Catholic Analytics - Statistics: Earliest Records of the Term "Catholic Church"

Earliest Records of the Term "Catholic Church"

The earliest Christians were already calling their community the "Catholic Church"—a term first recorded in the 1st and 2nd centuries. From Saint Ignatius of Antioch to early martyrdom accounts, this title signified the universal, apostolic faith. Astonishingly, it's the very same Church that millions still call home today, preserving the same name, mission, and message across nearly 2,000 years. In this article, we’ll uncover the earliest surviving references of the term "Catholic Church".



Table Displaying the Specific Sources and Count of 'Catholic Church' Mentions

URL Early_Church_Source Title Subset Count Date
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0622.htm Alexander of Alexandria Epistles on the Arian Heresy and the Deposition of Arius - 4 250 - 328 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2806050.htm Athanasius Letters Letter 50 1 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2806051.htm Athanasius Letters Letter 51 2 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2806054.htm Athanasius Letters Letter 54 1 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2806056.htm Athanasius Letters Letter 56 3 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2806059.htm Athanasius Letters Letter 59 2 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2806060.htm Athanasius Letters Letter 60 1 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/28161.htm Athanasius Four Discourses Against the Arians Discourse I 1 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2817.htm Athanasius De Synodis - 10 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2818.htm Athanasius Tomus ad Antiochenos - 1 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2803.htm Athanasius Deposition of Arius - 3 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2807.htm Athanasius Circular Letter - 3 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/28081.htm Athanasius Apologia Contra Arianos Part I 23 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/28082.htm Athanasius Apologia Contra Arianos Part II 16 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2809.htm Athanasius De Decretis - 2 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2810.htm Athanasius De Sententia Dionysii - 2 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2813.htm Athanasius Apologia ad Constantium - 1 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/28151.htm Athanasius Historia Arianorum PART I. 1 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/28153.htm Athanasius Historia Arianorum PART III. 1 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/28158.htm Athanasius Historia Arianorum PART VIII. 2 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2806005.htm Athanasius Letters Letter 5 1 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2806011.htm Athanasius Letters Letter 11 1 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2806046.htm Athanasius Letters Letter 46 1 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2819.htm Athanasius Ad Afros Epistola Synodica - 4 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2806047.htm Athanasius Letters Letter 47 1 296 - 373 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/110105.htm Augustine of Hippo Confessions BOOK 5 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/110106.htm Augustine of Hippo Confessions BOOK 6 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/110107.htm Augustine of Hippo Confessions BOOK 7 3 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102035.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 35 5 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102040.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 40 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102043.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 43 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102044.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 44 2 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102061.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 61 3 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102069.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 69 2 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102076.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 76 2 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102083.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 83 2 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/110108.htm Augustine of Hippo Confessions BOOK 8 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/110109.htm Augustine of Hippo Confessions BOOK 9 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102020.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 20 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102023.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 23 6 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102029.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 29 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/130101.htm Augustine of Hippo On the Holy Trinity Book 1 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/130102.htm Augustine of Hippo On the Holy Trinity Book 2 4 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1303.htm Augustine of Hippo On the Catechising of the Uninstructed - 3 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1304.htm Augustine of Hippo On Faith and the Creed - 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1306.htm Augustine of Hippo On the Profit of Believing - 6 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1313.htm Augustine of Hippo To Consentius: Against Lying - 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1315.htm Augustine of Hippo On Patience - 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1401.htm Augustine of Hippo On the Morals of the Catholic Church - 19 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1402.htm Augustine of Hippo On the Morals of the Manichaeans - 3 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1403.htm Augustine of Hippo On Two Souls, Against the Manichaeans - 2 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1405.htm Augustine of Hippo Against the Epistle of Manichaeus Called Fundamental - 10 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/140604.htm Augustine of Hippo Reply to Faustus the Manichaean Book 4 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/140605.htm Augustine of Hippo Reply to Faustus the Manichaean Book 5 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/140611.htm Augustine of Hippo Reply to Faustus the Manichaean Book 11 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/140612.htm Augustine of Hippo Reply to Faustus the Manichaean Book 12 2 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/140613.htm Augustine of Hippo Reply to Faustus the Manichaean Book 13 2 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/140615.htm Augustine of Hippo Reply to Faustus the Manichaean Book 15 2 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/140616.htm Augustine of Hippo Reply to Faustus the Manichaean Book 16 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/140622.htm Augustine of Hippo Reply to Faustus the Manichaean Book 22 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/140633.htm Augustine of Hippo Reply to Faustus the Manichaean Book 33 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/14081.htm Augustine of Hippo On Baptism, Against the Donatists Book 1 18 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/14082.htm Augustine of Hippo On Baptism, Against the Donatists Book 2 3 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102085.