Abstract
The present article focuses on the way the seven selected writings of the Apostolic Fathers quote the texts of the Bible. For the purpose of unbiased comparison of the single Writings' citation technique, two significant quantities were introduced, namely proportional bulk of quotations in the writing and quotation frequency expressed in the number of quotations per standard page.
Owing to the applied method, the fallaciousness of the commonly held opinion was demonstrated that besides the Epistle of Barnabas, most quotations are found in the 1 Clement - according to the quotation frequency, which means the number of quotations per standard page, 1 Clement is preceded by 2 Clement and even by the Letters of Polycarp. Besides these figures, attention was paid to the different roles of quotations in individual writings and it was demonstrated that the manner of quoting probably relates in the first place neither to chronological nor to geographical context of the writings but rather to their genre and aim, although even this basis of explanation of the quotation technique is limited.