Council of Thela (AD 418)
Key Facts:
Date | 24 May 418 |
Location | Thela |
Number of Participants | around 30 |
Chaired by | Donatianus of Theleft |
Purpose | most likely to discuss the Pelagian issue, in order to prepare for the upcoming Council of Carthage (418) |
Key Events | The surviving acts only relate that the council read a circular letter from Pope Siricius concerning the decisions made at the Council of Rome (386) |
Surviving Documents:
Letter and Canons (C. Munier, Concilia Africae a.345-a.425 (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974), pp. 58-63.)
Bibliography
Munier, Ch., “Thela,” in The Encyclopedia of the Early Church (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992)
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Last updated: 4-11-2012
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