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 85 2 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102087.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 87 2 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102088.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 88 6 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102089.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 89 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102093.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 93 7 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102098.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 98 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102133.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 133 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102139.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 139 2 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102144.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 144 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102148.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 148 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102173.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 173 3 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102185.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 185 18 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102208.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 208 2 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102209.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 209 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102215.htm Augustine of Hippo Letters Letter 215 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/120101.htm Augustine of Hippo City of God Book 1 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/120118.htm Augustine of Hippo City of God Book 18 2 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/120121.htm Augustine of Hippo City of God Book 21 4 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1701007.htm Augustine of Hippo Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 7 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1701011.htm Augustine of Hippo Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 11 2 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1701034.htm Augustine of Hippo Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 34 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1701045.htm Augustine of Hippo Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 45 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1701100.htm Augustine of Hippo Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 100 2 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/170207.htm Augustine of Hippo Homilies on the First Epistle of John Homily 7 2 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801007.htm Augustine of Hippo The Enarrations, or Expositions, on the Psalms Psalm 7 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801011.htm Augustine of Hippo The Enarrations, or Expositions, on the Psalms Psalm 11 2 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801044.htm Augustine of Hippo The Enarrations, or Expositions, on the Psalms Psalm 44 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801055.htm Augustine of Hippo The Enarrations, or Expositions, on the Psalms Psalm 55 2 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801066.htm Augustine of Hippo The Enarrations, or Expositions, on the Psalms Psalm 66 2 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801067.htm Augustine of Hippo The Enarrations, or Expositions, on the Psalms Psalm 67 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801068.htm Augustine of Hippo The Enarrations, or Expositions, on the Psalms Psalm 68 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801072.htm Augustine of Hippo The Enarrations, or Expositions, on the Psalms Psalm 72 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801084.htm Augustine of Hippo The Enarrations, or Expositions, on the Psalms Psalm 84 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801096.htm Augustine of Hippo The Enarrations, or Expositions, on the Psalms Psalm 96 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801099.htm Augustine of Hippo The Enarrations, or Expositions, on the Psalms Psalm 99 2 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801120.htm Augustine of Hippo The Enarrations, or Expositions, on the Psalms Psalm 120 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801131.htm Augustine of Hippo The Enarrations, or Expositions, on the Psalms Psalm 131 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801141.htm Augustine of Hippo The Enarrations, or Expositions, on the Psalms Psalm 141 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801149.htm Augustine of Hippo The Enarrations, or Expositions, on the Psalms Psalm 149 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1602405.htm Augustine of Hippo The Harmony of the Gospels Chapter 5 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/14083.htm Augustine of Hippo On Baptism, Against the Donatists Book 3 16 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/14084.htm Augustine of Hippo On Baptism, Against the Donatists Book 4 3 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/14085.htm Augustine of Hippo On Baptism, Against the Donatists Book 5 19 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/14086.htm Augustine of Hippo On Baptism, Against the Donatists Book 6 18 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/14087.htm Augustine of Hippo On Baptism, Against the Donatists Book 7 28 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/14091.htm Augustine of Hippo Answer to Letters of Petilian, Bishop of Cirta Book I 6 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/14092.htm Augustine of Hippo Answer to Letters of Petilian, Bishop of Cirta Book II 14 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/14093.htm Augustine of Hippo Answer to Letters of Petilian, Bishop of Cirta