This list is based on that of Ramsay MacMullen, Voting About God in Early Church Councils, (New Haven 2006), pp. 2-4. We have, however, added and subtracted from the original list to make it more accurate and complete. The website also features Friedrich Maassens’ list of Early Councils in Geschichte der Quellen und der Literatur des canonischen Rechts im Abendlande.

Roman numerals have been placed before the Ecumenical Councils to indicate their numbering.

Click here for a list of the conciliar creeds of the fourth century.

Year Place Attendees
200 Carthage  
220-225 Carthage  
230-235 Synnada (Phrygia)  
231/232 Alexandria  
230-235 Iconium (Lycaonia)  
236-240 Carthage  
ca. 240 Bostra (Arabia)  
ca. 248 Bostra (Arabia)  
251 Carthage  
252 Carthage 42
253 Carthage 18/66
253-257 Arsinoe (Egypt)  
254 Carthage 37
255 Carthage 30/31
256a Carthage 71
256b Carthage 87
264 Antioch  
268 Antioch 70/80
300-303 Elvira 102
305 Cirta 11
ca. 305 Alexandria  
307/311 Carthage  
311 Cirta  
312 Carthage  
313 Rome 19
314 Arles 26/33/44
314 Ancyra 18
321/1 Bithynia  
314/19 Neocaesarea (Pontus) 20
320 Alexandria  
321 Caesarea (Palestine)  
ca. 322 Alexandria c. 100
ca. 324 Alexandria  
324 Rome  
325 Antioch 59
325 I Nicaea 250-300
328 Antioch  
328 Alexandria  
330 Antioch  
332 Antioch  
334 Alexandria  
334 Caesarea (Palestine)  
335 Tyre 60
335 Jerusalem 200
335 Tyana  
335/6 Constantinople  
336 Carthage (Donatist) 270
337/338 Antioch  
338 Constantinople  
338/339 Antioch  
338 Alexandria 80
341 Antioch 90
341 Rome 50+
341 Alexandria  
343 Rome 50
343 Philippopolis 76
343 Serdica 165; 170/176
343/81 Laodicea (Phrygia)  
345-348 Carthage  
345 Antioch  
345 Milan  
346 Jerusalem  
346 Alexandria  
346 Cologne 14
347 Carthage  
347 Sirmium  
347 Milan  
348 Carthage  
349 Sirmium  
351 Sirmium  
353 Alexandria  
353 Rome  
353 Arles  
c. 355 Gangra 14
355 Milan 30/300?
356/7 Baeterrae  
357 Antioch  
357 Sirmium c. 400
357 “Gallic”  
358 Sirmium  
358 Antioch  
358 Ancyra 12
359 Sirmium  
359 Ariminum 400
359 Nike (Thrace)  
359 Seleucia c. 100
360 Constantinople 72
360 Paris  
360/1 Antioch  
361 Paris  
362 Antioch 9
362 Alexandria  
363 Carthage  
363 Alexandria  
363 Antioch 20
364 Caria  
364/5 Lampsacus  
365 Sicily  
366 Nicomedia  
366 Smyrna  
366 Singidunum  
366/7 Antioch 34
367 Tyana  
369 Rome  
c. 370 Alexandria c. 90
370s Armenia  
374 Pazoukome  
374 Rome  
374 Valentia/Valence 20
375 Ancyra  
376 Iconium  
376 Rome  
377/8 Sirmium  
378 Antioch (Caria)  
378 Rome  
378/9 Antioch 146/153
380 Rome  
380 Caesaraugusta/Saragossa 12
380 Milan  
380 Antioch (Arian)  
381 ? Side  
381 Aquilea 24/34
381 II Constantinople 140/150+36
382 Rome  
382 Constantinople  
383 Antioch  
384/5 Burdigala/Bordeaux  
385 Capua  
385 (S)angarum (Bithynia)  
385 Caesarea  
386 Milan  
386 Rome 80
386 Trier  
389 Antioch  
389/90 Side 25
390 Carthage  
390 Rome  
390 Milan  
391 ? (S)angarum (Bithynia)  
392 ? Caesarea (Palestine)  
392 Capua  
393 Hippo  
393 Cabarsussa (Africa) 100
393 Milan  
394 Rome  
394/6 Nemausus  
394 Constantinople 37
394 Bagai (Africa) 310
394 Constantinople  
394 Carthage  
394 Hadrumetum  
397 Carthage  
398 Torino/Turin  
398/9 Diospolis (Palestine)  
399 Alexandria  
399 Carthage  
399/400 Seleucia-Ctesiphon  
399/401 Cyprus  
400 Constantinople 20
400 Toledo 19
401a Carthage  
401b Carthage  
402 Ephesus 70
402 Milev/Milevis (Numidia)  
403 Carthage  
403 Constantinople 40
403 Constantinople “The Oak” 36
404 Constantinople 60/90
404 Carthage  
404 ? Thessalonica  
405 Carthage  
406 Carthage  
407 Carthage  
408a Carthage  
408b Carthage  
409 Carthage  
410 Carthage  
410 Seleucia-Ctesiphon 40
411 Carthage 571
412 Zerta/Cirta  
412 Carthage  
415 Jerusalem  
415 Diospolis (=Lydda) 14
416 Milev 61
416 Carthage  
418 Suffetula  
416/8 Thysdrus  
417a Rome  
417b Rome  
417 Carthage  
418 Thela c. 30
418 Rome  
418 Carthage 217
419 Carthage  
419 Ravenna  
420 Seleucia-Ctesiphon 12
421 Carthage  
422/3 Carthage  
424 Markabta 37
424/5 Carthage  
426 Constantinople  
427 Hippo  
429 Tricasis (Troyes)  
430 Alexandria  
430 Rome  
431 III Ephesus 150-160; 200
451 IV Chalcedon 520

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