama. | Y | N | N | ? | ? | ? | ? | N | N | ? | ? |
| Laodicea | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Melito | N | N | N | ? | ? | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Origen * | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | ? | ? | N | N |
| Rufinus | Y | N | N | ? | ? | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Synopsis | N | N | N | ? | ? | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Catholic | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| Protestant | Y | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
* Denotes that the Father described widespread use of the Deuterocanon in Church.