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Cum in unum Carthagini conuenissent kalendis Septembribus episcopi plurimi ex prouincia Africa Numidia Mauritania cum presbyteris et diaconibus, praesente etiam plebis maxima parte [...].

(ed. Diercks 2004: 3)

When many bishops from the provinces of Africa, Numidìa, and Mauretania, with presbyters and deacons, gathered together in Carthage on the first day of the Kalends of September [1 September], in the presence of the great part of the people [...].

(trans. S. Adamiak)

Place of event:

Region

Latin North Africa

City

Carthage

About the source:

Title: Sententiae Episcoporum, Concilium Carthaginiense a. 256
Origin: Carthage (Latin North Africa)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

The “Sententions of the Bishops” have been preserved among the works of Cyprian. They are the transcription of the opinions expressed by the African bishops gathered by Cyprian on 1 September 256 in order to discuss the validity of the baptism administered by the heretics; two previous councils on the same issue took place in 255 and spring 256.

Edition:

G.F. Diercks ed., Sententiae Episcoporum numero LXXXVII de haereticis baptizandis, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 3E, Turnhout 2004.

Bibliography:

P. Bernardini, Un solo battesimo una sola chiesa. Il concilio di Cartagine del settembre 256, Bologna 2009.

Categories:

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

Ecclesiastical administration - Participation in councils and ecclesiastical courts

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1126, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1126