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.