But unlike Luther's his opinion -- not a declaration -- had no consequence, as the Bible in use has alwys been the complete set, except in Protestant circles.
BD has posted several articles on this thread exposing the weaknesses of these books
Nonsense all, a result of deliberate misreading, and refuted on the thread.
I find it absolutely amazing that in the 10,000 posts here and the 12,000 on the L&E thread that I have seen Apostolics quote from the Dueterocanonicals MAYBE 3 times altogether
I would not quote from the Deuterocanonical in argument with a Protestant for the same reason I would not quote from the Vatican documents, -- because it is not an authority you recognize. This leaves quotes done for illustration of a Catohlic teaching, and that is unusual because we tend to have good apologetical writings for that reason. However, of greater importance is what the Apostles quoted, and for that see 7207, 7405, 7414, 8277 on this thread.
But FR Catholics, and especially the Orthodox, quote liberally from the Fathers. If Tradition is either equal, or nearly so, to the scriptures then it should all be the same. When you all do quote from the Fathers, Protestants here do not cry foul. Most of the time we simply answer from scripture. No problem. Sometimes, we also quote from our writers, knowing they carry no special weight with you, and you answer accordingly. No problem. We would just treat quotes from the Deuteros in the same way.