Gospel quotations confirm the early authority, use, and textual stability of the four canonical Gospels in the second century.
Patristic Quotations as Witnesses: Irenaeus and the Text of the Gospels in the Second Century
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 405 (P. Oxy. 405): A Second-Century Witness to Irenaeus and the Text of Matthew 3:16–17
Early Christian papyrus quoting Matthew 3:16–17, preserving Irenaeus's text from 150–200 C.E., and supporting the Alexandrian manuscript tradition.
