The books of the Deuterocanon are not viewed as canonical by most Christian churches for a number of valid reasons:
* They were never included as part of the Hebrew canon of books
* There is no evidence that they were included in the original versions of the Septuagint
* Historian Josephus made clear that those books were not part of the canon
* Not one New Testament writer quoted from the Deuterocanon
* Early church fathers did not consider them part of the Bible canon
* John Wycliffe, a catholic who included these books in his translation, still did not consider them of the same authority as the rest
* Even the council of Trent did not accept all the “apocryphal” books (e.g. 1 and 2 Esdras were excluded)
* The content of the books testifies against themselves with their inaccuracies, contradictions, and other problems that are not found in the traditional Bible canon
* They were never included as part of the Hebrew canon of books
* There is no evidence that they were included in the original versions of the Septuagint
* Historian Josephus made clear that those books were not part of the canon
* Not one New Testament writer quoted from the Deuterocanon
* Early church fathers did not consider them part of the Bible canon
* John Wycliffe, a catholic who included these books in his translation, still did not consider them of the same authority as the rest
* Even the council of Trent did not accept all the “apocryphal” books (e.g. 1 and 2 Esdras were excluded)
* The content of the books testifies against themselves with their inaccuracies, contradictions, and other problems that are not found in the traditional Bible canon