re deuterocanonicals esp sirach ddavis cass ma bull com dave davis the deutero canonical books were added much later in the church s history they do not have the same spiritual quality as the rest of scripture i do not believe the church that added these books was guided by the spirit in so doing and that is where this sort of discussion ultimately ends the apocryphal books that are in the septuagint were part of the canon used by the greek speaking churches from the inception of the church they were not added later or much later this is a common misconception the preference of the hebrew canon over the greek canon is a later innovation the church did not need to be guided to add the books since they were part of the faith once received by the apostles and passed to the church larry overacker llo shell com lawrence overacker shell oil company information center houston tx llo shell com
