Council of Carthage (AD 397)
| Date | Ended on August 28, 397 |
| Location | Carthage |
| Key Participant | Augustine of Hippo |
| Key Events | Approval of 37 disciplinary canons (Breviarum Hipponense) composed by the bishops of Byzacena earlier that year, along with the addition of two of their own canons; modus operandi for matters of discipline settled; rebaptism, reordination and transfer of bishops forbidden; date of Easter announced by the bishop of Carthage; no new diocese |
Surviving Documents:
Breviarium Hipponense (C. Munier, Concilia Africae a.345-a.525 (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974), pp. 30-46.) Contents also include a Latin translation of the Nicene Creed
Bibliography
Munier, Ch. “Carthage” in Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity (Downer’s Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2014)
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