Council
Hippo
393 · Hippo Regius
Attested. A council at Hippo in 393 is accepted. Dependence on the later Breviarium of Hippo means the wording is indirect.
Convened by. North African bishops; Aurelius of Carthage and Augustine were leading figures
Issues. Church order and which books should be read as canonical.
Outcomes. A list of biblical books close to the later Catholic Old and New Testaments was approved, including books later distinguished as deuterocanonical. The original acts are lost; the list is known because later African councils repeat it.
Canons or creeds. This is a regional decision, not a universal decree. Eastern lists were still not identical.