[JMJ333]

The Apostles seemed to think it worthy to use. Why were they wrong?

[drstevej]

***The Apostles seemed to think it worthy to use. Why were they wrong?***

I presume you mean apostles beyond the 1st century. (You reckon the term apostle differently than I since you hold apostolic succession and I do not.)

Nothing wrong with reading these books, quoting these books, encouraging people to gain insight from them. The same is true of Pilgrim's Progress. Placing them in the canon on a par with the books of the New and Old Testament is wrong as Jerome notes.

We can talk about why they were wrong after we establish that Jerome [to cite someone you know well] excluded them from the canon. BTW, Was he wrong?