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    The idea of a deuterocanon is a Catholic concept, not an Orthodox concept. This question should be focused on Catholicism or Orthodoxy, and it brings a lot of assumptions not shared by Orthodoxy so I’d recommend focusing it on Catholicism. The Orthodox groups don’t have the same concept of a fixed canon, and even within Orthodoxy there are variations on the books. Commented Sep 12, 2021 at 14:19
  • Historically speaking, Christianity was rejected by native Israeli Judaism (Matthew 13:57, Mark 6:4, Luke 4:24, John 4:44), finding a more suitable home within the Hellenized Jewish diaspora and among gentile God-fearers; as such, the Greek Septuagint became its de facto Old Testament; see also this deleted post. Commented Sep 12, 2021 at 21:16
  • I would propose that you make this either a broad question to encompass all Christian churches (i.e. Lutherans, etc.) or make it shorter as the Eastern Orthodox Church does not view the deuterocannon being valued to the same extent as the other books of the O.T. (See my post below) Commented Sep 22, 2021 at 18:59