*[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/rufinus Christian Classics Ethereal Library: Tyrannius Rufinus, Roman priest, writer and theologian] (ccel.org)
*[http://www.bible-researcher.com/rufinus.html Rufinus of Aquileia on the Canon] (bible-researcher.com)</ref> Jerome affirmed that he was in fact being consistent with the choice of the church regarding which version of the deuterocanonical portions [of the Bible] to use, which the Jews of his day did not include in their canon of the Bible:<blockquote>What sin have I committed if I followed the judgment of the churches?... For '''I was not relating my own personal views, but rather the remarks that they''' [the Jews] '''are wont to make against us.''' (''Against Rufinus'', 11:33 [A.D. 402] ''boldface emphasis added'').</blockquote>
Significantly, St. Jerome did not remove Esther 10:4—16:24 from the Old Testament, but Dr. Martin Luther of Wittenberg did.
==Original placement in the Bible==