The following is a list of writers most frequently cited in critical editions of the New Testament. They are arranged chronologically, but it must be remembered that the dates are more or less uncertain, and that in the case of many writers the period of activity lies in two centuries:—
| Greek. | Latin. |
| Clement of Rome, fl. 95 | |
| Ignatius, d. 107? | |
| Barnabas, ? |
| Didache, ? | |
| Hermas, 140? | |
| Marcion (in Epiphanius | |
| and Tertullian), fl. 145 | |
| Aristides, 139 | |
| Polycarp, d. 155 | |
| Justin Martyr, d. 165 | |
| Clementine Homilies and Recognitions, ca. 190 | |
| Papias, fl. 140 | |
| Gospel of Peter, ca. 170 | |
| Tatian, fl. 170 | |
| Athenagoras, fl. 177 | |
| Theophilus of Antioch, d. 182 | |
| Celsus (in Origen), ca. 180 | |
| Hegesippus, fl. 180 | |
| Irenæus (see Latin), d. 202 | Tertullian, fl. 200 |
| Clement of Alexandria, fl. 194 | Irenæi Interpres (according to |
| Tischendorf and Gregory, but | |
| see below). |
| Hippolytus, fl. 220 | |
| Julius Africanus, fl. 220 | |
| Gregory Thaumaturgus, d. 265 | |
| Origen, d. 248 | Cyprian, d. 258 |
| Dionysius of Alexandria, d. 265 | Novatian, fl. 251 |
| Porphyry, d. 304 | Lactantius, fl. 306 |
| Pamphilus, d. 308 | Arnobius, d. 306 |
| Methodius, d. 310 | Victorinus of Pettau, d. 303 |
| Didascalia, ? | |
| Apostolic Constitutions | |
| (and fourth century, | |
| etc.). |
| Arius, fl. 325 | |
| Jacobus Nisibenus (Syrian), d. 338 | Juvencus, fl. 330 |
| Eusebius of Cæsarea, d. 340 | Irenæi Interpres (according |
| Aphraates (Syrian), fl. 340 | to Westcott and Hort). |
| Eustathius, Bishop of | |
| Antioch, fl. 350 | Hilary of Poictiers, d. 368 |
| Zeno, fl. 350 | Victorinus of Rome, fl. 360 |
| Athanasius, d. 373 | Damasus, Pope, fl. 366 |
| Ephraem (Syrian), d. 373 | Lucifer, d. 371 |
| Basil the Great, d. 379 | Pacianus, fl. 370 |
| Evagrius of Pontus, d. 380 | Optatus, fl. 371 |
| Cyril of Jerusalem, d. 386 | Philastrius, fl. 380 |
| Amphilochius, fl. 370 | Gaudentius, fl. 387 |
| Macarius Magnes, fl. 373 | Rufinus, fl. 397 |
| Gregory Nazianzen, d. 390 | Ambrose, d. 397 |
| Gregory of Nyssa, d. 394 | Ambrosiaster, fl. 390 |
| Diodorus of Tarsus, d. 394 | Chromatius, fl. 390 |
| Didymus of Alexandria, d. 394 | Tyconius, fl. 390 |
| Theophilus of Alexandria, fl. 388 | Jerome, d. 420 |
| Epiphanius, d. 403 | Priscillian, ca. fin. |
| Chrysostom, fl. 407 | Auctor libri De Rebaptismate. |
| Isidore of Pelusium, fl. 412 |
| Nonnus, fl. 400 | Faustus, fl. 400 |
| Theodore of Mopsuestia, d. 429 | Hilary of Arles, d. 429 |
| Victor of Antioch, d. 430 | Augustine, d. 430 |
| Cyril of Alexandria, d. 444 | Prosper of Aquitania, fl. 431 |
| Theodotus of Ancyra, fl. 431 | Sedulius, fl. 431 |
| Basil of Seleucia, fl. 440 | Leo the Great, fl. 440 |
| Socrates, fl. 440 | Petrus Chrysologus, d. 455 |
| Theodoret, Bishop of | Gennadius, fl. 459 |
| Cyrus, d. 457 | Vigilius, fl. 484 |
| Euthalius, d. 458 | Auctor libri De Promissionibus. |
| Sozomen, fl. 440 |
| Candidus Isaurus, fl. 500 | Fulgentius, Bishop of Ruspe, d. 533 |
| Severus of Antioch, fl. 512 | Justinian, fl. 530 |
| Theodorus Lector, fl. 525 | Cæsarius of Arles, d. 543 |
| Andreas, Bishop of | Primasius, fl. 550 |
| Cæsarea, ca. fin. | |
| Maxentius, ? | Victor, Bishop of Tunis, d. 565 |
| Cosmas Indicopleustes, fl. 535 | Cassiodorus, d. 575 |
| Eutychius, fl. 553 | Gregory the Great, d. 604 |
| Chronicon Paschale. |
| Antiochus the Monk, fl. 614 | Peter the Deacon, ? |
| Andreas of Crete, fl. 635? | |
| Maximus Confessor, d. 662 | |
| Modestus of Jerusalem, ? |
| Damascenus, Johannes, fl. 730 | Bede, d. 735 |
| Nicephorus, fl. 787 | |
| Petrus Siculus, ? |
| Photius of Constantinople, d. 891 |
| Arethas, ? | |
| Symeon, ? | |
| Œcumenius, ca. 950? | |
| Suidas the Lexicographer, ca. 980 |
| Theophylact, Bishop of Bulgaria, fl. 1077 |
| Euthymius Zigabenus, fl. 1116 | |
| Nicetas of Byzantium, d. 1206 |