In Athanasius’s festal epistle (365 A.D.) the archbishop undertakes “to set forth in order, the books that are canonical and handed down and believed to be divine.” His list of the Old Testament nearly agrees with Cyril’s, except that Esther is omitted and Ruth counted separately, to make out the twenty-two books. He adds, “there are other books not canonical, designed by the fathers to be read by those just joining us and wishing to be instructed in the doctrine of piety;” _i.e._, the Wisdom of Solomon and the Wisdom of Sirach, and Esther and Judith and Tobit, and the Doctrine of the Apostles so called, and the Shepherd; “those being _canonical_, and these being _read_, let there be no mention of apocryphal writings,” &c. The New Testament list is the same as Cyril’s, with the addition of the Apocalypse.(237) He quotes several of the apocryphal books in the same way as he does the canonical. Thus he introduces Judith (viii. 16) with “the Scripture said;”(238) and Baruch (iii. 12) is cited as if it were Scripture.(239) Wisdom (vi. 26) has the epithet Scripture applied to it.(240) Sirach (xv. 9) is introduced with “what is said by the Holy Spirit.”(241) Baruch (iv. 20, 22) and Daniel (xiii. 42) are referred to in the same way as Isaiah.(242) Tobit (ii. 7) has “it is written” prefixed to it.(243) Canonical and apocryphal are mentioned together; and similar language applied to them. Eusebius of Caesarea cites Wisdom as a _divine oracle_;(244) and after adducing several passages from Proverbs, subjoining to them others from the same book with the introductory formula “these are also said to be the same writers,” he concludes with “such is the scripture.”(245) Sirach is cited as Solomon’s along with various passages from Proverbs.(246) After quoting Baruch, he says, “there is no need to appeal to the divine voices, which clearly confirm our proposition.”(247) The additions to Daniel are also treated as Scripture.(248) Basil of Caesarea(249) had a canon agreeing with that of Athanasius. Along with the usual books reckoned as belonging to the canon, he used the apocryphal productions of the Old Testament. Thus the book of Wisdom (i. 4)(250) is quoted by him. So are Sirach (xx. 2);(251) Baruch, (iii. 36)(252) called Jeremiah’s; Judith (ix. 4);(253) and Daniel (xiii. 50).(254) Gregory of Nazianzus(255) puts his list into a poetical form. In the Old Testament it agrees with Athanasius’s exactly, except that he mentions none but the canonical books. Like Athanasius, he omits Esther. In the New Testament he deviates from Athanasius, by leaving out the Apocalypse, which he puts among the spurious.(256) He does not ignore the apocryphal books of the Old Testament, but quotes Daniel xiii. 5.(257)