Are Orthodox Deuterocanonical Books okay for Catholics to read?

[jas84173]

I have noticed an influx in the past decades. Whether it is the World English Bible, NRSV w Deuterocanonical Books, or the new Common English Bible; An attempt it seems to make Bibles which can be used by Protestants, Anglicans, Catholics, and Orthodox. With that my question is, although all of the Deuterocanonical Books of the Catholic Church are present, there is also a section which expands even further and includes 1 and 2 Esdras, The Prayer of Mannaseh, Psalm 151, and 3 and 4 Maccabees which all have some value to Orthodox Churches. My question is mainly, does the Catholic Church have any problem with us reading books the Orthodox may view as inspired? I am aware 1 and 2 Esdras (known as 3 and 4 Esdras in the Latin Vulgate Appendix as Ezra and Nehemiah are 1 and 2 Esdras in Vulgate), along with the Prayer of Mannaseh were in an appendix to the Vulgate following the Council of Trent and beforehand I believe were just assimilated into the Old Testament. I believe some of our liturgy even uses these texts.

My main question is though, are these books and writings not considered Inspired by the Catholic Church okay to read or do they teach false doctrines?

 

[runningdude]

Within Catholicism, they have the same status as writings of the saints or other devotional texts.

 

[De_Maria]

If you read the documents of Council of Trent IV, you will note that the Catholic Church does not run down any other Christian’s Scriptures.

All the Catholic Church does is condemn the idea that any of the 73 books of the Catholic Bible are not inspired. Here’s the language:

> It has thought it proper, moreover, to insert in this decree a list of the sacred books, lest a doubt might arise in the mind of someone as to which are the books received by this council.[4]
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> They are the following:
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> Of the Old Testament, the five books of Moses, namely, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy; Josue, Judges, Ruth, the four books of Kings, two of Paralipomenon, the first and second of Esdras, the latter of which is called Nehemias, Tobias, Judith, Esther, Job, the Davidic Psalter of 150 Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Canticle of Canticles, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Isaias, Jeremias, with Baruch, Ezechiel, Daniel, the twelve minor Prophets, namely, Osee, Joel, Amos, Abdias, Jonas, Micheas, Nahum, Habacuc, Sophonias, Aggeus, Zacharias, Malachias; two books of Machabees, the first and second.
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> Of the New Testament, the four Gospels, according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; the Acts of the Apostles written by Luke the Evangelist; fourteen Epistles of Paul the Apostle, to the Romans, two to the Corinthians, to the Galatians, to the Ephesians, to the Philippians, to the Colossians, two to the Thessalonians, two to Timothy, to Titus, to Philemon, to the Hebrews; two of Peter the Apostle, three of John the Apostle, one of James the Apostle, one of Jude the Apostle, and the Apocalypse of John the Apostle.
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> If anyone does not accept as sacred and canonical the aforesaid books in their entirety and with all their parts, as they have been accustomed to be read in the Catholic Church and as they are contained in the old Latin Vulgate Edition, and knowingly and deliberately rejects the aforesaid traditions, let him be anathema.
http://www.ewtn.com/library/councils/trent4.htm