Editing 2 Esdras (section)

==Usage==
The book is found in the Orthodox Slavonic Bible ([[Ostrog Bible]], [[Elizabeth Bible]], and later consequently [[Russian Synodal Bible]]).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Monk |first=Anonymous |title=These Truths We Hold - The Holy Orthodox Church: Her Life and Teachings |publisher=Saint Tikhons Seminary Press |location=Pennsylvania |publication-date=1986}}</ref> 2 Esdras is in the Apocrypha of the King James Version, and [[Pope Clement VIII]] placed it in an appendix to the [[Vulgate]] along with [[1 Esdras|3 Esdras]] and the [[Prayer of Manasseh]] "lest they perish entirely".<ref>[http://sacredbible.org/vulgate1861/scans/817-Apocrypha.jpg Clementine Vulgate, Note to the Appendix]</ref> The chapters corresponding to 4 Ezra, i.e. 2 Esdras 3–14, make up the ''Book of II Izra'', aka ''Izra Sutuel'', canonical in the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Church]]; it was also widely cited by early Fathers of the Church, particularly [[Ambrose of Milan]], as the 'third book of Esdras'. [[Jerome]] states that it is apocryphal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/jerome_preface_ezra.htm|title=St. Jerome, The Prologue on the Book of Ezra: English translation}}</ref> It may also be found in many larger English Bibles included as part of the [[Biblical apocrypha]], as they exist in the King James Version, the Revised Version, the Revised Standard Version, and the earliest editions of the Catholic [[Douay–Rheims Bible]], among others.{{efn|name=list}}

The ''introitus'' of the [[traditional Requiem Mass]] of the Extraordinary Form of the 1962 Missal in the Catholic Church is loosely based on 2:34–35: "Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them." Several other liturgical prayers are taken from the book. The same chapter, verses 36 and 37, is cited in the Introit of Pentecost Tuesday, "''Accipite jucunditatem gloriae vestrae, alleluia: gratias agentes Deo, alleluia: qui vos ad caelestia regna vocavit, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia''. Ps. 77 ''Attendite, popule meus, legem meam: inclinate aurem vestram in verba oris mei. Gloria Patri. Accipite''. – Receive the delight of your glory, alleluia, giving thanks to God, alleluia, Who hath called ye to the heavenly kingdoms, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. [[Psalm 78|Psalm 77]] Attend, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. Glory be. Receive.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catholicnewslive.com/story/610621|title=Actual Apocrypha in the Liturgy|website=Catholic News Live}}</ref> The Alleluia verse ''Crastina die'' for the Vigil Mass of Christmas in the [[Roman Missal]] is taken from chapter 16, verse 52.

[[Christopher Columbus]] quoted verse 6:42, which describes the Earth as being created with six parts land and one part water, in his appeal to the [[Catholic Monarchs]] for financial support for his first voyage of exploration.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lx5vj2RD3WoC&pg=PA112|title=Two Esdras|last=Longenecker|first=Bruce W.|date=1995|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=9781850757269|pages=112|language=en}}</ref>

The book is appointed as a scripture reading in the Ordinariate’s Evensong service for All Hallows' Eve.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Ordinariates Established by Anglicanorum Coetibus |title=CTS Divine Worship Daily Office |url=https://issuu.com/catholictruthsociety/docs/divine_worship_-_the_daily_office_preview/65 |website=Isuu |date=11 April 2022 |publisher=Catholic Truth Society |access-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224231958/https://image.isu.pub/220411121517-10aacdba2670962437cb7e59683454f1/jpg/page_65.jpg |archive-date=24 February 2023 |page=66 |language=English}}</ref>

The work is included in the [[New Revised Standard Version|NRSV]]-based ''[[Renovare Spiritual Formation Bible|Renovaré Spiritual Formation Bible]]''.