Book III 15 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/15013.htm Augustine of Hippo Merits and Remission of Sin, and Infant Baptism Book 3 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1505.htm Augustine of Hippo On the Proceedings of Pelagius - 4 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/15062.htm Augustine of Hippo On the Grace of Christ, and on Original Sin Book II 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/15092.htm Augustine of Hippo Against Two Letters of the Pelagians Book II 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1701005.htm Augustine of Hippo Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 5 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/160321.htm Augustine of Hippo Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament Sermon 21 4 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/160367.htm Augustine of Hippo Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament Sermon 67 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/160396.htm Augustine of Hippo Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament Sermon 96 1 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1701006.htm Augustine of Hippo Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 6 10 354 - 430 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3202188.htm Basil the Great Letters Letter 188 1 330 - 379 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0510.htm Caius Fragments - 2 170 - 250 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/02107.htm Clement of Alexandria The Stromata, or Miscellanies Book VII 1 150 - 215 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3813.htm Councils Constantinople III (680) - 3 680 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3801.htm Councils Nicaea I (325) - 5 325 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3804.htm Councils Gangra (343) - 1 343 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3815.htm Councils Sardica (344) - 2 344 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3806.htm Councils Laodicea (390) - 3 390 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3816.htm Councils Carthage (419) - 17 419 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3810.htm Councils Ephesus (431) - 3 431 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3811.htm Councils Chalcedon (451) - 4 451 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3812.htm Councils Constantinople II (553) - 6 553 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3814.htm Councils Constantinople/"Trullo"/Quinisext (692) - 2 692 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3819.htm Councils Nicaea II (787) - 27 787 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050675.htm Cyprian of Carthage The Epistles of Cyprian Epistle 75 3 200 - 258 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050646.htm Cyprian of Carthage The Epistles of Cyprian Epistle 46 4 200 - 258 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050650.htm Cyprian of Carthage The Epistles of Cyprian Epistle 50 1 200 - 258 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0508.htm Cyprian of Carthage The Seventh Council of Carthage - 13 200 - 258 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050645.htm Cyprian of Carthage The Epistles of Cyprian Epistle 45 2 200 - 258 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050663.htm Cyprian of Carthage The Epistles of Cyprian Epistle 63 1 200 - 258 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050666.htm Cyprian of Carthage The Epistles of Cyprian Epistle 66 2 200 - 258 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050651.htm Cyprian of Carthage The Epistles of Cyprian Epistle 51 6 200 - 258 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050654.htm Cyprian of Carthage The Epistles of Cyprian Epistle 54 4 200 - 258 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050640.htm Cyprian of Carthage The Epistles of Cyprian Epistle 40 2 200 - 258 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050641.htm Cyprian of Carthage The Epistles of Cyprian Epistle 41 1 200 - 258 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050642.htm Cyprian of Carthage The Epistles of Cyprian Epistle 42 1 200 - 258 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050644.htm Cyprian of Carthage The Epistles of Cyprian Epistle 44 3 200 - 258 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050670.htm Cyprian of Carthage The Epistles of Cyprian Epistle 70 2 200 - 258 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050671.htm Cyprian of Carthage The Epistles of Cyprian Epistle 71 2 200 - 258 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050672.htm Cyprian of Carthage The Epistles of Cyprian Epistle 72 3 200 - 258 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050669.htm Cyprian of Carthage The Epistles of Cyprian Epistle 69 1 200 - 258 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050674.htm Cyprian of Carthage The Epistles of Cyprian Epistle 74 5 200 - 258 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/310113.htm Cyril of Jerusalem Catechetical Lectures Lecture 13 1 315 - 386 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/310117.htm Cyril of Jerusalem Catechetical Lectures Lecture 17 1 315 - 386 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/310118.htm Cyril of Jerusalem Catechetical Lectures Lecture 18 9 315 - 386 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0632.htm Dionysius the Great Epistles and Epistolary Fragments - 1 190 - 265 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250104.htm Eusebius of Caesarea Church History Book IV 3 260 - 340 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250106.htm Eusebius of Caesarea Church History Book VI 1 260 - 340 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250107.htm Eusebius of Caesarea Church History Book VII 3 260 - 340 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250110.htm Eusebius of Caesarea Church History Book X 3 260 - 340 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/25023.htm Eusebius of Caesarea Life of Constantine Book III 2 260 - 340 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/25024.htm Eusebius of Caesarea Life of Constantine Book IV 1 260 - 340 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2804.htm Eusebius of Caesarea Letter on the Council of Nicaea - 1 260 - 340 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/290102.htm Gregory of Nyssa Against Eunomius Book II 1 335 - 394 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/291102.htm Gregory of Nyssa Letters LETTER 2 1 335 - 394 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/291113.htm Gregory of Nyssa Letters LETTER 13 1 335 - 394 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/360204004.htm Gregory the Great, Pope Register of Letters 4 1 540 - 604 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/360204039.htm Gregory