Council of Carthage (397)

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Christian ecclesiastical assembly church council regional council synod

The Council of Carthage (397) was a regional North African church synod that played a key role in shaping early Western Christianity, particularly in formalizing the list of books regarded as Scripture.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Council of Carthage (397) canonical 4
Council of Carthage 1
Council of Carthage (various) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian ecclesiastical assembly ⓘ
church council ⓘ
regional council ⓘ
synod ⓘ
century 4th century ⓘ
churchTradition Latin Church worldwide ⓘ
surface form: Latin Church

Western Christianity ⓘ
concernedWith church discipline ⓘ
liturgical practice ⓘ
ordination norms ⓘ
relations with other churches ⓘ
confirmed canon list of Council of Hippo (393) ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
date 397 ⓘ
determined list of New Testament books ⓘ
list of Old Testament books ⓘ
list of canonical books of Scripture ⓘ
followed Council of Hippo (393) ⓘ
influenced Latin patristic tradition ⓘ
Roman Catholic biblical canon ⓘ
later Western biblical canon ⓘ
issued canon list matching later Vulgate Old Testament including deuterocanon ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
location Carthage ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
mainSubject Christian biblical canon ⓘ
surface form: New Testament canon

Christian biblical canon ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament canon

Scripture ⓘ
biblical canon ⓘ
participant Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Aurelius of Carthage ⓘ
North African bishops ⓘ
partOf North African church councils ⓘ
presidedBy Aurelius of Carthage ⓘ
recognized 1 Maccabees ⓘ
2 Maccabees ⓘ
27-book New Testament ⓘ
Baruch ⓘ
Judith ⓘ
Letter of Jeremiah ⓘ
Book of Sirach ⓘ
surface form: Sirach

Tobit ⓘ
Book of Wisdom ⓘ
surface form: Wisdom of Solomon

additions to Daniel ⓘ
additions to Esther ⓘ
deuterocanonical books ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
scope regional ⓘ
typeOfDecision disciplinary canons ⓘ
doctrinal canons ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Catholic biblical canon → recognizedByCouncil → Council of Carthage (397) ⓘ
Deuterocanonical books → recognizedBy → Council of Carthage (397) ⓘ
Bishop of Hippo Regius → associatedWithCouncil → Council of Carthage (397) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of Carthage (various)
Council of Rome (382) → followedBy → Council of Carthage (397) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Councils of Carthage on the canon
Council of Hippo (393) → influenced → Council of Carthage (397) ⓘ
Council of Hippo (393) → followedBy → Council of Carthage (397) ⓘ
Donatism → condemnedAt → Council of Carthage (397) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of Carthage