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^[110]
Gigot,
Introduction
, 45 FN 4.

^[111]
Against Heresies
, 4.5.2 [L. Quem
(Deum) et Daniel Propheta, cum dixisset ei Cyrus rex Persarum]. Emphasis added.

^[112]
Against Heresies
, 4.26.3 [L.
Audient eas quae sunt a Daniele Propheta voces…].

^[113]
Against Heresies
, 4.38.1 [L.
Hoc significavit Jeremias propheta…]. Also
Against Heresies
, 5.35.1. The
former reference comes after two quotations from the Isaiah indicating that
Irenaeus saw no difference between the Protocanonical and Deuterocanonical
texts.

^[114]
Jer 32:12-16; 36:1-32; esp. 45:1ff.
Hengel argues that the combination of Baruch with Jeremiah goes back to the
Jewish LXX scrolls. Hengel,
Septuagint
, 113-14, esp. 114 FN 31.

^[115]
Irenaeus contradicts the notion that
only prophets can write prophetic writings, since he accepts Baruch as the
words of Jeremiah since Baruch was his secretary.

^[116]
Against Heresies
, 2.30.11.
Some Christian Fathers also understood Tobit to be prophetic (e.g., Ambrose and
perhaps Bede).

^[117]
Some scholars have challenged this
early dating. For our purposes here, we will use its traditional dating.

^[118]
Later, Epiphanius also put Wisdom
with the New Testament—along with Sirach, as well (Daubney, “Use of the
Apocrypha,” 51).

^[119]
Clark D. Lamberton, “Early Christian
Painting And The Canon Of Scripture”
Western Reserve University Bulletin
17 No. 8:8.

^[120]
Since Tertullian’s view of the canon
remained unchanged through all three periods, we will not differentiate these
periods in our quotes. Tertullian’s consistency in usage throughout these
periods suggests that both Catholics and Montanists both accepted the
Deuterocanon.

^[121]
The Crown
, 4.

^[122]
Scorpion’s Antidote
, 8;
Against
Hermogenes
, 44;
Against Idolatry
, 18;
Against the Gnostics
,
8.

^[123]
Against the Valentinians
, 2;
Also,
Prescription Against the Heretics
, 7.

^[124]
Concerning the Soul
, 15; Beckwith
believes Ps 139:23 is quoted here instead of Ws 1:6. Roberts and Donaldson, on
the other hand, references only Ws 1:6. See
ANF
3.194.

^[125]
In Answer to the Jews
, 4.

^[126]
Against Hermogenes
, 21,
“Then, if God had been unable to make all things of nothing, the Scripture
could not possibly have added that He had made all things of nothing [2 Mc
7:28]” [L. Ita, si ex nihilo Deus cuncta fecisse non potuit, etsi Scriptura non
adjecisset illum ex nihilo fecisse…].

^[127]
Against Marcion
, 1,16 and
perhaps,
On Monogamy
, 14.

^[128]
See Bruce,
Canon
, 84.
Tertullian used the
Old Latin
version of Scripture, which included all
the Deuterocanon. Cyprian, who was in many ways Tertullian’s disciple, used
Tobit authoritatively, citing it more than any other Church Father in the
second or third century, with the exception of Origen. See Hengel,
Septuagint
,
177.

^[129]
The cornerstone of Tertullian’s
defense is the use of
Enoch
in Jude 14.

^[130]
See
Commentary on Daniel
, 6:1
and
Commentary on Daniel
, 6:1, 61.

^[131]
See
Commentary on Daniel
,
6:1, 55.

^[132]
Commentary on Daniel, 6:1.

^[133]
Against Noetus
, 2. Hippolytus
is using Baruch in a proof text for the Incarnation: “But they make use also of
other testimonies, and say, Thus it is written: “This is our God…” [L. Dicit
Scriptura in alio loco; ‘His est Deus…]. Emphasis added.

^[134]
See
The Anti-Christ,
49 and
Commentary
on Daniel
2:23 respectively.

