[dangus]

It's really maddeningly complex to know what you refer to, since you used the Greek name.

There were originally 3 books named Esdras.
The first Esdras was split into two, and renamed in the Catholic Canon, becoming "Ezra" and "Nehemiah."

The second Esdras was a truncated version of the frist Esdras, containing only a single passage that was not in the first Esdras. In the early church, some churches used the first Esdras, while others used the second. Because Jerome did not translate include it in the Vulgate (the Latin bible), it became known as "Greek Ezra" to the West.)

The third Esdras in included in many Anglican bibles as part of the "Apocrypha," but was never considered canonical by Catholics or Orthodox.

So which is 2 Esdras? Do you mean Nehemiah (1 Esdras being Ezra)? Or Greek Ezra (1 Esdras being Ezra-Nehemiah)? or the apocryphal Esdras (1 Esdras being Greek Ezra)?

Nehemiah is canonical to Catholics, apocruphal Esdras is not. Greek Ezra is not published in Catholic bible, but Catholics do not quibble with Orthodox churches which do publish it, since it contains not dangerous text. Please keep in mind that cultures which haven't struggled against the doctrine of sola scriptura haven't necessarily worried whether a book was canonical or not. The only issue is whether a book was cited as scripture. Books such as Maccabees have been since the start of the church. Because Greek Ezra has almost no original text, the question becomes unanswerable, and it attans a grey status.

[redgolum]

I read the first introduction of the book, it is the apocalyptic Esdras. I asked because in the first two chapters, it appears to be a totally different book than the rest of the book, and makes some statements that would be out of place for a Jew before Jesus to make. That is why I asked if the RCC considered it canon.

I am reading some of the Apocrypha to get a bit of background in my Old Testament class on the time between the testaments. Lutherans do not hold the Apocrypha to be canon, but many "old school" pastors encourage reading them.