[kosta50]

Concerning the deuterocanonicals (Protestants accept NT deuts but reject the OT deuts), this is what the first Church hisotrian Eusebius says (4th century AD):

"Let there be placed among the spurious works the Acts of Paul, the so-called Shepherd and the Apocalypse of Peter, and besides these the Epistle of Barnabas, and what are called the Teachings [Didache] of the Apostles, and also the Apocalypse [Revelation] of John, if this be thought proper; for as I wrote before, some reject it, and others place it in the canon." [Historia Ecclesiastica III, 25]

+Athanasius, for example, as well as +John of Damascus, considered Didache to be canonical. But the Church didn't! So, while +Jerome was allowed to voice his opinion, he coud do so without condemnation as long as it was not stated as fact but as a theological opinion (theologoumena). As you mention, however (and this is crucial) he submitted to the wisdom and the Apostolic authoirty of the Church

[jo kus]

As you mention, however (and this is crucial) he (Jerome) submitted to the wisdom and the Apostolic authoirty of the Church

That's the key difference between us and some Protestants... They submit only to themselves.

Regards