^[135]
Against the Jews
, 8–9, 10, “I
produce now the prophecy of Solomon [prophetiam Salomonis], which speaketh of
Christ, and announces clearly and perspicuously things concerning the Jews; and
those which not only are befalling them at the present time, but those, too,
which shall befall them in the future age, on account of the contumacy and
audacity which they exhibited toward the Prince of Life; for the prophet says
[L. Ait enim Propheta; Gk. legei gar ho prophetes] [quotes Ws 2:12-20].”

^[136]
Job and David are mentioned prior to
the citations from the Book of Wisdom and the Book of Psalms.

^[137]
In a fragment of Hippolytus’
Commentary
on Song of Songs
, Wisdom is listed among those books in which the knowledge
of the mysteries of the Incarnation resides. See
Song of Songs
1-2.

^[138]
Stromata
1.11.

^[139]
The Instructor
, 1.10.

^[140]
The Instructor
, 2.3 [L. dicit
divinia Scriptura].

^[141]
The Instructor
, 1.8; 2.5, 8,
10;
Stromata
3.11.

^[142]
Stromata
4.16, “The divine
Wisdom says of the martyrs [quotes Ws 3:1-4]” [L. Divina Sapientia dicit de
martyibus…; Gk. Ho Theia Sophia peri ton marturon legei…].

^[143]
Stromata
2.23, “This
Scripture has briefly showed, when it says…(quotes Tb 4:15).” [L. Hoc breviter
Scirptura significavit dicens]. Also
Stromata
4.12.

^[144]
See Westcott,
Bible
, 126-127.
A simple quotation without distinction or qualification from Judith occurs in
Stromata
2.7. Cornely believes that the Book of Maccabees is mentioned in
Stromata
1.21 and 5.14. See E. P. Cornley,
Manuel D’Introduction Historique et
Critique a toutes les Laintes Ecritures
, Tome Premier (Paris: P.
Lethielleux, Libraire- Editeur, 1907), 437. Like Tertullian, Clement appears to
have accepted the Book of Esdras as inspired Scripture as well.

^[145]
Letter
64.2 [L. Sed et
Salomon in Spiritu santo constitus testatur et docet quae sit sacerdotalis auctoriras
et potestas, dicens: Honora Deum ex tota amina tua et honorifica sacerdotes
ejus].

^[146]
On Morality
, 9, “Holy
Scripture teaches and forewarns, saying…[quotes Sir 2:1-5]” [L. Docet et
praemonet Scriptura divina dicens]. Emphasis added.

^[147]
See
Letter
5.2 [L. cum
scriptum sit]; On the Gift of Patience, 17 [L. sicut scripturum est]; Glory of
Martyrdom, 16 [L. Scriptum est et legimus].

^[148]
Letter
80.6 [L. ubi loquitur
Scriptura divina]; On the Dress of Virgins, 10 [L. cum dicat Scriptura divina].
Emphasis added.

^[149]
Exhortation to Martyrdom
, 12 [L.
Per Salomonem Spiritus Sanctus ostendit, et praecinit dicens].

^[150]
Letter
61.1 quotes Ws 3:11
between Jer 3:15 and Ps 2:12 (LXX);
On the Dress of Virgins,
1 quotes Ws
3:11 between Ps 2:12, 49:16-17 and Prv 3:11-12;
Against the Jews
3.16
quotes Ws and Prv, et al.

^[151]
See
Against the Jews
, 3.20;
Exhortation
to Martyrdom
, 9;
Letter
55.5 and
Letter
39.4.

^[152]
See
Exhortation to Martyrdom
,
9.

^[153]
See
On the Lord’s Prayer
, 21.

^[154]
On the Lord’s Prayer
, 5 [L.
Per hieremiam quoque haec eadem spiritus sanctus suggerit et docet dicens].
Baruch’s precedes quotes from 1 Kgs 1:13 and Ps 4:5.

