Ronald Nolette
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The deuterocanonicals were formally canonised in 382 along with the rest of the OT as I showed in my quotes.
From a Protestant source:
A council probably held at Rome in 382 under St. Damasus gave a complete list of the canonical books of both the Old Testament and the New Testament (also known as the 'Gelasian Decree' because it was reproduced by Gelasius in 495), which is identical with the list given at Trent. (The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 2nd ed., p. 232)
From the Catholic Encyclopedia
Two documents of capital importance in the history of the canon constitute the first formal utterance of papal authority on the subject. The first is the so-called "Decretal of Gelasius", de recipiendis et non recipiendis libris, the essential part of which is now generally attributed to a synod convoked by Pope Damasus in the year 382. The other is the Canon of Innocent I, sent in 405 to a Gallican bishop in answer to an inquiry. Both contain all the deuterocanonicals, without any distinction, and are identical with the catalogue of Trent.
In addition, the list proclaimed including the deuterocanonicals was confirmed by the Synods of Hippo in 383 and Carthage in 397 and 419.
The attempt by Protestants to fix the canon to Trent is because they can't admit that they removed the deuterocanonicals from the canon but to claim the Catholic Church added them.
Well then correct teh Catholic encyclopedia and tell them they are wrong as well as teh references wikipdia used to show the deuterocanonical books were formally canonized in the 16 the century.
And the word deuteroconanonical means "other canon". Jews also included in their scrolls many non canonized works like "the wars of the Lord", book of Enoch" etc.