essay wrote: You are re-writing history, however, by referring to 'the non-Biblical books that were canonized by the Catholic church in the 16th century in reaction against protestantism'. These books, as far as I know, were included in ALL Christian bibles until post-Reformation times. Even after being separated into a 'second canon' (which is how the Catholic Church continues to refer to them) by Jerome, they were considered an integral part of pre-Christian scripture.

Perhaps you won't respect the scholarship of this source, but here is a quote from the Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary, edited by Merrill C. Tenney (professoer, Wheaton College), article by R. Laird Harris (professor, Westminster Theological Seminary).
From the above outline of evidence it is easily seen that the apocryphal books of Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, 1 and 2 Maccabees, and certain additions to Esther and Daniel have no ancient authority and were not received by Christ, the apostles, or the Jewish people. Only in the Roman Catholic Council of Trent of about A.D. 1545 were they canonized and then it was likely a result of the reaction against the Reformers. Maybe history is being rewritten, but I haven't done it.