Council of Carthage (AD 255)
Key Facts:
Date | 255 |
Location | Carthage |
Summoned By | Cyprian |
Number of Participants | 30/31 |
Key Issue | rebaptism of heretics |
Key Event | The African tradition of rebaptizing heretics was maintained. |
Surviving Documents:
Epistle (Cyprian of Carthage)
Bibliography
Munier, Ch. “Carthage” in The Encyclopedia of the Early Church (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992).
Created by PSAM and SCD
Last updated: 11-9-2010
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