the Great, Pope Register of Letters 39 1 540 - 604 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/360207015.htm Gregory the Great, Pope Register of Letters 15 1 540 - 604 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/360209010.htm Gregory the Great, Pope Register of Letters 10 2 540 - 604 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/360209061.htm Gregory the Great, Pope Register of Letters 61 1 540 - 604 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/360211067.htm Gregory the Great, Pope Register of Letters 67 3 540 - 604 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/360214012.htm Gregory the Great, Pope Register of Letters 12 1 540 - 604 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/360201074.htm Gregory the Great, Pope Register of Letters 74 2 540 - 604 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3301.htm Hilary of Poitiers On the Councils, or the Faith of the Easterns - 6 310 - 367 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050109.htm Hippolytus The Refutation of All Heresies BOOK 9 1 170 - 235 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0109.htm Ignatius of Antioch Epistle to the Smyrnæans - 1 35 - 107 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0103110.htm Irenaeus of Lyons Adversus haereses Chapter 10 1 130 - 202 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0103304.htm Irenaeus of Lyons Adversus haereses Chapter 4 1 130 - 202 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102040.htm Jerome Letters LETTER 67 1 347 - 420 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/350810.htm John Cassian Conferences CONFERENCE 10. 1 360 - 435 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/35096.htm John Cassian On the Incarnation of the Lord (Against Nestorius) Book VI 1 360 - 435 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1918.htm John Chrysostom Correspondence with Pope Innocent I - 1 349 - 407 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/33044.htm John of Damascus Exposition of the Faith BOOK IV 1 675 - 749 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/07014.htm Lactantius The Divine Institutes Book IV 4 240 - 320 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3604043.htm Leo the Great, Pope Letters Letter 43 1 400 - 461 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3604104.htm Leo the Great, Pope Letters Letter 104 1 400 - 461 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3604023.htm Leo the Great, Pope Letters Letter 23 1 400 - 461 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3604028.htm Leo the Great, Pope Letters Letter 28 1 400 - 461 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3604029.htm Leo the Great, Pope Letters Letter 29 1 400 - 461 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3604015.htm Leo the Great, Pope Letters Letter 15 5 400 - 461 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3604033.htm Leo the Great, Pope Letters Letter 33 1 400 - 461 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0717.htm Liturgies The Liturgy of James - 1 300 - 400 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0718.htm Liturgies The Liturgy of Mark - 1 300 - 400 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0719.htm Liturgies The Liturgy of the Blessed Apostles - 6 100 - 200 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0617.htm Malchion Epistle - 1 200 - 250 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0627.htm Methodius Oration Concerning Simeon and Anna - 1 260 - 312 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/07152.htm Miscellaneous Apostolic Constitutions (c. 400) Book II 3 400 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/07151.htm Miscellaneous Apostolic Constitutions (c. 400) Book I 1 400 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/07157.htm Miscellaneous Apostolic Constitutions (c. 400) Book VII 1 400 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0619.htm Peter of Alexandria The Genuine Acts - 1 260 - 311 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0102.htm Polycarp The Martyrdom of Polycarp - 4 69 - 155 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/26011.htm Socrates Scholasticus Ecclesiastical History Book I 9 380 - 450 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/26012.htm Socrates Scholasticus Ecclesiastical History Book II 4 380 - 450 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/26020.htm Sozomen Ecclesiastical History Address and Proposal 1 400 - 450 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/26026.htm Sozomen Ecclesiastical History Book VI 11 400 - 450 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/26027.htm Sozomen Ecclesiastical History Book VII 10 400 - 450 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/26028.htm Sozomen Ecclesiastical History Book VIII 10 400 - 450 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/26024.htm Sozomen Ecclesiastical History Book IV 4 400 - 450 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/26021.htm Sozomen Ecclesiastical History Book I 3 400 - 450 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/26022.htm Sozomen Ecclesiastical History Book II 9 400 - 450 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/26023.htm Sozomen Ecclesiastical History Book III 5 400 - 450 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/26025.htm Sozomen Ecclesiastical History Book V 2 400 - 450 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0311.htm Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics - 1 155 - 240 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/27022.htm Theodoret Ecclesiastical History Book II 3 393 - 466 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/27024.htm Theodoret Ecclesiastical History Book IV 3 393 - 466 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/27021.htm Theodoret Ecclesiastical History Book I 4 393 - 466 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0712.htm Victorinus Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John - 4 250 - 300 AD
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3506.htm Vincent of Lerins Commonitory for the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith - 13 400 - 450 AD



Condensed Table Displaying the Specific Sources and Count of 'Catholic Church' Mentions

Early_Church_Source Count
Alexander of Alexandria 4
Athanasius 84
Augustine of Hippo 345
Basil the Great 1
Caius 2
Clement of Alexandria 1
Councils 73
Cyprian of Carthage 56
Cyril of Jerusalem 11
Dionysius the Great 1
Eusebius of Caesarea 14
Gregory of Nyssa 3
Gregory the Great, Pope 12
Hilary of Poitiers 6
Hippolytus 1
Ignatius of Antioch 1
Irenaeus of Lyons 2
Jerome 1
John Cassian 2
John Chrysostom 1
John of Damascus 1
Lactantius 4
Leo the Great, Pope 11
Liturgies 8
Malchion 1
Methodius 1
Miscellaneous 5
Peter of Alexandria 1
Polycarp 4
Socrates Scholasticus 13
Sozomen 55
Tertullian 1
Theodoret 10
Victorinus 4
Vincent of Lerins 13