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The Councils of Carthage were church synods held during the 3rd, 4th, and 5th centuries in the city of Carthage in Africa. The most important of these are described ...
The acts of only a few councils are preserved in surviving writings; most are known only from accounts in works of church historians and other writers. These include: the Council of Rome of 155; the Council of Rome of 193; the Council of Ephesus of 193; the Council of Carthage of 251; the Council of Iconium of 258 [13] the Council of Antioch of 264
Pages in category "4th-century church councils" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. ... Councils of Carthage; First Council of Cirta;
The canon list approved at Hippo included books later classed by Catholics as deuterocanonical books and by Protestants as Apocrypha. The canon list was later approved at the Council of Carthage (397) pending ratification by the "Church across the sea", that is, the See of Rome. [1] Previous councils had approved similar, but slightly different ...
A second council was held at the Synod of Hippo (393) reaffirming the previous council list. A brief summary of the acts was read at and accepted by the Council of Carthage (397) and the Council of Carthage (419). [18] These councils took place under the authority of St. Augustine, who regarded the canon as already closed. [19]
Pages in category "5th-century church councils" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... Councils of Carthage; Council of Chalcedon; Council ...
Icon depicting the Emperor Constantine (centre), accompanied by the bishops of the First Council of Nicaea (325), holding the Niceno–Constantinopolitan Creed of 381. In the history of Christianity, the first seven ecumenical councils include the following: the First Council of Nicaea in 325, the First Council of Constantinople in 381, the Council of Ephesus in 431, the Council of Chalcedon ...
An ecumenical council, also called general council, is a meeting of bishops and other church authorities to consider and rule on questions of Christian doctrine, administration, discipline, and other matters [1] in which those entitled to vote are convoked from the whole world and which secures the approbation of the whole Church. [2]