[BlueDragon]

Yet Jerome included them anyway.

But not as capital "S" Scripture.

There is also some scholarship which suggests there are indications Jerome was likely not the actual translator of those portions he referred to as (OT) Apocrypha. Those books were eventually included and delivered to his patron (a 'pope' of the Church at Rome) but did include the precautionary prologues indicating those writings outside of canon of Scripture.

Also, ever notice that Protestant anti-Catholics ALWAYS cast this as a Catholic issue and never mention that ALL ancient Churches include the Deuterocanonicals. ALL OF THEM. Catholic, Orthodox, Oriental, Coptic - ALL OF THEM.

Bwaahaaha! Rent free, baby!

I notice that you later, down-thread, amended that statement by tacking on/including "...to one degree or another" whereby truckloads of stuff which does serve to plainly refute notion that (from earliest time of the church? you did say "ancient") the books of the so-called "deuterocanon" were ever fully accepted as fully "canonical" and without :degrees: of differentiation compared to the rest of the OT, by all -- ALL OF THEM-- the man shouted.

Did you pound the table too, while popping "caps" at us?

The shot missed hitting us... passed right near us it did, I could hear the wind of it, I swear, then heard the thwang of it as it ricocheted off the walls, back all the way around the room 'till ka-thunk! got yourself right in backside of the Chair-y!

Too bad, so sad.

[vladimir998]

“But not as capital “S” Scripture.”

He did. No matter what his personal view, he included them in the main text of his translation.

http://matt1618.freeyellow.com/jerome.html

http://taylormarshall.com/2011/09/did-st-jerome-reject-deuterocanoical.html

http://shamelesspopery.com/st-jerome-on-the-deuterocanon/

http://matt1618.freeyellow.com/deut.html

[Elsie]

Also, ever notice that Protestant anti-Catholics ALWAYS cast this as a Catholic issue and never mention that ALL ancient Churches include the Deuterocanonicals.

Even these Seven CATHOLIC ones??