Aurelius of Carthage

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Aurelius of Carthage was a prominent early 5th-century bishop and church leader known for his influential role in shaping Western Christian doctrine and church discipline in North Africa.

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Aurelius of Carthage canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian bishop
Church Father
late antique Christian leader
activeYearsEndTime early 5th century
activeYearsStartTime late 4th century
authorityOver African provincial bishops
church Latin Church worldwide
surface form: Latin Church

North African Christian communities
surface form: North African Church
collaboratedWith Augustine of Hippo
North African bishops
concernedWith heresy and schism in the church
moral discipline of clergy and laity
countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
fieldOfWork Christian theology
canon law
church governance
historicalContext late Roman North Africa
influenced Latin ecclesiastical discipline
Western canon law traditions
influencedBy Nicene Christianity
earlier African Christian tradition
knownFor anti-Donatist measures
collaboration with Augustine of Hippo
presiding over African church councils
promoting conciliar decisions in North Africa
regulation of clerical discipline
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
memberOf North African Christian communities
surface form: North African episcopate
notableFor influence on Western Christian doctrine
influence on church discipline
leadership in the North African church
occupation bishop
partOf Western Church hierarchy
placeOfWork Carthage
Roman North Africa
positionHeld Bishop of Carthage
region North Africa
religion Christianity
religiousTradition Western Christianity
residence Carthage
role metropolitan bishop in Africa
timePeriod early 5th century
tradition Latin Patristic tradition
workLocation Carthage

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Council of Carthage (418) presidedBy Aurelius of Carthage
Council of Carthage (397) presidedBy Aurelius of Carthage
Council of Carthage (397) participant Aurelius of Carthage
Council of Hippo (393) presidedOverBy Aurelius of Carthage
Council of Hippo (393) hasParticipant Aurelius of Carthage