Council of Carthage (AD 256)
Key Facts:
Date | 1 September 256 |
Location | Carthage |
Summoned By | Cyprian |
Number of Participants | 87 |
Key Events | The council read the previous correspondence between Jubaianus and Cyprian concerning rebaptism, deemed baptism by heretics invalid and stated that rebaptism was necessary to enter the church |
Surviving Documents:
Sententiae episcoporum LXXXVII de haereticis baptizandis (CSEL 3, 1, 435-461)
Cyprian of Carthage’s Epistle to Jubaianus
Bibiography
Munier, Ch. “Carthage,” in The Encyclopedia of the Early Church (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992).
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Last updated: 7-10-2016 by NJ
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