Council
Carthage
397 · Carthage
Attested. The canon decision is as well attested as African conciliar records of this decade get.
Convened by. Aurelius of Carthage and the African bishops
Issues. Confirming the biblical list from Hippo and other disciplinary rules.
Outcomes. The council restated a canon of scripture and asked for it to be read to the people. It still treated the list as a matter for the broader church, not as Africa speaking for the world.
Canons or creeds. Often cited, fairly, as an important Latin step toward the 27-book New Testament, together with books such as Wisdom and Sirach in the Old.