^[155]
Against the Jews
, 3.1 quotes
Tb 2:2–11 after Job;
Against the Jews
3.6 quotes Tb 2:14 after 2 Cor,
Rom and Mt;
Against the Jews
, 3.62 makes a reference to Gn and 1 Cor
7:39–40 after Tb 4:12;
Against the Jews
, 1.20 mentions Tb as an example
of the importance of the number seven in Scripture (along with examples drawn
between Gn and Paul).

^[156]
See
On Morality
, 10 and
On
the Gift of Patience
, 18.

^[157]
See
On the Lord’s Prayer
, 33.

^[158]
See
On Works and Alms
, 5.20.

^[159]
See
Against the Jews
, 3.17
especially
Exhortation to Martyrdom
, 9.

^[160]
See
Against the Jews
, 3.15.

^[161]
See
Letter
54.3, “…[S]
ince
Holy Scripture meets and warns us, saying
, ‘But he who presumes and is
haughty, the man who boasts of himself, who hath enlarged his soul as hell,
shall accomplish nothing.’” And again, “‘And fear not the words of a sinful
man, for his glory shall be dung and worms. To-day he is lifted up, and
to-morrow he shall not be found, because he is turned into his earth, and his
thought shall perish,’ quoting Hb 2:5 and 1 Mc 2:62-63. Emphasis added.

^[162]
See
Against the Jews
, 3.4 and
Against the Jews
, 3.52.

^[163]
History of Susanna
, 1, “Your
letter, from which I learn what you think of the Susanna in the Book of Daniel,
which is used in the Churches…” [L. exemplaribus Ecclesiae circumferunt; Gk.
peri tes hen ti Daniel pheromenes hen tais ekklesiais].
History of Susanna
,
2, “In answer to this, I have to tell you what it behoves us to do in the cases
not only of the History of Susanna, which is found in every Church of Christ”
[L. sit non solum de Susannae historia quae in Graeco Graecorum exemplari per
totam Christi Ecclesiam circumfertur; Gk. hen pase Ekklesia Christou].

^[164]
He makes this known both in the
History
of Susanna
(e.g.
History of Susanna
, 13), as well as his other works
(e.g.
Homily 1 On Leviticus
, I.
History of Susanna).

^[165]
See Edward W. Reuss,
History of
the Canon of the Old Testament
(Edinburgh: James Gemmell George IV, 1890),
130-31.

^[166]
History of Susanna
, 4-5.
Emphasis added.

^[167]
Hengel,
Septuagint
, 10.

^[168]
This is seen in Origen’s employment
of Prv 22:28 and Dt 19:14.

^[169]
The same accusation is made elsewhere
in Origen’s works. For example, in his
Homilies on the Book of Leviticus
,
Origen addressed the “impious” Jewish presbyters who read the Book of Leviticus
literally. He writes, ““But it behooves us to use against the impious
presbyters the words of the blessed Susanna, which they indeed repudiating
,
have cut off from the catalogue of divine Scripture the history of Susanna. But
we receive it, and appositely adduce it against them, saying, ‘
I am
straitened on every side: for if I do this thing (follow the letter of the Law)
it is death to me; and if I do it not. I shall not escape your hands.’”
Homily
1, Commentary on Leviticus
1. Emphasis added.

^[170]
History of Susanna
, 5.

^[171]
First Principles
, 2.2.
Emphasis added.

^[172]
Commentary on the Psalms
, 1
quoted in Eusebius’
Church History
, 6.25.

^[173]
“By this drowning, however, it is
not to be supposed that God’s providence as regards Pharaoh was terminated; for
we must not imagine, because he was drowned, that therefore he had forthwith
completely perished: ‘for in the hand of God are both we and our words; all
wisdom, also, and knowledge of workmanship,’ [Ws 7:16]
as Scripture declares
”
(
First Principles
, 3.1.14) and “For, naturally, whatever is infinite
will also be incomprehensible. Moreover,
as Scripture says,
“God has
arranged all things in number and measure [Ws 11:21]…” (
First Principles
,
2.9.1). Emphasis added.